This was the perfect amount of awful.
I'm not sure I can handle continuing with HTGAWM given the episodes I've seen of season 3 weren't just bad nonsense, but kinda boring at the same time. This might be the perfect replacement.
Specifically, this was kind of a trainwreck of an episode. Conflicts seemed to hit their peaks within the season premiere of all things and that's without mentioning how melodramatic or silly the bulk of them were, virtually every interaction was either hammy or forced, the dialogue was largely cringe-inducing, and entire scenes would amount to being laughably stupid (especially the ones involving the teacher or the ones with Betsy's mom).
It did have some nice cinematography, though. Nothing incredible, but it was generally nice to look at. That's about the best I've got for a compliment without backhandedness is concerned.
Overall, I did enjoy it in the same way I enjoyed the first couple seasons of HTGAWM, being the awful yet fun to watch variety.