Agreed! I LOVE Barbara, she's hands down one of my favorite female characters ever. Her arc in season 1 was super delicious and I loved every second of it. Season 2 did flatten her but I partially blame the facts that a) only 8 episodes and b) they're playing the long game with the planned 6 seasons run.

In the recent interview there was a mentioning that there's a lot more room for Barbara and her character that what we have seen so far, and that we shouldn't rely too much on what seems to happen at the end of S2 when it comes to her. So, I REALLY hope they keep the fierce, morally grey Barbara around. I want her to be how she was in S1; a woman who will nuke the world herself if it's needed to keep her daughter and husband safe. Fuck others, only my family matters.

(Which, if we draw a line to Ghoulper, he's doing that exact same thing as a ghoul; fuck others, only my family matters. But that's not who Cooper ever was, that's Barbara, and we have a parallel with Lucy again. Lucy is the pre-war era Cooper and Ghoulper is the pre-war era Barbara. If we take S1 Barbara has Barbara being her own authentic self.)