Too bad the spirit of the first season was not kept.

Briefly ; Season 01 : Despite a lack of originality (mostly due to the fact that the script is borrowing from so many references and existing movies - which is not a criticism btw), the acting felt less contrived and caricatural than it has become and the story was overall much more relatable (the one of the missing child, the police investigation thereof as well as the friends and family's despair and grief and of course the unravelling mystery and character building of El).

From there, Season 02 was a bit of a let down since it only seemed to be repeating the same pattern with no real development from where we were left in the previous season. I started to get less attaches to the main characters and care less about what would happen to them.

Now season 03 was just too goofy for me. Even more caricatural than the previous season and the characters were reduced to stereotypes making the series even less relatable and ''serious'' as a sci-fi show. It's nothing you haven't seen before while there could have been so many ways to elevate this take on the 80s Russian villain thing.

It's like they decided to make this a (pre)-teen show when it had solid qualities to make it a great sci-fi series.

Letting go of the mysterious/atmospheric element of the show was the worst move - now it's all too bland.