I feel like this is turning from a great, and rather serious, sci-fi series into a cheesy Disney-style cliché of a production.
The parts which focus on the empire storyline and the Foundation are amazingly good, so are most of the Gaal/Salvor/Hari parts, but every time Hober enters the scene, the cringe factor just goes through the roof.
While he is a decent actor, I think the casting choice for Hober Mallow is not appropriate and the role badly written, unless they want to ride the "sexy funny space-pirate" trope.
Is the sex scene between him and the priestess necessary for the plot? No. Necessary for character development? Also, no.
Do we want a Jack Sparrow of the skies? Hard no.
The parts which focus on the empire storyline and the Foundation are amazingly good, so are most of the Gaal/Salvor/Hari parts, but every time Hober enters the scene, the cringe factor just goes through the roof.
While he is a decent actor, I think the casting choice for Hober Mallow is not appropriate and the role badly written, unless they want to ride the "sexy funny space-pirate" trope.
Is the sex scene between him and the priestess necessary for the plot? No. Necessary for character development? Also, no.
Do we want a Jack Sparrow of the skies? Hard no.