rating: 6.25/10
i watched this over the course of these past 3 months so my memory regarding everything is a bit disjointed. i did not especially enjoy watching the first few episodes. i was immensely bored. i just felt like things kept happening but kinda going nowhere? i told abby that this season felt like it was just trying to wrap up loose ends from season 1 and trying to figure itself out to see what it would like to be going forward, and by the end, i think it definitely figured it out. it isn't as tight as the previous season, but it is still good. the fuxxed up shit i expected was definitely all there; the gore, the violence, the unhinged sexual bullshit. in that manner, this show feels like Invincible because you can never tell where the plot is going to go. the final episode is my favorite because kimiko, annie and maeve tagteaming stormfront was so gratifying to watch hehe. girls get it done fr. stormfront's racism was shocking, and moreso was her relationship with homelander coz it looked genuine. i still hate her ew. actress did her character so well. it was nice to see some frenchie backstory and i wanna read fics of his relationship with jay coz i see sumn and frenchie bisexual agenda is strong. mm getting strangled by an elongated dick was so funny lol. hughie and annie r obv cute asf (erin moriarty is so hot). i liked seeing hughie grow a little into himself. bro was really going through it this season. the mental toll must've been insane on him, like HOW can someone deal with all that? kudos to him for keeping his feet on the ground tho. and billy. man. that scene in the finale where he's trying to push away becca to go w her kid and going "i don't want him to be like me" or sumn like that: THAT was emotional. it's the most amount of vulnerability we've ever seen from billy in the entire show so far. and the way the entire gang is always smiling at becca coz they know how much billy loves her hehehe that was so cute of them they all love her. i want to see how becca's death will impact billy's character going forward because it's like she's died twice now, and permanently. i also want to see what becomes of ryan. i kinda hope he's in gen v. also SOLDIER BOY NAMEDROP? i wanna see jenson ackles in gen v so bad already. also congresswoman victoria is hot but i kinda got spoiled about her being the head-blower (which i thought was a dream i had) so it wasn't an incredibly shocking reveal to me. i'm js curious about where her priorities lie coz she doesn't seem to be villainous, js morally grey. and mallory is a g i love her. aside from that i think the season had lots of slow points (the whole cult plotline bored me sm. it felt like deep's subplot was only there to lengthen the runtime. and wtf was up w the frescas bro) so it's not my favorite. but it still slapped (esp the last three episodes). it's a good sequel, js not great.
