Are people so easily entertained? Yes, some of the acting was brilliant. But we've come to expect this by the actors involved, which is why up until halfway point I actually had some hope this was salvageable. No hope was left by the end of the season.
Pretty much every "twist" was Deus Ex Machina. Since I am pretty sure the fans of the series are not smart enough to know what this is - every seemingly hard/impossible challenge in the plot was solved by a very unlikely, pretty much impossible solution:
Harry Seldon lived...by linking with Gaal, somehow his chains unlocking (magic), drowning his guard, somehow Gaal changes the body of this guard to him (magic), somehow Tellem doesn't realise one of her close people is missing for a day, somehow Harry escapes, then comes back exactly at the right time to kill Tellem, somehow Tellem jumps in the boy, even though she dies in the matter of 2 seconds and very unexpectedly, somehow she waits for hours to then look at Gaal whole holding a gun, then shoots Salvor, who somehow sees the gun, takes out her knife, runs for a few meters and jumps in front of it (pure Bollywood level of reality). Then she dies after holding a little speech, how neat.
Day, who in the previous episode somehow decided that he wanted to personally risk his life and take the whole fleet to a single planet, decides also to engage in hand to hand combat against a brilliant fighter. His security, even before he tells them not to interfere...do not interfere and just sit and watch as a man is beating the most important guy in the Empire. Seriously, if the scene wasn't pathetic, it would be hilarious. Then, the switch happens and Day is dead. Then, Demerzel somehow controls the whole guards, being able to openly command them (they even volunteer!) to arrest the main Empire. Somehow a ship leaves the most secure planet in the Galaxy. Somehow Sareth knows she is pregnant...the day after having sex with a guy.
Somehow one of the most annoying characters survives, and then somehow, all the people on Terminus are fine, because...magic. Also,we are clearly shown the people on Terminus, including Glawen and the chief dude watching as the ship collapsed on the planet. So the Vault saved them all in..a minute time, if not less.
On the very surface, the last few episodes of this TV series have more drama, battles, twists, better acting and scenes with the main characters. But just go a level below, and it is incoherent nonsense, stitched with improbable actions and decisions, a full-on space soap opera. It tries to be a mix between Star Wars and Game of Thrones, it fails miserably. Some of the scenes were quite epic, and the characters (and particularly actors and actresses) of Day, Dusk (even Dawn, the actor is pretty decent), Rue, Demerzel and Harry Seldon are quite nice. The rest, drivel.
At least it made my decision not to watch Season 3 and cancel my Apple TV sub very easy.