What season even is it wherever they are? Impressions: It's what everybody expected. A bit weird, and wearing its Omegaverse fetish on its sleeve, and I don't want to talk about the Omegaverse a second time. I don't mean weird because it's two dudes in a relationship raising a child. It's weird because it'll say […]
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