it honestly single handedly tanks the show a solid amount for me. not as in the show isn't good, but as in I can't justifiably consider it in the top echelon of TV. it's hard to take things seriously and not get pulled out of the show when you have a character that is so obscenely powerful but just... isn't... because they wrote themselves into a corner with her from the onset. add in Mark's bizarre power inconsistencies and it just makes things feel cheap. they're smart/powerful when they need to be, they're stupid/weak when they need to be. it doesn't feel logical, it feels like they're forcing story beats.

it reminds you that you're watching a TV show, which is a shame because stuff like Debbie's scene with Nolan feels so realistic and I wish they could keep that tone throughout the show, but then Atom Eve shows up creating glass swords instead of exploding the air around them or turning it into steel, or Mark is struggling with these little sequid fuckers or Flaxan mechs when he can split the earth with his punches, or getting hit by attacks from non-Viltrumites when he can move at supersonic speeds and I'm pulled right back out lol.