IMO only the first season was really good, while the second one was very bad, I almost wish they had cancelled it after the first instead.

The first half of the first season was absolutely great. It went downhill quickly when his sister showed up. By the end of the season, it was awful.

Season 2 is simply forgettable.

I didn't find it bad, but it was different, I think the show was trying to find a new direction to make the series last, which obviously didn't work.

Personally, I found the second season to be a decent show in its own right, but comparison is 100% the thief of joy in this case. Season one was one of the most gorgeous pieces of sci-fi media I've ever seen and season two just looked OK by comparison and had a much slower pace and felt more emotionally vulnerable compared to season one's hardboiled tone.

If they were separate shows I would be tempted not to compare them at all.

The main actor was Space Philip Marlowe in two different shows and I just wanted more of that.

IMO the first book was really good, the others are pretty bad. So they were always going to have the problem... and frankly they altered the original book in ways that were worse without actually resolving any problems with length.

Loved the books, 1st series was great, not so much for the second.