User blog comment:Rafe Adler/"The Rising Son" Discussion/@comment-25529244-20171020160053/@comment-25529244-20171020170505

Yeah, I agree. I think it is very interesting, it is just hard to be invested until I've seen more of it. Overall, though, i think this season has a lot going for it- more so than Season 12 if you ask me.

For a long-running show like this, there's bound to be some bad moments. Writers are human, after all, but The British Men of Letters is the only thing I actually hate in this show. The leviathans had their moments, Season 8 and 9 were overall great to me aside from a few stinkers, Season 11 had its bad but had a lot of good in it as well and is one of my favorites. The saddest thing about the Season 12 storyline is missed potential. And I think The British Men of Letters plot suffers from being "in the wrong show" if you catch my drift. It might be good, but it feels out of place in this setting. As for Buck-Leming, i am kind of on the fence. They have great episodes (the Season 10 episode with The Styne Family was written by them, right?) and some really bad ones. For me, their writing is really hit-or-miss, it either makes me love the episode (like it did here) or it completely falls flat on its face.

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I wish you a good day.