>Is POI good good or like, good for a procedural good?

It's half of the best of both worlds.

If you're a boomer who likes your comfortable procedurals, the latter parts of the show might seem to "drift into the weeds" going deeper down the rabbit hole into complex hard sci-fi concepts about AI.

If you're a Severance fan who wants that deep, hard sci-fi packaged concisely, then you might feel bogged down having to sit through 103 episodes of procedurals to "get to the point".

It tries to be both and succeeds more than it fails. Some of the seemingly-one-off characters end up popping back up and joining the serialized story.

The show aired from 2011-2016, just when our appetites were changing.

All in all, I'd say that the show is a bit like eating ribs. It's too much effort for too little meat, but there's no denying that the meat you get is damn good. But if you're a nut for AI plotlines and feel the need to consume them all, then I'd say PoI is worth the effort.