I loved the first season, it's original, dark, and engaging and I'm giving it an 8/10.

Although, it could have been a 10/10 if the characters (especially Beck) were a bit more likable, and the [spoiler] end bit when Beck is trying to escape the basement but she's caught by Joe was so disappointing, it cuts away from what's happening (which is a pretty important and dark moment for these characters, and it should not have been shide away from, it should have been shown) and then it's suddenly 4 months later and she's dead and her therapist is being framed for her murder and Joe is releasing a book of her writing after her death?

This was all in the last 5 minutes of the season finale, and in my opinion all that could have made up a whole episode which I think I would have really enjoyed. [/spoiler] The last episode of a season is always something I look forward to, but this just disappointed me.

It's clearly supposed to be a dark creepy show, and yet they cut away from the truly dark stuff which I think does the story and characters (and viewers) a disservice.

That said, the show was still entertaining, and Penn Badgley was brilliant, so I will be looking forward to a new season, and [spoiler] a new obsession for Joe, [/spoiler] although, I will now have expectations that they will cut out the truly dark stuff.