Babylon starts out as a true crime show, then quickly turns into a pseudo-supernatural crime show that supposedly talks about the morals around suicide and whether or not we should allow it.
That's if you're giving it the benefit of the doubt, what it actually is is a dumpster fire.
Simply put, to make a fleshed out story, the good characters need to be part bad, and the bad characters need to be part good. Otherwise the characters next actions are always predictable, and the viewer can anticipate the entire story after watching one episode. This show can't even do that right - it just has two dimensional characters that are only bad and only good - then proceeds to comment on it like it's talking about a profound idea to try and trick the audience into thinking it's talking about something deeper.
Now after messing up the characters so badly, it's tough to make a great story, so instead it leans on a moral dilemma and straw-manning the audience into a lulled submission.
What does the show do right? The animation and music behind it are both at least average, if not above average. This show is fully brought down by its story.
