That #7 who supposedly has no powers is actually the most powerful / dangerous

It felt quite derivative that Vanya was basically just Dark Phoenix in the end

But there are too many tropes that are a bit annoying. Harold basically being Syndrome from the Incredibles, Pogo the unnecessarily-secretive background figure, Klaus being a nihilistic comic book character that takes drugs + acts wacky, Diego being yet another secretive vigilante that literally sucks the life out of any scene he's in...

And the details that would actually flesh these characters out into being more realised and compelling (Allison's daughter, Eudora's history with Diego, Klaus' Vietnam boyfriend, Cha Cha/Hazel's history, ANYTHING on the Commission other than "this lady wears a veil and has a briefcase :shrug:") are just...missing. So whilst it's a nice and stylish series, it's nothing great and not particularly something I'll love when it's over.

Other plot points I have difficulty with:
- Diego turning Grace off, and that just being....that :shrug:
- Ben's death hasn't been explained yet. I would assume that's covered in later episodes though. If not that's...odd.
- I'm only halfway through e8 so I wonder if Allison's daughter went to sleep and never woke up, or something? Otherwise that's a huge overreaction on her stupid ex-husband's part :oh:
- There being literally no personality to Cha Cha at the moment. I've already mentioned I want some backstory on how they became agents, what their powers are, if they even have any?? Because Hazel seemed to be able to knock the hell out of Luther. But at least Hazel has a whole "sympathetic big boy who wants to watch birds and eat donuts" angle, even if it is a bit...random. Cha Cha... I don't see her motivation.
- Throwing in random acts of history to distract the viewers instead of explaining more about how the Commission came about :shrug: all very well dangling the Hindenburg, Franz Ferdinand's assassination, Johannes Gutenburg's printing press in our face and just ignoring the big question: why are they driven to apocalypse? Who made them? etc.

That said, I may be wrong and the last two episodes cover all of this and then some :whistle:

Vanya also did what was necessary ~if only she killed Luther~

although I wish they would explain more about Ben and the ending was not needed but I guess they need a cliffhanger to give people a reason to watch the next series

Major plotholes again; in episode 7, are you supposed to believe that in the 90 minutes Five had to gather everyone together and head back to 2019, he was able to drive to the country, tell Vanya they need to leave, Vanya tells Sissy all about her husband's threat towards Harlan, they decide to leave, write a note, and the husband - who was literally out drinking, perhaps even after this 90 minutes began - got home, called the cops, and set up a roadblock?

Not to mention Diego manages to take a corpse, in broad daylight, to the desert and dig a hole in this same time window (before getting drugged by Lila)

And even putting the awkward timeline things aside, there's just rarely any growth. Klaus' continued suppression of Ben despite their 200 reconciliations and promises to let Ben speak and be present? Vanya conveniently back to square one with no recollection of powers again?

The only really interesting storylines involve Alison's power to be honest; the implications of what she can do, the unwanted side effects, her situation with her daughter, wanting to use her powers for the greater good but being unable to without being corrupted or taken out... it's the only interesting power to me because:

1) Luther's just a sad hulk
2) Ben's a dead tentacle
3) Klaus just plays as a Jack Sparrow parody that ignores his power
4) Diego...can throw...knives... :sleep:
5) Five's a little ****ing bitch
6) Vanya doesn't even know what she's doing or capable of

But eh... whatever. Dumb fun and everything.