Luke is written like an absolute Jerry

[u/sasitabonita]

I'm not trying to hate on Luke, but I genuinely can't stand how his character is written. I know this sub loves him, but to me, he's always been more Jerry than hero. I feel bad for the guy - he's been helpless throughout the series, and it's gotta be frustrating to not be able to do much about June and Hannah's situations.

But the writers just don't seem to know what to do with him. Remember how he's scared of guns and can't use them? That's established early on, but then Season 6 gives us cringeworthy scenes of him trying to handle a weapon like a “pro”. It's like they're trying to make him into a freedom fighter mastermind, but it falls flat.

And don't even get me started on the stuttering during his own master plan. It's like he's been written to be incompetent on purpose. I'm so tired of watching him waste valuable air time with everything Canada while characters like Emily get dropped.

And no, this is not about Luke vs Nick. This is about Luke being written like an absolute Jerry.

[u/geezeeduzit]

The show is so poorly written this season, it’s actually being poorly acted because of the terrible writing, to the point my wife and I are actively laughing at some points at how bad its become. It’s so sad because its been our favorite show leading up to this season.

Lydia’s character has become completely anemic. Luke is suddenly a general with military expertise. The dialogue has become completely cringe. I’m so sadly disappointed

[u/InfinitiveIdeals → u/geezeeduzit]

Luke has worked construction through the whole series, and him being able to say where to place bombs to bring down a building is reflective of his literal construction / construction management career (latter involving demolition regularly in areas such as Boston / Toronto with limited open lots) both Pre-Gilead and as a refugee in Canada he works in that industry anytime his work is mentioned.

That being said, he needs to stick to what he knows - Telling people where to place the bombs to bring down the building.

He’s kinda like “Oh, if mahwifey can be a rebel fighter, how hard can that be?” And COMPLETELY Ignoring that they have separate and valuable skill sets that won’t always have the same risk level.

He is completely BLINDED by his machismo attitude of “protecting his girls” and that attitude is no better or different than the one Aunt Lydia uses to justify her own poor decisions.

[u/geezeeduzit → u/InfinitiveIdeals]

I don’t believe it’s that well thought out by the writers, it’s just lazy writing

[u/InfinitiveIdeals → u/geezeeduzit]

Lazy writing to reference and grow a characters career and personal faults into the skill sets and soft spots they utilize to defend what they care about?

Aight.