So, the first season of "Lovecraft Country" comes to an end. If you look through my individual episode reviews, I'd initially hoped that it would match "Watchmen" and whilst it never reached those highs consistently, it did have its moments.
With the Book of Names in their possession, Atticus (Jonathan Majors), Leti (Jurnee Smollett), Montrose (Michael K Williams) and Hippolyta (Aunjanue Ellis) try to lift the curse on Diana (Jada Harris). Before turning their attention to Christina's (Abbey Lee) spell and whether there's a way turn the tables on her. Ruby (Wunmi Mosaku) must decide whether her loyalties lie with her sister, or her lover.
Whilst performances and visual effects across this season was always perfect and the idea of reflecting modern politics and the racism of the inspirational author through this lens is a wonderful one, looking back on the season as a whole, I feel that it wasn't narratively strong enough to match those endowments. I do think, I'd have preferred a season at Ardham, culminating in the failed sacrifice and it burning down. A second season involving the house, museum and Hippolyta's odyssey, 3rd set entirely in Tulsa 1921 and the Korean War, and a final of returning to Ardham. All that crowbarred into a single season felt too disjointed and compressed to really give the story the time it needed.
The question is, I suppose, would I watch a second season if it were to be forthcoming. The honest answer is yes, I probably would but by the same token, if that was all we were ever to get of the show, then I wouldn't be massively disappointed.