Big fan of 'Sorry to Bother You' (like, saw it in the theater three times-level fan).

In many ways this felt like a great companion piece to that film. The cinematography and world-building was really fun and creative. Jharrel Jerome and Olivia Washington were great. And I enjoyed a lot of the nods that you would expect from the creator being in the Coup (loved hearing Hiero's "Oakland Blackouts" playing in one of the scenes).

That said, after the first few episodes I really felt like this thing went off the rails. The pacing started getting really tedious, I had zero interest in the episode centered on the Hero (whole thing felt like it totally fucked up the arc of the story and seemed pointless), and the last episode just didn't do it for me.

Mind you, I love Boots' anti-capitalist stance and really enjoyed how so much of that informed STBY and the first half of this series...but the way that it was so spelled out in that final monologue just felt tone-deaf to me. It totally took me out.

I will see whatever Boots Riley does and I remain a fan. But by the time this season ended, I found myself really puzzled by how something that started so strong went awry so quickly.

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