Everything about this screams a dire need for longform storytelling.

I can see a solid 8 ep series of this working very well.

I think the Icarus would be better served to have him know what's going on the entire time, as perhaps the one eternal who has always known. I think it would work better storywise if he was an intentional failsafe, Ajak revealing the truth to him.

Watching him struggle to fulfill his mission, against his love for Sersi, would make him a much more interesting character, and a better plot point IMO.

but that's me.

Also, I hated how the deviants were basically generic monsters. They looked like Michael Bay's overly busy Transformers designs. Not good at all. They had no character. Even the evolved "alpha" deviant.