Well you know where I stand--the only way I can watch it at all is to stick my fingers in my ears and "la-la-la-la" the whole character development of the past season and a half. I'd have stopped watching a long time ago, except that I like the fanfic and stick around so that I get the context. And they still do pull the occasional gripping moments out of the hat. But it has gotten more bitter and mean with each passing year. It dismays me to see that the same people wrote some wonderful and touch episodes in the past.

I truly worry that what we see on the screen is a reflection of what the writers think we want, based on the chatter they read on their message boards.

And I remember Kripke wondering where all the X-Files fans were, why they weren't watching his show, and wondering what that show had that his show doesn't. And I though, how dumb can you be? It had Dana Scully. Competent, respected, and needed. Half the universe is female. But Kripke never did the math.