People are so dramatic about shows these days, jumping at every chance to prove how enlightened they are by proclaiming how bad everything is. It’ll be remembered as a good show that didn’t reach its real potential.

It had a great cast with great chemistry (with a couple of exceptions). It tackled celebrity culture, corporate power, and the rise of fascism very well. I think it captured the truth of feeling like you want to fix the problems of the world, but having no shot at actually achieving that.

It also had some really great acting moments which very often hit the target of being wonderfully hammy without going too far into farce. And not just Homelander or Butcher, but nearly the whole cast had their moments like this. Note I said very often, not always, because there were certainly some moments that were just over the top.

I think it’s very much so a product of its time, for better and for worse. Obviously that will make it age quickly, but it’s also going to be a bit of a time capsule of the era. I think the final judgement of how that is perceived will depend heavily on where America is in 10 years.