Well that’s just like your opinion,man…
I don’t care what anyone watches or doesn’t watch, but I wouldn’t judge any of the seasons by Episode 1. The first two episodes are always just the “tale of the tape” background bios and a shitty condensed training montage of their orientation. I’m always half checked out during that shit too.
I see it very difficult for them to execute another season following the same formula (camera crew doing a TV program shows up on site at the same time 6 mysterious inmates with shady cover stories come in) but they could theoretically still do it if they tweak some variables.
From what I’ve read there are no plans for a 5th season as of yet…so yeah,they are either trying to figure out a way to revamp or reboot the show in some different format or it will just be cancelled…
Id really like to see a follow-up where they either have some of the key inmates address/meet the participants or at least share their thoughts after the fact.
A new season of this show apparently starts tonight. In about 10 minutes. Just noticed it popped up in my DVR’s “To Do” list.
I don’t have A&E but if this thing ever makes it onto Netflix ill prob binge it. I love these crazy prison docs.
I watched it, it’s pretty good. They’re in Arizona this time, so lots of Mexican gang shit. And they’ve added a twist this season too.
I won’t spoil it for those that haven’t caught it yet. But, this season could get messy.
Oh shit,i forgot about this…
Oh, fuck!
I didn’t realize there was another season.
Thanks for posting.
I’m gonna see if it’s in my On Demand and load up my DVR for any coming episodes.
Holy shit.
20 minutes in. This is intense.
I don’t have any favorites yet, but I hate Blondie. And the Cholo gang member dude is rubbing me wrong too. He’s just too damn cocky and seems to be peacocking all over the place. I don’t like that.
I don’t know what to think of Mr. Lone Wolf X Factor Tough Guy yet. I kinda think I don’t like him. Dude seems like a fuckibg diva who wants to have the Billy Badass spotlight.
The jail looks terrifying and it seems like some real shit’s gonna go down! Can’t wait!
Yeah, I don’t care for Blondie either. Not sure I like any of them yet, but I will say it’s some interesting casting. It’s almost as if they picked real assholes in hopes that they will get some straightening out.
I’m not sure how exactly I feel about the new strategy of all the participants being aware of each other. I can kind of see both sides of it.
Being aware of each other is one thing, but now that they’ve been given an assignment makes it even worse.
I think they’ll be spotted much easier.
Yeah, you’re probably right.
“Oh, hey, everyone! Nice to meet you. So, what gangs are you in and what can you tell me about the gangs that are here? I’m merely curious and have no ulterior motive. Pigs suck, amirite?”
Yeah, like it was tough enough with them just trying to blend in. We’ll see.
I love DIY gangs.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Perfect.
Joe Sly on the case!
And, yeah, I think Acid is on the money.
While the “no more trying to figure out who the other plants are” change is probably fine since everyone always ended up figuring it out anyway, giving them “missions” was probably really really stupid.
How about this mission . . . stay in for 2 months without blowing your cover and without getting killed. That really should be enough.
Let the fact-finding and observations come organically. It did well before.
And just pulling off the basic “stay in and don’t get outed/shanked” gets harder and harder every season. And this jail kinda makes some of the others look like a fucking vacation.
In thinking a little about it, I think this new Sheriff is really reaching. He calls out Blondie (rightly so) for being a camera whore, but I think the dude needs to look in a fucking mirror too. Goddamned John Wayne trying to make a name for himself.
The Wardens in the other seasons really seemed serious and dedicated to getting the most out of the program and doing everything they could to execute it properly and “safely”.
I think if they wanted to tweak it a bit for improvement, the best change would be to do more staggering of the entry/exit dates.
And train the participants more.
Whenever they fuck up their stories I just cringe.
Well, we’ll see . . . . we’re only one episode in, so I’m probably getting way too far ahead, ahhaha.
I finally watched this so now I can read this thread…
Mr God,Guns and Freedom sheriff is already insufferable…he is like some ridiculous self-parody…although it was hilarious how him and his staff just went right in to asking the soft,doughy guy if he was a chomo and had any child porn…dude,just got non-stop insulted right out of the gate…
Intersting to have an actual ex-con on the show this time…seems like those tats are gonna cause him a shit load of issues…(the whole reformed prisoner turned chaplain thing is such a boring cliche ugh)
And the unknown 7th secret participant…hey ,“lighten up,Francis”
Episode 2:
Why the fuck did they put Blondie on Drug Mission? That was just fucking stupid. I think the black chick will do okay at her job, but she really did just like I was afraid they would do on her first point in . . . . “Hey, are there gangs in here? What gangs are in here? Tell me 'bout da gangs!!!”
Black Dude looks like he’s actually pretty level headed. I think he was really smart not to take the bedding from ROCKER. I actually think Rocker took Homie’s shit. It was too coincidental that he just happened to have extras of EXACTLY what was missing, hahahahaha.
I think Brothaman played shit properly.
I’m less impressed with Latin King. He was right to step to that kid getting mouthy about the haircuts, but I think he was a little over-Hollywood when he started yelling out how he was gonna stab motherfuckers and paint the ward with their blood or whatever the fuck he was yelling. It just seemed over the top and way too self-fellating.
Wait,didn’t he eventually cave and take the bedding from Rocker??
I felt the exact same way about the Latin King guy…the guy is already just trying way to hard…
The blonde chick is the least exciting part of the show(although we have yet to see some of the other participants in action)…I’ve known some people like her…she is the type where it wouldn’t matter if you knew her for 30 years,she would throw you under the bus and rat you out to the cops in the blink of an eye…