Character development is one of Season 2’s clearest strengths, especially as returning rookies mature and Robby’s trauma becomes more complicated. Some complaints focus on supporting characters who still feel underused...
Pros: episode structure, main cast performance
Cons: age appropriateness, plot clarity
Reviewers see a satisfying arc from manufactured pop figure to self-directed artist, with key relationships helping her grow in confidence and creative control.
Pros: episode pacing, season finale quality
Cons: episode structure, season pacing
Margo, Shyanne, and Jinx are widely praised as flawed people whose motives remain clear. Some supporting figures, especially Susie, KC, and Rose, are criticized for existing mainly to help Margo.
Pros: episode structure, dialogue quality
Cons: plot twists, season finale quality
Character work is a major strength, with Mark’s changing morality, Nolan’s difficult redemption, Oliver’s growth, and Eve’s vulnerability all receiving attention. Reviewers repeatedly describe the arcs as nuanced, compelling, and...
Pros: finale satisfaction, continuity
Cons: plot clarity, screenplay quality
Character growth is a major strength, especially Sydney stepping forward, Carmy finding a healthier relationship to cooking, and Richie reaching a more hopeful place. Reviewers repeatedly describe the ensemble as...
Pros: directing quality, cinematography
Cons: dialogue quality, plot originality
The strongest notices praise Ben and the reworked supporting characters for gaining new dimensions in this alternate world. A few negative reviews argue the characters remain stock noir types, but...
Pros: plot twists, cliffhanger effectiveness
Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness
Character work is one of the season’s biggest strengths, especially as the show spreads emotional and professional consequences across the ensemble. The dissenting view is that some development pushes Martian...
Pros: directing quality, bingeability
Cons: none
The strongest arcs deepen parenthood, resilience and community bonds, with Mel, Jack, Lizzie and Denny receiving meaningful growth. Supporting characters often evolve more convincingly than the central romance.
Pros: supporting cast performance, acting quality
Cons: character consistency, screenplay quality
The season earns praise as a patient dual character study, giving Simon subtle growth and Trevor an unexpectedly affecting redemption arc.
Pros: soundtrack quality, pilot episode quality
Cons: accountability handling, plot clarity
The girls’ gradual awakening, friendships, and small acts of rebellion are among the season’s strongest elements. Daisy’s depth and Aunt Lydia’s shifting motives are less consistently convincing.
Pros: supporting cast performance, realism
Cons: family friendliness, sexual content level
Character development is one of the clearest strengths, especially for Chee, Joe, and Bernadette. Most reviewers praise the deeper personal arcs, though one critic argues the arcs ultimately stall.
Pros: costume design, directing quality
Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness
The adult friends are given meaningful midlife frustrations, old wounds, and evolving self-understanding, with Saoirse especially well developed. Some reviewers wanted more depth for Dara, Greta, and a few supporting...
Pros: character consistency, cast chemistry
Cons: cliffhanger effectiveness, season length
The strongest arcs deepen Greg, Katie, Sunny and the wider ensemble beyond their initial comic types. Several reviewers praise the way later episodes let wounded, messy characters grow without losing...
Pros: screenplay quality, genre satisfaction
Cons: continuity, family friendliness
Rupert, Monica, Maud, Taggie, Sarah, and several supporting women receive richer, more mature arcs. The season is strongest when it lets the glamorous surface give way to vulnerability and consequence.
Pros: score quality, critic appeal
Cons: character consistency, plot clarity
Emma’s transformation is widely praised, especially when Jessica Reynolds tracks her shift from vulnerable servant to hardened striver. A few side characters also benefit from added dimension.
Pros: season finale quality, main cast performance
Cons: humor, plot clarity
The second half earns praise for giving Benedict, Sophie, Violet, Francesca and several supporting characters more growth and emotional dimension.
Pros: rewatch value, supporting cast performance
Cons: CGI quality, continuity
Character work is one of the season’s biggest strengths, especially for Morty, Evil Morty, and the evolving Smith family. The main caveat is that Rick’s introspection can feel familiar and...
Pros: critic appeal, genre satisfaction
Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness
Isla’s leadership, Ali’s professional self-worth, and several sibling arcs gain meaningful depth. Other takes argue that crowded plotting flattens Jackie and leaves some promising characters underdeveloped.
Pros: media scrutiny portrayal, season finale quality
Cons: cancellation satisfaction, product placement
Alex and André’s relationship gives the season its clearest arc, moving through grief, resentment, rebellion, and eventual understanding. The main pair are well developed, though one critic felt the secondary...
Pros: screenplay quality, critic appeal
Cons: plot twists, season pacing
The adults and children receive distinct emotional struggles that make most of the ensemble easy to invest in. Detractors found some children unlikable and wanted serious problems addressed more responsibly.
Pros: season finale quality, screenplay quality
Cons: character consistency, continuity
The documentary makes founders feel like flawed people rather than marble monuments. Personal stories about figures like Washington and Adams help humanize the history.
Pros: production design, bingeability
Cons: modern political framing, plot originality
The show can sketch relationships and family dynamics clearly enough to make the stakes matter. Decider especially credited the first episode with building a good picture of Shawna and David's...
Pros: finale satisfaction, season finale quality
Cons: violence level, writing quality
Beth receives the most attention, with reviewers noticing a softer, more patient version who still keeps her killer instinct. Character work lands best when it deepens Beth, Rip, Carter, or...
Pros: cast chemistry, acting quality
Cons: continuity, cultural representation
The family history and Moriarty friendship give several characters meaningful arcs, but some critics feel the breakneck conspiracy leaves too little room for reflection or earned growth.
Pros: pilot episode quality, emotional impact
Cons: continuity, modern political framing
Rafa gives a layered picture of Nadal as disciplined, anxious, resilient, and physically depleted. Some critics still wanted more access to his deepest motivations, but the strongest responses felt the...
Pros: genre satisfaction, soundtrack quality
Cons: writing quality, plot clarity
The show still finds room for lessons about shame, insecurity, and growing from childish mistakes. Critics also note that deeper long-term character growth is intentionally reduced because the season returns...
Pros: production design, animation quality
Cons: pilot episode quality, score quality
Character work is one of the season’s strongest positives when it focuses on arcs like Jade, Donna, Victor, Boyd, Sophia, and Fatima. The main complaint is that some favorites are...
Pros: directing quality, rewatch value
Cons: value for money, makeup quality
Character development is one of the show’s most debated strengths. Positive reviews praise the layers added to Percy, Charlie, Delilah, Chantal, and Jordie, while harsher critics say the central characters...
Pros: directing quality, cinematography
Cons: character consistency, writing quality
Character development was one of the show’s strongest selling points when reviewers focused on Sam, Wally, Judy, Art, and Renee. The dissenting view is that some arcs and backstories are...
Pros: main cast performance, acting quality
Cons: cancellation satisfaction, plot clarity
Bullseye and several returning side characters gain welcome depth, and some reviewers found their arcs far more compelling than before. Other subplots, particularly Heather or Jessica-related material, are criticized as...
Pros: costume design, score quality
Cons: realism, plot clarity
The season gives new and returning characters substantial backstory and emotional texture, but the approach is divisive. Some found the added layers rich and rewarding; others thought too many backstories...
Pros: directing quality, production design
Cons: character consistency, continuity
Character development is uneven but often interesting. Paula receives the richest treatment, while coworkers and some side players are repeatedly described as thin, flat, or underexplored.
Pros: acting quality, main cast performance
Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness
Character work is a real strength in the positive reviews, especially once stock-seeming roles gain history and emotional weight. The sharpest negative review saw the detective and reporter as familiar...
Pros: plot originality, emotional impact
Cons: humor, writing quality
Character work is the show’s most divided area. Irina, Anastasia, Tanya, and familiar younger figures draw real interest, but some critics find parts of the ensemble thin, emotionally guarded, or...
Pros: cliffhanger effectiveness, main cast performance
Cons: humor, family friendliness
The family gradually gains texture, especially Jules and Nell, but Nicky and several supporting figures remain too thin for a story built around relationship choices.
Pros: special effects quality, soundtrack quality
Cons: screenplay quality, series finale quality
Zara receives the richest development, with reviewers enjoying her evolving survival instincts and vulnerability-to-strength arc. The wider cast is much less fully worked out.
Pros: pilot episode quality, main cast performance
Cons: family friendliness, dialogue quality
Character development works best around Max Cady and the Bowden children, especially when the show connects family secrets to emotional damage. Some reviewers thought certain backstories, especially Zack's, were thin...
Pros: directing quality, cinematography
Cons: realism, character consistency
Berlin and several emotional arcs gain meaningful texture, but critics disagree on whether the supporting characters truly grow or remain thin romantic functions.
Pros: main cast performance, bingeability
Cons: realism, season length
Niall’s layered self-loathing and moral compromise are widely admired, but large time jumps and repetitive adult behavior make some later changes feel abrupt or insufficiently developed.
Pros: season finale quality, screenplay quality
Cons: realism, rewatch value
The character development divides opinion: some moments work, while others feel uneven or overdone.
Pros: humor, faithfulness to source material
Cons: cultural representation, cliffhanger effectiveness
The memory-loss arc divides reviewers more than most elements. Some find it tired or frustrating at first, while others say it becomes emotionally and thematically meaningful by the end.
Pros: drama quality, finale satisfaction
Cons: character development, season pacing
Some reviewers liked watching the Clyburns gradually mature and adapt, especially Stacy’s transformation. Others found several supporting characters repetitive, underwritten, or stuck as caricatures.
Pros: main cast performance, suspense
Cons: world-building, language level
The protagonist is often praised as contradictory, messy, and psychologically rich, but several critics found Vladimir, Sid, and other supporting figures underdeveloped or flattened by her viewpoint.
Pros: cinematography, production design
Cons: cliffhanger effectiveness, character consistency
Alice often comes across as the richest character, with rage, hurt, selfishness, and flashes of growth all in play. Izzy and the central romance are more divisive, with several complaints...
Pros: directing quality, cast chemistry
Cons: family friendliness, language level
Character growth is uneven. Mike, Will, and the newer relationships receive some heartfelt development, but the fixed timeline also forces several arcs to repeat lessons the characters learn again later.
Pros: world-building, production design
Cons: plot clarity, realism
Character growth is uneven but central to the season. Positive notes point to lessons learned and changing relationships, while complaints say some characters remain thin, bland, or too slow to...
Pros: renewal interest, bingeability
Cons: plot clarity, soundtrack quality
Character growth is strongest when Elle changes Seattle without losing herself and when supporting relationships mature naturally. The main drawback is that this growth can make her later movie arc...
Pros: cast chemistry, bingeability
Cons: episode length, episode pacing
Character development is a major dividing line. A few reviewers found the ensemble layered and compelling, but many felt characters were thinly sketched, underexplored, or just vehicles for plot movement.
Pros: cinematography, drama quality
Cons: writing quality, plot clarity
Character work is the main divider. Supporters like Penelope, Fawn, and the friend group as messy but lovable; critics say Josh, Ray, and some arcs stay underdeveloped or reset too...
Pros: realism, cultural representation
Cons: age appropriateness, violence level
Characters are watchable but often thinly drawn. Cola gives the show a rooting interest for some, yet several reviews say the cast falls into archetypes or lacks enough background and...
Pros: world-building, cinematography
Cons: finale satisfaction, season finale quality