I thought the same thing in season one. I became quite skeptical of the series when in the first episode, they did a fart joke. And then as soon as Coran came out of cryostasis, he starts doing goofy kung fu, which was very unrealistic for the situation. If they wanted to insert a bit there, they could've had Keith catch Allura and then, Lance, wanting to have a princess fall in his arms too, catch Coran before he figures out that it's a guy inside that pod.
The show could use more subtle humor. We already have Lance (and Hunk) being goofy. I think Coran should've been a more serious person to play off of that with deadpan or dry sarcasm.
But there are certainly a lot of stuff that I like. Off the top of my head, there was the Arusians (esp. the cuddly baritone one that Keith hugged and the sacrifice). Another one I liked was the part where they were making laser sound effects. While it wasn't chuckle worthy, it's a conversation I've had with my guy friends and it just made them a little bit more real to me. Also, "I'm a leg!" was pretty funny. And then there was the space mall episode. The ones that seem too much mainly involve Lance and Coran.
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