I enjoyed it! Yeah, its not the best superhero show, but its an interesting one. Plus, it was my introduction to this particular world/franchise.
The show is a bit slow-paced, and there's nothing wrong with that per se...a slower pace allows you to immerse yourself in this world, the characters and the themes. A bigger issue is the lack of focus in the present-day story arc. I count four distinct threads - the conflict within the Sampson family, the debate over ''the Code'', the Blackstar storyline, and whatever Hutch is up to. The show kind of meanders through all of them within giving any of them their due. Each of these threads kind of weave in and out of focus and none of them really gets resolved. The 1929 story was at times more interesting as the slow-burn origin story - sometimes it was a little too slowburn though. And I honestly felt that they didn't do much to sell us on the idea that George and Walt should consider Sheldon as anything other than crazy. The way they played it, you sympathized with the others for wanting to stop Sheldon and thinking he's sick, even though you know he's ''right''. The fact that he's a sanctimonious jerk in the present-day doesn't help matters.
Yeah, I'll just come out and say it - the Utopian came across as a bit of an asshole. He's literally every negative stereotype about Superman brought to life. His ''Code'' is really more about imprinting hislegacy and hissense of morality in the minds of the superhero community, even at the cost of the heroes' lives. He comes across as a terrible father, and not a particularly good husband either (though they don't really explore Grace and Sheldon's relationship much in either timeline). I honestly found Chloe to be the most sympathetic and relatable character in that family. Yes, the drug-addicted girl with anger issues came off looking better than the Superman equivalent!
The whole debate about the ''Code'' was interesting, and I liked the sense of disillusionment among the younger heroes' towards Utopian and his 'leadership'. Its one of the things I wished they'd explored more. The black-and-white binary of the ''Code'' didn't make much sense to me, but I guess that was the point - to show how stupid Sheldon's understanding of it was. The younger heroes' didn't want to be able to kill super-villains at will...they just wanted to have the option to save their lives or the lives of others. Like cops or soldiers would. Sheldon's adherance to the ''Code'' and his demands that his son do the same at all costs makes him come across as less a hero and more a religious zealot of some sort. Which they do hint at in the flashbacks when Walt sarcastically calls him a ''Messiah''. But yeah, I think Sheldon's conflict with Brandon came across a bit akin to a more 'traditional' take on Superman having a problem with the Snyder/Cavill Superman after that MOS scene
George was definitely one of the most interesting characters on the show, and I wish we see more of him in Season 2. Oh yes, I'm hoping we get a Season 2 after the way this season left things hanging. Now that they've established the characters and the world I do hope they pick up the pace and give the show a stronger focus.