"The truth is, the first two seasons — and look, I know people love those seasons — but I know you guys had some issues with those seasons. As did I," Waithe added to the Chicago Tribune, noting she "had very little say what happened in Season 1," and "stepped away" in Season 2 to pursue other projects. "A lot of people think, oh you make all the decisions, you created it. And that’s not how TV works. It’s a very collaborative thing. And when you’re a young new show creator you don’t really have a lot of say."
The first 2 seasons was better overall to me. It's this 3rd season that had too much LBGTQ in for me and no real storyline beside Keisha getting kidnapped. Too many areas that was left off from the first 2 seasons and too many storylines put in it that didn't come back around. I always thought Ronnie was gonna turn to Allah since he did have a relationship with Common's character and we never saw him back in the show. The storyline with the detectives investigating the 63rd Street mob was gone. The storyline about who's buying up all the property and there are so many more. They could have at least explained how Brandon got killed and had Jerrrica at his funeral.