A disappointing filler season. It's not the worst, but not a good one either. It's a huge step down after the peak buildup in Season 3, though somewhat expected given the Season 3 finale's abrupt shift in direction.
The whole season feels padded, as if they're saving material for the ultimate showdown in Season 5, much like the MCU's storytelling approach they used to criticize. In fact, the finale undoes almost everything established throughout the season.
The show used to prioritize drama and corporate criticism first, with shock factor and edginess second. However, this season lost its steam, putting shock value in the forefront while everything else takes a backseat. Outrageous sexual undertones and extreme gore dominate, with only a few notable sequences and character dramas interspersed. In fact, I can mention only two: the Hughie and Hughie Sr. drama, and the Ryan-Butcher-Homelander relationship. There is an attempt to include an LGBTQ relationship drama, which caused contention among fans, but it ends up as a mere distraction in the finale, appealing to no one across the political spectrum.
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A disappointing filler season. It's not the worst, but not a good one either. It's a huge step down after the peak buildup in Season 3, though somewhat expected given the Season 3 finale's abrupt shift in direction.
The whole season feels padded, as if they're saving material for the ultimate showdown in Season 5, much like the MCU's storytelling approach they used to criticize. In fact, the finale undoes almost everything established throughout the season.
The show used to prioritize drama and corporate criticism first, with shock factor and edginess second. However, this season lost its steam, putting shock value in the forefront while everything else takes a backseat. Outrageous sexual undertones and extreme gore dominate, with only a few notable sequences and character dramas interspersed. In fact, I can mention only two: the Hughie and Hughie Sr. drama, and the Ryan-Butcher-Homelander relationship. There is an attempt to include an LGBTQ relationship drama, which caused contention among fans, but it ends up as a mere distraction in the finale, appealing to no one across the political spectrum.