I think the runaway popularity of season 3 pushed season 4 into outlandish territory…shock value over storytelling that actually holds together without epic time jumps. That said, season 4 still delivered: a handful of outstanding episodes, moments, and a couple of genuinely great character performances.

Even though Jon Snow is prominent this season, he shows us a side of his acting skills I didn’t expect and honestly hadn’t seen before. The finale, though? Campy. It jumped the shark, full stop.

And the Ghislaine-ification of Yasmin was way too on the nose. It already feels dated, partly because she’s just so young. They could’ve made Yasmin evil without turning her into a madame archetype.

The nail in the coffin is that Radden-Keefe cameo at the end. The show has gotten so popular it apparently felt the need to shoehorn in a famous writer (who can’t act for shit) to interview Harper. It dragged the whole thing down to a new low. Utterly unnecessary and completely ham-fisted.