JossiRossi posted:

While I think there were some issues with the ideas being a bit scattershot, overall I liked this season a lot. Rutger Hauer was absolutely fantastic to watch. He never really had a heel turn, he was the kindly grandfatherly type who just wanted the best for his family. It's just that it included sacrificing the children of those who killed his daughters to get it. His, "You just killed your sister" was so well delivered. There was so much sadness in it, instead of anger or revenge. He exuded the concept of not being mad, just disappointed. All the characters were fun, and the unlikability of Alice through the first half really helped sell her fall in the last 2 episodes.

The higher power scene evoked a ton of satanic/cult imagery that I thought was real fun, despite being just a goat headed dude, it came across quite strongly and very 70s horror. Really I think that must have been a driving force in the design of a lot of things were old horror movies. Tons of suspense, over the top gore shocks, and a lot of just low key interaction. I also liked that the god seemed to follow a code of sorts. Get me a child to eat every year and you get to live in heaven and a couple other gifts. When the deal was unfulfilled he only punished the guilty (instead of murdering all the likable people hanging out at the tree line too), and even showed a perverse leniency to the girl who'd only just joined up.