As a massive Batwoman fan prior to this show, I quite enjoyed the first season and found it, on the whole, to be a sensible adaptation of the source not only into a different medium, but into an existing universe.
I especially appreciated the changes made to Kate, because they felt deliberate and informed by the rest of the world rather than changes made for their own sake. This Kate, for instance, didn't emulate her father in the aftermath of their family tragedy like her comic counterpart did, and thus the two end up in different places.
I have little to complain about in terms of the acting or writing. The main cast all played their parts well, and their characters all got at least a decent amount of development and storylines. Mary seems a bit underdeveloped on that front, however, though she's an enjoyable character. Otherwise, it was fun to see all that character stuff weave together as the season went on, particularly in the later half with Luke's story.
More generally, the season-long story and the smaller episodic stories were all interesting in their own way, with no major structural issues I could see, and I very much liked how several one-off episodes ended up being major pieces of the whole. Again, most of the strongest episodes this season are in the second half.
The cliffhanger was a very fortuitous cutoff point for the shortened season for how massive it was. But how that will continue on after Ruby Rose's depature is up in the air, now that season 2 will also be tasked with introducing a new lead. I don't know how it'll be done, and I have my own reservations about a new lead... but after this season, I have confidence in how it'll go.
Strong first season, despite being cut short
As a massive Batwoman fan prior to this show, I quite enjoyed the first season and found it, on the whole, to be a sensible adaptation of the source not only into a different medium, but into an existing universe.
I especially appreciated the changes made to Kate, because they felt deliberate and informed by the rest of the world rather than changes made for their own sake. This Kate, for instance, didn't emulate her father in the aftermath of their family tragedy like her comic counterpart did, and thus the two end up in different places.
I have little to complain about in terms of the acting or writing. The main cast all played their parts well, and their characters all got at least a decent amount of development and storylines. Mary seems a bit underdeveloped on that front, however, though she's an enjoyable character. Otherwise, it was fun to see all that character stuff weave together as the season went on, particularly in the later half with Luke's story.
More generally, the season-long story and the smaller episodic stories were all interesting in their own way, with no major structural issues I could see, and I very much liked how several one-off episodes ended up being major pieces of the whole. Again, most of the strongest episodes this season are in the second half.
The cliffhanger was a very fortuitous cutoff point for the shortened season for how massive it was. But how that will continue on after Ruby Rose's depature is up in the air, now that season 2 will also be tasked with introducing a new lead. I don't know how it'll be done, and I have my own reservations about a new lead... but after this season, I have confidence in how it'll go.