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<blockquote data-quote="JROG" data-source="post: 420790" data-attributes="member: 43">Just wrapped Season 8 and, I must admit, I quite liked it. I thought it made narrative sense from beginning to end, I really enjoyed the new characters, and the business with The Consortium/Glenbraddoch served as an excellent season-long arc.It definitely toned things down too much. One can&#039;t simply go from bombings, kidnappings, and shootings every twenty minutes (absurd as it all was) to something that resembles an early 90s earnest drama. I can see how, certainly by comparison, it would appear dull, and not really win over ratings. Ana-Alicia&#039;s return as a lookalike was the only time the show felt like a jolt of electricity again, following her arson/suicide.Speaking of Ana-Alicia, what a horrible decision to write her out. I assume it may have been budget related, but Freilich had done a number on the character. I am sad they turned her into a psycho and a joke (in somewhat similar fashion to what happened to Valene Ewing).Kinda funny how Dan&#039;s replacement was another tall, white, long-haired blond guy. Still cute.Overall, however, I may even rank this season higher than 6 and 7, but behind 5. Season 6 started so promisingly but soon plummeted, so I don&#039;t know if I can rank it above Season 8. I cannot, for the life of me, say many good things for 7 -- I forgot to mention the terrible music in my earlier post -- but I am glad it gave us Frank (whom they wisely kept around) and I did enjoy their use of Tony. But it completely decimated the show as I knew it and further destroyed the Giobertis, whom they have still to adequately replace.I am SO excited for Season 9, different or not!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JROG, post: 420790, member: 43"] Just wrapped Season 8 and, I must admit, I quite liked it. I thought it made narrative sense from beginning to end, I really enjoyed the new characters, and the business with The Consortium/Glenbraddoch served as an excellent season-long arc. It definitely toned things down [I]too[/I] much. One can't simply go from bombings, kidnappings, and shootings every twenty minutes (absurd as it all was) to something that resembles an early 90s earnest drama. I can see how, certainly by comparison, it would appear dull, and not really win over ratings. Ana-Alicia's return as a lookalike was the only time the show felt like a jolt of electricity again, following her arson/suicide. Speaking of Ana-Alicia, what a horrible decision to write her out. I assume it may have been budget related, but Freilich had done a number on the character. I am sad they turned her into a psycho and a joke (in somewhat similar fashion to what happened to Valene Ewing). Kinda funny how Dan's replacement was another tall, white, long-haired blond guy. Still cute. Overall, however, I may even rank this season higher than 6 and 7, but behind 5. Season 6 started so promisingly but soon plummeted, so I don't know if I can rank it above Season 8. I cannot, for the life of me, say many good things for 7 -- I forgot to mention the terrible music in my earlier post -- but I am glad it gave us Frank (whom they wisely kept around) and I did enjoy their use of Tony. But it completely decimated the show as I knew it and further destroyed the Giobertis, whom they have still to adequately replace. I am SO excited for Season 9, different or not! [/QUOTE]

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