I’m sorry but the biggest thing i remember from s3 is the mumbling, it seriously impacted my opinion of the show. Everybody raves about Mahershala Ali’s acting, but I could hardly hear him and parse the words. Good acting isnt just talking low/mumbling words while giving a serious monologue. I remember this being a thing during Jaime Lanisters overly praised GOT hot tub scene too. Enunciate!

Better examples of this IMO are True Detective and Westworld.

And to me the answer is no. While season 1s of both are among the best single seasons of television, you cannot ignore the following seasons and it affects how we think and talk about the show in hindsight, and how we approach recommending it to freinds and rewatches. I couldnt even vote for them on the recent r/television survey because of this.