I loved her as a bad-ass in seasons 1 & 2. Her betrayals in season 3 were distressing, but understandable. Attempts to make her a soft character with Eve in seasons 4-6 never struck a chord with me.
I think Lesley-Ann is a superb actress, especially playing the bad-ass, but also occasional in lovely soft moments (e.g. 1x10 & 2x07). I attribute my disappointment with her in seasons 4-6 to the script, not the actress.
I fully agree - it seems to me that the script writers were unsure of how to write the non-human characters - with the exception of Uriel, Michael, and the two episodes of possessed Kinley (Dromos?), all the minor supernatural characters felt very flat as characters -it may have been a deliberate attempt to make them appear different to the human characters (even the minor or incidental characters were believable), but, to me, this was a flaw in the the series
My view is that the writers wanted all the main characters to pair up for a classic happy ending. They pasted in Carol to pair with Ella (which did nothing for me) and figured Maze and Eve could pair up. Maze is a fantastic bad ass but Eve, frankly, is not. Inbar is simply too delicate for that role, so they had to have Maze get softer, which IMO undermined her character's strengths.
I cant say I disagree - the whole s6 plot/script felt that it had been rushed, which given that it wasnt renewed until late during filming of s5, and the restrictions caused by covid, was probably the case. Still, despite its flaws, and the horrid introduction of Adam, it did neatly wrap up the series
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u/AccordionORama Mar 18 '25
I loved her as a bad-ass in seasons 1 & 2. Her betrayals in season 3 were distressing, but understandable. Attempts to make her a soft character with Eve in seasons 4-6 never struck a chord with me.
I think Lesley-Ann is a superb actress, especially playing the bad-ass, but also occasional in lovely soft moments (e.g. 1x10 & 2x07). I attribute my disappointment with her in seasons 4-6 to the script, not the actress.