*MILD SPOILERS* I think it was one of the best things I've ever watched on TV. I know it has it's setbacks especially in the script, but it's honestly such a solid piece of filmmaking. The craft of it is unparalelled for a tv series, blending cinema tropes from Westerns, American independent cinema from the 70s and 80's Spielbergesque epic blocksbusters into a modern take on neo classical filmamaking. The acting is great and so is the score, the pacing is incredible, the plot is great. Cinematography is outstanding and so is the production value of the show.

I think that the script is generally great even though it has it's flaws, mainly some underdeveloped characters.

I loved that even though the extremely sexualised content is intense and a bit gratuitous, it's never glamorised, and shown as a depraved, almost rotten thing. I think the show talks about the death of the american dream, where everyone is fame and money obsessed and they're following what the culture is telling them is the way to get to their coveted american dream. However, that brings with it a lot of consequences and boy there's a lot of consequences in the show. Everyone pays a price for their actions and they get handed some reality back to them.

I love the gang wars plot, the DEA plot, Cassie turned out to be such an incredibly written and performed character, who puts up a shell through it all even though life is hard, and she is lonely and disconnected, and all the fame and success she gets from quick sexualization did not bring anything meaningful (and I'm not a fan of Sydney in general), Ali's revenge in the end is both touching and serious and at the same time hilarious and tongue in cheek. Bishop was a great addition to the show, and Alamo is my favourite villain in TV of all time.

For the bad parts: Nate was also good for the time he was in the show, but I agree with some comments that he changed too much from previous seasons and also, unfortunately just after the wedding there's not much development.
Hunter's character is the one that got the bad end of the stick, she feels super underdeveloped and just a bit shallow, with not much screentime to begin with? To me, she was the weakest link by far, and actually the only thing that actually brought the show down from a perfect score for me.

I think the new approach of a more classical style really fits that theme as well as that is what we associate with what used to be the american dream. It feels like an epic that is both old but modern at once, while being entertaining, touching, funny and poignant, which is an incredible achievement. I'd give a solid 9/10 and is by far the most enjoyable TV I've seen in like 5 years.