In 1A, there was a decent amount of character representation. Sure, we got a lot of Jo. But we also got a decent amount of scenes between Lacey and her friends, and Danny with Karen (as well as Rico and Jo, respectively). Danny and Lacey’s interactions weren’t always about Jo, and they actually had at least one scene without Jo per episode. Lacey still had one foot in the trio and one foot out. By the time 1B came around, the focus on Jo increased EXPONENTIALLY (even people who aren’t avid fans are like “Look, you’re doing too much”.), we rarely see Danny interact with anyone other than Jo, and even when Jo isn’t around, the conversation is still about Jo. Lacey still has one foot in the trio and one foot out, only this time, it’s not her choice and the other foot is kinda hanging in thin air. The drama surrounding the adults is taking up far too much screen time, while the drama around the teens is weak and cliché at best. Far too many issues from 1A have gone unresolved (is Jo never going to apologize for what she did? What happened to Tyler, Phoebe, Sarita, Archie, Scott, Janna, etc.? Did they all just disappear?, How did Lacey’s family feel about the tape? Did Doug and Louise ever get in trouble for what they did? Did Danny and Lacey ever have a discussion about it? Why were we forced to sit through Jo crying about a sex scene with a character we’ll never see again, but we get no resolution about a storyline that affected 2/3 of the trio? Or is it not important because it had nothing to do with Jo?) While I do appreciate how much more we get to see in regards to police work and shit, that doesn’t make up for the fact that there are far too many things that are getting a large amount of focus when they shouldn’t. And by doing this, they’re sidelining characters and storylines that are far more significant and deserve to be discussed.