Yeah, I remember over last hiatus there was a general anticipation that Mary was returning and the BMoL were being introduced so that the show could roll back the cosmic drama and focus more on grey-area, interpersonal conflict. Well, they put the nail in that coffin pretty quick. Funny thing is, last season did feel more intimate to me, the stakes more grounded in the interpersonal, and Amara was a more complicated, ambiguous antagonist than the BMoL are shaping up to be.