If I were to rate season 1, I would put 9 or 10; season 2 would get a 7. Season 3 shows a degradation of this show and the inability to add anything new to the topic. I think the creators wanted to shock the viewers with gore, but it is an old trick, which is usually used to fill the gaps in the plot. Even though each episode had a lot of action, the season was dull and predictable overall. The creators made the main protagonists so irritating and toxic that I rooted for Homelander, who had to represent a creepy evil megalomaniac. I skipped all of Butcher's dialogues because I could not care less for him or his motives. The creators made him particularly toxic and irritating. Hughie remains a whiny loser who is always the third wheel anywhere he goes. The rest of the crew represent dependent whiny idiots who have literally no motivation to continue fighting with supes. On the plus side, Ackles' character was good, and Maeve was interesting to watch.