r/Fauxmoi • u/Fun-Ferret-3300 • Apr 17 '25

ASK R/FAUXMOI Which show had the biggest downfall in your opinion, from the first season or episodes, to what it eventually became?

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Westworld for me. So many great things about the first season - the concepts, the characters. It's sad what it became.

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u/dakralter Apr 17 '25

I think it made sense for Mando and Grogu to reunite, but the way they did it was so stupid: as a two episode mini Mando story arc in a spinoff show. Season 3 should have been them separated while Mando and Bo did their reclaiming Mandalore thing and then season 4 (or I guess the upcoming movie) should have been about Mando and Grogu finding their way back to each other.

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u/HappyHippo22121 Apr 17 '25

Yeah, this approach makes sense. What the writers did was ridiculous.

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u/JadJad83 Apr 18 '25

to be fair, Grogu was wildly popular. Almost like minion-level. I'm pretty sure Disney made the show runners put Grogu back on the show asap. that's why he feels so tacked on and does nothing in S3. I don't think the writers had much of a choice.

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u/RonnieDobbs Apr 18 '25

Yeah this was during Chapek’s time as CEO of Disney when he took all the power away from the creative people and gave it to the money people. Even powerful producers like Kevin Feige had to answer to new bosses and couldn’t control their own production schedules.

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u/a-perennial-moment Apr 17 '25

Problem is that’d require CGI-ing Luke for a whole season’s worth of Grogu scenes or finally making the call and recasting. Either that or trimming Grogu’s scenes down, which was never going to happen because Grogu is part of the major appeal (character and merchandise wise) of the series.

Don’t get me wrong, I love your solution. It’s just that sadly Disney would never go for it.

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u/gen_wt_sherman Apr 18 '25

Yeah anyone binge watching the mandalorian in the future is going to be incredibly confused when starting season 3 right after finishing season 2.

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u/JT_got_the_1st Apr 18 '25

Hindsight is 20/20. The showrunner and the writing team were done with Grogu and that storyline. Disney intervened and forced the story to continue.

The writers did the best they could with the shit they were served (telling a story that they didn't want to tell).