there's just WAY WAY WAY TOO much going on with the storyline

the homosexual blackwater op turned cop struggling with his identity back home

rinse wash and repeat for the female lead detective struggling with her female identity in a male dominated industry + a public family background immersed in what feels like cult teachings

I could literally type paragraphs for each character presented

in just 3 episodes

the homie should have stuck to the structure of season 1

and developed a couple of these characters

but a handful of characters + a handful of simultaneous plots

it's just WAY TOO MUCH IMO

I would have trimmed it down to the lead investigators and the mayor as the focal points

Rachel, Colin and the Vinci Mayor

all of this other BS; Casper, Vince Vaughn, Gay Cop, the Russians, etc...

only exist in the context of supporting the story which should be in the foreground

government corruption.

for instance, we have an entire team of investigators assigned to this case

= the wire

we saw those characters developed over SEASONS

it's just too much to develop in 10-12 episodes, IMO.

literally, pick a character that's been presented to date

and you could write an entire season on just the issues presented in that character

congrats on creating the all-star lineup of flawed people