Birdie Wing season one was top tier and honestly probably one of my favorite subtext series made it was just over the top enough but also serious. Plus I just loved both leads.
Season two... Yeah not so much huge let down and they kept it subtext instead of just letting them be together. Also the over the topness of it was handled so well in season one. It wasn't in season two.
This was released while season 2 was airing, so it wasn't quite apparent how it'd fall off back then. Ironically, despite me liking yuri and not liking sports anime much, I ended up enjoying it anyway for the golf parts where Eve carried the show for me. The yuri was a letdown, though, yes.