I had seen some complaints beforehand about the 'over-simplified' aspect of some of the analysis, so that didn't surprise me - and is understandable if trying to attract new viewers, perhaps future seasons will move on in that respect. Overall there was just enough of interest to me to keep watching.
I thought the first episode was the weakest, not great if trying to hook viewers. Sure, the Tour started with the Prologue and a sprint stage, but instead of leaving the GC contest until later perhaps they could have started with a brief overview of how the 2020 and 2021 Tours had gone, then some scenes of JV training ahead of the Tour with the thought of taking on Pogi again, then spend some time on those initial stages.
That episode on the French teams was tough to watch at times, with sad Pinot and injured O'Connor.
The narrative around Wout was interesting, even if we were only seeing glimpses of the discussions that the teams allowed, much like the forum discussions at the time the cycle from 'selfish Wout' to 'hero Wout' brought back some memories!
Enjoyed the Pidcock descent footage again and the look into his team situation, quite a different rider to the average cog in the Ineos machine. Also thought 'catastrophe Philipsen' came across well. But spending the second-last episode just on the Gaudu-Thomas fight for the podium was a bit much imo, then the last episode had to fit in the rest of the JV-Pogi contest and the Champs sprint and wrap-up. I would have preferred a bit less on Gaudu-Thomas and a bit more JV-Pogi at that point.
All in all, agree with the above about some of the great footage, and some of the glimpses behind the scenes, clearly it wasn't aimed at the average visitor to this forum but if it helps the teams attract sponsors or the sport get more viewers then it's obviously a good thing. Getting UAE on board would be nice.