The first episode is a terrible way to judge that show. It's way too slow and confusing for a new viewer. Your friend got lucky it clicked for them.

See it with old kitchen appliances too. They built stuff to last back then.

Better crew lead" is the real money.

My buddy laughed at laser levels until his deck project was saved by one.

My last bullet journal looked like a crime scene after I tried that... all my Monday meeting notes just dissolved into a sad blue puddle. I switched to those Sakura Pigma Micron pens and they actually survive a watercolor attack. It's a pretty common rookie mistake, but now I just keep a separate watercolor sketchbook for the messy stuff.