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Originally Posted by Salman!

people do realise the more episodes the higher the dip in quality? it means more dragging out storylines and fillers

Exactly. The show's been in terminal decline for well over a decade now and it's no coincidence that it started shortly after the fourth episode was introduced. Mightn't have been so noticeable at first but I remember Santer's era in particular had stories dropped for weeks on end and virtually all episodes that weren't a big reveal were barely watchable.

It's not adequately funded for 4 episodes per week, never mind 5.