I never loved the show, but I certainly liked season one. It had a few clunky mis-steps (e.g. Inconsistent rules for the logic of the alien suggested a degree of laziness, 'sore thumb' moments of pandering), but over all it was enjoyable with Tudyk responsible for a lot of the show's charm.
Season two, however ... what's happened? The show is about an alien that crash lands on earth and has to secretly live amongst the humans, with their mission being to wipe out humankind - but you wouldn't think that from the storytelling direction of the second season. The "A" story (all the alien stuff) is routinely demoted to "B" or even "C" story, while all the 'normal townsfolk' supporting stories (the "B" and "C" plot threads from season one) gets boosted to "A" level attention. Yes, we want some depth and shading to the cast, but when your lead story and character - an alien whose mission is to wipe out humankind! - is punted out of the way to focus on the comparatively quite small scale personal (and very much not sci-fi) stories of the lower levels of side characters, then you know something has gone very wrong with the direction of the show.
I looked forward to each new episode in season one, but I quickly lost patience with season two because of it's bizarre shift in story priorities with the quite awkward addition of some thunderously blunt chips that fell off the writers' shoulders (further illustrating the disregard for the main thrust of the entire show). 4 or 5 episodes in and I just lost all interest in the show, despite it still having some good parts - characters of plotlines that were squandered by the show's curious shift in direction. Series link removed, episodes deleted. A pity.
Season two, however ... what's happened? The show is about an alien that crash lands on earth and has to secretly live amongst the humans, with their mission being to wipe out humankind - but you wouldn't think that from the storytelling direction of the second season. The "A" story (all the alien stuff) is routinely demoted to "B" or even "C" story, while all the 'normal townsfolk' supporting stories (the "B" and "C" plot threads from season one) gets boosted to "A" level attention. Yes, we want some depth and shading to the cast, but when your lead story and character - an alien whose mission is to wipe out humankind! - is punted out of the way to focus on the comparatively quite small scale personal (and very much not sci-fi) stories of the lower levels of side characters, then you know something has gone very wrong with the direction of the show.
I looked forward to each new episode in season one, but I quickly lost patience with season two because of it's bizarre shift in story priorities with the quite awkward addition of some thunderously blunt chips that fell off the writers' shoulders (further illustrating the disregard for the main thrust of the entire show). 4 or 5 episodes in and I just lost all interest in the show, despite it still having some good parts - characters of plotlines that were squandered by the show's curious shift in direction. Series link removed, episodes deleted. A pity.