Indeed. Sometimes long stories like this sort of lose that luster of what made it so enticing in the beginning. I felt the same way about Fringe, was amazing in the beginning, but the more the overlying plot was revealed the less interested I was. Changes is obviously appropriately named, and it's going to take a while to build back up to that crescendo again. I think he really set himself a tough task this way. I'm going to see it out, for sure, I just hope it does pick up again.
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I will say that of all the things he's done so far, I don't really like the way he's handled Butters/Knights of the Cross. It just feels like everybody in the squad is getting some form of McGuffin to equal the playing field. I understand the reasoning for it, and from a Christian/faith perspective I can even appreciate what it's trying to say. It just feels a bit out of place.