11. Really angry
Several billion seasons of development and suddenly the writers introduce this “humanity” group. I get that it’s for dramatic purposes but their characterization is wildly inconsistent, their plotline is all over the map, and half the time it’s totally unclear if they’re supposed to be the protagonists or the villains. Don’t get me wrong, there’s potential there, but they could also be the reason the whole thing comes to a crashing, unsatisfying ending. And if that happens, I’m going to be reeeeal angry.
12. Didn’t they have magic to help?
How were they able to kill all those Witches? They were supposed to be powerful right? How did they get them all tied down and burnt at the stake? That could have been a really interesting development!
13. Fight the good fight, again
A real jump the shark moment was when they let Napoleon come back just for them to beat him again. Really lazy writing there.
14. Secret weapon
We hear of Japan in the early seasons and all of a sudden it just disappears for a few hundred years and shows up around WWII as a growing world superpower? Kind of shady if you ask me.
15. How’d they beat it?
A plague wipes out vast quantities of Europeans, and then shows up randomly later? Obvious sequel bait.
16. None
It was a pretty clever transition how WWII sets up the whole US vs. Soviet plot line. But then it’s like the Soviet Union left to make another movie or something, the writers just killed it off overnight with no foreshadowing.
17. Ratings
The War to End All Wars happened twice. In the same century. Followed by something called the Cold War.
Yeah, they are just milking it for ratings.
18. Because they do
I feel like the series has gotten stale with this whole terrorism plot device. It seems like anytime there’s a hole in a villain’s motivation, they immediately jump to terrorism.
19. Puhlease
Wait, so the Christian crusaders sent to take Jerusalem decided to just up and sack Constantinople instead? A city which, after Rome, was the capital of the Christian world… give me a break.
20. We are laughing
All of the antagonists are so unbelievable. I mean, you really expect me to believe that Donald Trump is supposed to be taken seriously? It’s like his character was written for a comedy, but the writers still tried to make him a serious character.
