A touch of personality goes a long way to redeeming Blood $ Treasure’s worst habits in its first season finale, “The Revenge of Farouk.”

There are moments where “The Wages of Vengeance” feels like Blood & Treasure inching closer to perfecting its unorthodox formula: but it never completely finds its balance, teetering between thrilling and ludicrous before stumbling into pure mundanity by its end. 

There’s so much to want to like about “The Shadow of Projekt Athena;” but once again, Blood & Treasure struggles to distinguish itself, its voice and sensibilities constantly compromised by its own mediocrity.