Val was amazing, but the problem with the new series wasn’t the actors, it was the writing. It could have worked if they had better writers. In fact, I feel like you could tell when different writers and directors were responsible for the episodes or scenes. It was occasionally good, but the shitty parts ruined the show.

It didn’t help that bigots were predisposed to hate the diversity and LGBTQ+ inclusiveness. I’m not one to ever complain about a show being “woke,” but the terrible writing made it impossible to defend the choices made with the characters.