User blog comment:KillRoy231/How do you feel about Season 14?/@comment-2605:A000:122A:408A:DD5C:AA7B:871D:FC54-20181201222951

S14 has shaped up to be one in which we have so many plot threads that a single episode can´t handle them all. So we get a little of a storyline or 2 each episode and then those storylines are dropped for a couple of episodes while others are tweaked. Then, in the final 3 episodes, everything rushes together and we can (hopefully) say, ¨Oh, we see what you were doing way back in episode 4." Clever.¨

I dislike these types of seasons. I prefer less grandiose seasonal arcs where each episode moves us forward coherently, (even if only in micro steps to account for the MOTW episodes.)  I want to be able to say at the end of the episode, ¨Hey, I know where we are still headed, but what a great way to get us there.¨

The current method allows for a greater number of opportunities of ¨twists¨ and ¨shockers¨ and drama, but I think it sacrifices character development and the development of inter-character relationships & it hampers the ability of the viewers to connect with the characters.