I think the story lines in Money and Violence are better written, but Respect Life is more gritty. There are a lot of shootings in that area of Brooklyn, so that part is perfectly fine. The character development, I agree, M&V did a better job of letting us know the characters, but to be fair, they had way more episodes. M & V is once a week, Respect Life is once a month, so they have way more opportunity to bring the people to life. I don't see Melo as a superhero. He's never done anything particularly outlandish. If anything Miz is way more of a superhero than Melo. Miz is like a fukking one man army. LOL
Math Hoffa is a pretty decent actor btw. Paul Cain is funny in the show.