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Did you watch season two? Not even being a dick, but the detective Cole thing was more of a pre-twist reveal characteristic. And yeah, I guess he didn't have to lean in to the antagonist thing, the same way Letty didn't have to play a villain in season one. But then we'd be sitting here calling him nontent rather than talking about him once every month.
I think you're misunderstanding my point. It's not the Cole was "better" than Jon. Both had significant content output during their respective seasons. It's that the role Cole was being asked to fill was completely different than Jon's, but still approached by production as if he was a Jon. There was an unspoken agreement for the show's narrative, the same Letty had in season one.
Production was effectively telling Cole, "We want you to lean into the richboy asshole role because it gets the other fish off their asses and creates conflict and anticipation for what is to come. We know you have no allies, but you are the audience favorite. Because of the mental taxation such a role will have, we will provide you the support along with the audience to get you through it."
Production broke this agreement the second they made Cole spar with Jimmy and take punches from Sam. Not as a part of a challenge, but because they wanted to hone in on Cole in particular. They were treating Cole differently than the role he was assigned, and that is precisely why he was pissed off. If you're going to beat up a fish, do it with retards like TJ and Jimmy, not the fish you want central to the house narrative. They weren't playing to his strengths, and instead fell back treating Cole like a season one fish when he wasn't one.
That's actually a big problem season two had. Production rarely let the fish stand on their own merit, instead treating them like fish they weren't. You can't treat a Cole like a Jon the same way you can't treat TJ like a Letty or Jimmy like a Vance. They are completely different with strengths and weaknesses in regards to generating particular forms of content. Production failed to understand this, and instead chased the ghost of season one's past.
Production was effectively telling Cole, "We want you to lean into the richboy asshole role because it gets the other fish off their asses and creates conflict and anticipation for what is to come. We know you have no allies, but you are the audience favorite. Because of the mental taxation such a role will have, we will provide you the support along with the audience to get you through it."
Production broke this agreement the second they made Cole spar with Jimmy and take punches from Sam. Not as a part of a challenge, but because they wanted to hone in on Cole in particular. They were treating Cole differently than the role he was assigned, and that is precisely why he was pissed off. If you're going to beat up a fish, do it with retards like TJ and Jimmy, not the fish you want central to the house narrative. They weren't playing to his strengths, and instead fell back treating Cole like a season one fish when he wasn't one.
That's actually a big problem season two had. Production rarely let the fish stand on their own merit, instead treating them like fish they weren't. You can't treat a Cole like a Jon the same way you can't treat TJ like a Letty or Jimmy like a Vance. They are completely different with strengths and weaknesses in regards to generating particular forms of content. Production failed to understand this, and instead chased the ghost of season one's past.
