Barely remembered much from s1.
S2. action packed. plot and motivations.. eh. some spoilers. also, I know nothing about the comic.
on one level I can like the idea of planeswalker pretending to be a god, and the ramifications of that, on the locals.
But, this is also yet another tv show that masquerades as Christian, while just completely shitting on all Christian doctrine. Its really tiresome. they don't do this to any other religion.
The show itself then doesn't really deal with any of this properly. Few characters ever actually consider the ramifications of whats happening, they don't ask questions. the few that even do, is passing at best.
This manifests really bizarrely, as like 70% of the Catholic church just devotes themselves to this wizard. and this wizard doesn't even bullshit himself at all. Zero explanation of the "correct" theology. like, sure, some wizard showing up with actual magic powers is pretty impressive, and would shake peoples faith. But, if that wizard refuses to actually give a new testament of where religion is wrong. no one would believe them. Especially not devout people. FFS, Christian doctrine is full of claims of demons, sorcerers, deceivers, false prophets, etc. Thou shall not suffer a witch.
strike on the nuns convents kills all but 5. suddenly, new super super secret nun know about super duper secret weapon.. bruh.. Also, despite all the nuns being dead. more Rando commando nun reenforcements just show up suddenly from nowhere at one point.
Not a fan of the direction they took with Lilith. again, this character asks no questions. like, she decides to join this dude, despite him giving zero explanation of who they are going to be fighting exactly, or why. "you're powerful, join me!" "ok." women, amirite? no convictions. why was she even a nun in the first place? Why is she so easy to convince?
Ava is a drunk slut, and the show seems to encourage it. Could be written off in s1 more as her living high, after being paralyzed all her childhood. but s2 doesn't tell her to stop it, and just encourages the OTHER nuns to join in.
Nuns do not spend nearly enough time contemplating their faith and the actual cosmology when all their doctrine is wrong. And again, no one presses Adriel on some real answers. nor, Micheal. baffling.
Show also forgets who is and isn't possessed. And what that even means. like at the end, bea tells a bunch of goons, if they walk away, she won't kill or paralyze them for life.. but the show already asserted the goons are all possessed. none of those people have any choice at all.
Very low on direct wokeness. Again, theres anti church, lesbians, hedonism, 99% of the women are heroes, 1% of men are heroes, though.
"theres no other way to heal her" really, cause you healed mother superior of both current mortal wound, and life long crippling, like 3 hours ago with the halo.
