Correct.
I offer this take merely as subjective preference, not at all of objective taste. S4, in my opinion, carries a greater emotional weight to the main storyline in the schools. I think with the kids' diverse character backgrounds and arcs illustrate the show's predominate theme that outcomes aren't always meritorious and are often predetermined. I think Prezbo also serves as a great meditation on white liberalism, resisting the easy narrative that a lone white savior will succeed. I don't feel that he ultimately atones for the massive fuckups he causes in S1 (in ways that Bubbles does), but he's at least an interesting and complex, albeit flawed man. Season 4 also seems to link the various social institutions and webs much more seamlessly than prior seasons. As Carcetti reveals his loathesome self in the mayor's office, we see how even the most flippant, subtle shit really does flow down hill.
