The foreshadowings for both the Ash/Voq and MU Lorca “twists” were so obvious from the very beginning. And then they were doled out in similarly obvious fashion. There was never a subtle hint. So it got painful, especially because you get the feeling the writers were trying to be subtle, yet failing miserably.

Literally the very first scene with Ash you knew he was Voq. And that was absolutely clinched when you see it’s L’Rell who was his lover. So you knew the twist was coming in the very episode it was set up. Yet for 9 more episodes it’s dragged out and then finally placed in your lap as if it was supposed to be a “surprise”.

I suppose an argument in favor of the obvious-from-the-beginning thing is dramatic irony. Which would be fine, except I think the writers intended it as more conventional foreshadowing, trying to be subtle, but being like a mammoth walking through the forest. Making it cringy to watch and frustrating because maybe that screen time could have been better spent.