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The story is about the drought and consequences of water shortage in California with the focus on greedy landowners who duped others and finagled an unfair share of precious water in the Central Valley for their use. This is a subject that interests me and that I'm familiar with. I don't normally consider myself a compleat idiot, but I couldn't keep track of what was going on with this convoluted casserole of a story line. Little snippets of this, little snippets of that, and it seemed to me that the story wasn't really going anywhere. In truth, I didn't watch through to the end, where miraculously they may have (or may not have) pulled the plethora of loose ends together. It's an overused cliche, but watching Season 3 was like watching a dog chase its tail. In addition to what I would consider a convoluted and horrible script, there are some uncomfortable and stupid dream sequences (or very odd drug induced scenes) that confused rather than moved the story forward. I suspect these scenes must have been an attempt to include some weird glints of atmosphere because they certainly didn't make any sense to me. I hate to see Billy Bob Thornton slog his way through this mess. I recommend that you watch a few episodes to see if Goliath - Season 3 makes any sense to you. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I found this comment by R. Cline under the review by "pleinelune". The insight is so interesting that I think everyone should see it. I copied and printed it under my review. I would drop it as leaflets from an airplane if I could. Here is the comment written by R. Cline: *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ R. Cline I will have to agree with reviewer pleinelune, who described season 3 as David Lynch meets Goliath. I am into episode 4. The series has been bizarre. Season 1 was dominated by the writing of David E Kelly and Jonathan Shapiro; both excellent writers. Kelley wrote for LA Law, Picket Fences, Boston Legal (a favorite of mine) and The Practice, among others. Jonathan Shapiro, an Assistant US Atty, holds graduate degrees from Harvard and was a Rhodes Scholar and co-authored with Kelley. Why did they bail the show Goliath? I would really like to know that story. David Kelley and Jonathan Shapiro brought brilliance to the screen. Season 3 tries to make up for the loss of genius and creativity in a bizarre display of drug induced hallucinations and some weird antics of a crow. Season 3 is dominated by the writing of Steve Turner, who writes mainly about pop musicians. Co-authoring with Turner is Marissa Wegrzyn who wrote a play entitled The Butcher of Bugaboo described by one critic as simply a ridiculous play. That's about the best the critic could give it. I miss the clever writing of Kelley and Shapiro. I predict there will not be a season 4. To quote the reviewer Dr. Cyd: My condolences to the great cast.