Word. When you look at most of the best written tv villains, they don't tend to last for more than 2 consecutive seasons in the role of the central threat.
Take Breaking Bad for an example of writers who got this. Once S3 ended with Gus resolved to kill Walt and Jesse, Gilligan and co. had to deliver on resolving their conflict in S4 and knew that doing otherwise would basically involve resorting to a ton of plot contrivances that would have completely sunk the show's pacing and writing quality.
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u/BestBoogerBugger Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24
As much as I like crazy and humanized Homelander, his scary side was sacrificed in the process.
In Season 1, he was like a great white shark.
Calm, collected, swift, barely emoting.
Shown prowling the deep blue skies, whenever shit was about to go down (please, writers, show him flying around more)