I did give this new season a try. I wasn't expecting much because of the last couple of seasons and the network switch and it was still a letdown.
The show has never been shy of being cheesy or implausable but it still managed to write it with enough heart to be enjoyable most of the time and not flat out cringe. This season premiere writing is all over the place, most of the characters are unrecognisable and not in the good way. They haven't evolved or different as a natural result of human ability to change, they are like same names, same faces but completely different personality. Even the actors don't look invested in their characters anymore.
Also I am not exactly sure what changes were made but score for these three episodes was terrible, overly loud, overly melodramatic and weird. Same with camerawork, it gives a bit of the typical soap opera feel - "look, this is a dramatic scene", "here is time to laugh" - to it, which sadly just enhances the subpar writing. I'd rather rewatch first couple of seasons.
The show has never been shy of being cheesy or implausable but it still managed to write it with enough heart to be enjoyable most of the time and not flat out cringe. This season premiere writing is all over the place, most of the characters are unrecognisable and not in the good way. They haven't evolved or different as a natural result of human ability to change, they are like same names, same faces but completely different personality. Even the actors don't look invested in their characters anymore.
Also I am not exactly sure what changes were made but score for these three episodes was terrible, overly loud, overly melodramatic and weird. Same with camerawork, it gives a bit of the typical soap opera feel - "look, this is a dramatic scene", "here is time to laugh" - to it, which sadly just enhances the subpar writing. I'd rather rewatch first couple of seasons.