I couldn't agree more, with every word, basically. If anyone ever asks me why I'm barely invested in the show anymore, and why watching it hardly interests me anymore -- I will watch it, but I don't particularly care if I miss it, which makes me sad -- I'll just point them here. S2 was... wonderful. But the funny thing is, as soon as S3 started, I realized that in S2 they'd hit their stride. Somehow, I knew it was all downhill from there; it was just a matter of the speed of the decline.

Oh, and I would happily never see an hour-long episode again. NBC is abusing the format, which is only hurting the show further.