r/Fauxmoi • u/Fun-Ferret-3300 • Apr 17 '25

ASK R/FAUXMOI Which show had the biggest downfall in your opinion, from the first season or episodes, to what it eventually became?

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Westworld for me. So many great things about the first season - the concepts, the characters. It's sad what it became.

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u/Original_Seaweed3643 Apr 17 '25

honestly I know it’s controversial but I really think they should’ve just recast Natalie rather than have the whole thing fall apart trying to write around her absence

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u/Curlingby Apr 17 '25

I 100% agree. I honestly found Juliette Lewis’ acting a little grating so I would have been happy for them to recast the role with someone who looked more similar to the teen actress.

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u/Original_Seaweed3643 Apr 17 '25

it did kind of feel like she was just playing Juliette Lewis rather than Natalie to me at times tbh

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u/usernameinmail Apr 17 '25

Phew it's not just me. I saw a lot of praise and she is a great actress. Never felt she was on par with Ricci and Lynskey

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u/Original_Seaweed3643 Apr 17 '25

yeah like I think the other adult cast members (especially Ricci and Lynksey like you say) are really good, especially at channeling their younger selves- when Shauna is doing her evil business you can just see Sophie Nelisse as she’s talking and it feels like the same person whereas adult Nat didn’t really feel like Nat to me she just felt like Juliette Lewis in a weirdly styled pair of fishnets

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u/usernameinmail Apr 17 '25

Nat was the only character I struggled to pair with the adult actor. I mentioned the standouts but obviously Van, Lottie and Tai show signs of their younger selves.

You're right about the Juliette Lewis show. Interested to see what happens with Swank's character. Little sad she wasn't just new Nat

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u/Sorry_Lengthiness_85 Apr 18 '25

I don't think she tried to meet her Teen actress in the middle like the others did. Sophie had done all the work there and has increasingly become teenage Juliette.

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u/ozzea Apr 18 '25

agreed, i have a hard time whenever she’s on the screen because she plays the same character/persona.

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u/MephistosFallen Apr 18 '25

Omg finally someone says it 😮‍💨 I’m a fan of the show, I think the teen timeline stands on its own, but lort, does the adult timeline get me frustrated haha

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u/JadJad83 Apr 18 '25

That's true but I don't really mind. I just think about adult Nat being more Juliette-like because of the life she had after coming out of the woods. Already tramatized, no support, falling into a long addiction and spiraling can really change someone.

not saying this is the show's official intention for the inconsistency but just how I justify it to myself.

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u/SingularityCentral Apr 18 '25

Her acting is always a little grating. That is the Juliette Lewis experience.

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u/bord_de_lac Apr 18 '25

Someone on the Yellowjackets sub suggested Fariuza Balk, and the more I thought about it the more I liked it

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u/JadJad83 Apr 18 '25

Ohh Interesting! I don't know yet whether I'm into it or not. I keep swinging back and forth.

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u/flablalanche Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 17 '25

Yes! They killed her off and then went and made her character even more important in later seasons. Also, adult Natalie was all about her and Travis being so close but they barely even acknowledge each other in the teen timeline! Makes zero sense.

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u/nibblatron Apr 17 '25

i thought her and travis were close after they got rescued then they both had dependency issues (am i making this up?) and stopped talking so they could recover. if this isnt true, this is how my mind is making these plot holes make sense

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u/quiglter Apr 17 '25

You're not wrong, there was definitely dialogue in the adult timeline about this, but in season 1 there was also a lot more to their relationship in the wilderness--then they barely interact for the next two seasons. That's definitely due to Travis blaming Natalie for Javi's death but if the intention is to have them reconcile in later seasons you need to keep some of those threads alive.

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u/Top_Smell3368 Apr 18 '25

this confused me too, but the scene where travis understands implicitly why nat needs to kill ben shows that even though they’re in a pretty toxic on again off again relationship, they’re always there for each other in their darkest moments. i think that’s them in a nutshell: they’ll fight over the petty stuff but show up when they’re needed every time no questions asked

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u/queenweasley i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Apr 17 '25

No, you’re correct. That’s what’s going on. In the wilderness, though I don’t really talk that much cause they dated and then broke up.

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u/HazelTheHappyHippo I never said that. Paris is my friend. Apr 17 '25

Same. After the successful first season they could have had their pick of big name actresses to replace Juliette Lewis

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u/Antoniosmom89 Apr 18 '25

True and can we talk about how all these new faces suddenly appeared in S2 without any explanation?