I read the reviews and I was on the fence about whether to watch the show or not.

Finally I did and I actually enjoyed it quite a lot.

Does it contain some politics, as many reviews complain? Yes, but it sure is not as bad as some people are trying to make it. It is not the most subtle of shows, true, but come on, it is a MCU tv show not some Russian art movie ... For me the show strengh has been the acting, the chemistry among the actors, the banter and the core idea. And I just loved Sebastian Stan, got to admit it.

To me, the core idea of the show is about power - who has it really, how it can belong to one person or to a system, how it can corupt but not necesarily. And for an MCU show I think it does a good job at actually having a point.

The show weakness was the villan... because we are supposed to believe that the person being the main villan managed to build this huge system but nothing in the story actually shows us that this is true ... it's a lot of tell instead of show, which is the opposite of good writing ... and the actress playing the villain is not all that convincing... But I liked the set up for season 2 ... looks like a much better bad girl will take the main stage ...