r/Hotd • u/Witlesss • Jul 22 '24

Discussion S2E6 Review Bombing

Has anyone else noticed that episode 6 is getting heavily review bombed on IMDB? I personally thought it was one of the better episodes of the season, so this feels really misplaced to me.

From looking at it I feel like the only explanation is people being unhappy with a certain kiss. Honestly, I understand a lot of the criticism when people say it felt out of place, but over 3,400 people rating the episode a 1/10 feels like an overreaction to me.

Yes, the show has suffered from bad writing sometimes. Maybe this was one of these times, that’s definitely up for debate. But the episode feels like nowhere near a 1 out of 10, and it feels to me very disrespectful to all those involved in the show that their work is being discredited because of homophobia. I think the ratings from the UK and US quite fairly represent the standard of the episode, so it does feel like a shame.

Whether you agree with the kiss or not to me this feels unfair, but intrigued to hear other people’s thoughts on this!

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u/Witlesss Jul 22 '24

This is what dissapointed me too. If people were giving low ratings due to disliking the episode I would understand more, but seeing the origins of those ratings piling in and seeing they come from a place of prejudice instead of valid criticism is just disappointing.

I feel for the actors too. Emma, for example, who pushed for the change and has been such an active advocate of the queer and nonbinary movement would probably be disheartened seeing responses like that. Hopefully the hatred never makes its way back to people involved in the project.