I just finished The Consultant on Amazon Prime.  The 3-part series stars Christoph Waltz, who is amazing, as usual.  While I was enthusiastically on board during episodes one and two, I was metaphorically shot in the foot by the end of episode three.

Below are the things that bugged me.

NOTE: There are major SPOILERS so please do not read further if you have not seen it..

The fact that we don’t know who or what Regus is, or how he comes to know which companies to infiltrate, doesn’t bother me. The fact that he is a mystery is intriguing and no explanation needed. But…

1. Nightclub. The premise that a nightclub or place exists and then you go the next day and it’s an empty space is nothing new. However, to go the very next day and there’s an entire office in there with cubicles is not realistic. The full bar, tables and lights disappearing is one thing — but now multiple cubicles with desks and files are in its place? All in 24 hours? Not believable.

2. Milani is an interesting character, but goes nowhere. Just peters out like everything else.

3. So there were all these murders in the jeweler’s store but now somehow it didn’t exist?

4. And what was with the vacant hill with the port-a-potty that Regus drives to all the time? Damned if I know… but it filled up time.

5. Why in the world does Regus kidnap Patti? It adds nothing to the story, and it doesn’t even make sense. I suspect it was added to show Craig’s fury at the end which, by the way, didn’t work for me. It needed to be developed more. And you really didn’t need that Patti story to instigate that because there was enough stuff going on prior to make Craig go psycho. But there was no adequate build to that climax, in my opinion. Red eyes is not enough.

6. What was the point of keeping files on everyone and having a records room? It went nowhere.

7. Absolutely 100% could not buy into the fact that Elaine became CEO. Give me a break.

8. So Regus is visiting this kid in the psych ward. Why? Because he feels bad? Because he’s a nice guy? He did set the kid up to shoot the CEO. How he did this is not explained, but let’s overlook that. But then the kid somehow opens up level 316 that was not working ever before for anyone. What was the point of it not even working? Because an elephant was on the loose? Or some pseudo-thematic, that our lesson has yet to be learned? (But the kid learned it?)

9. And what was the point of the elephant dying? Why didn’t it just safely get returned? It didn’t change anything. Just a another nowhere plot point.

10. And why was Regus always eating? A nice touch but it could have had a better payout.

11. Lastly, we’re to believe that Regus somehow elevated the company. I’m not sure how he did this because he did everything wrong but he leaves with a smile because we’re supposed to believe he’s this nice guy (which I can go along with), but I don’t see what great thing he did. Even the employees didn’t gain anything really, because any success was just happenstance.

I get what the theme was — it’s a jungle out there — but that doesn’t mean you leave almost every plot point dangling.

I do like the character. It was the storyline that was subpar. Suspension of disbelief only goes so far and once there are too many holes, it falls apart.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the series!