Negative Positive
Title: Still going downhill
Review: This show lost "it" somewhere around the Writer's Guild strike. We had an excellent season 2 and 3 to build on and some moments in the hour-long eps of season 4. But since then, you can sense a dramatic loss in the writing direction of this show. They seem to be headed towards the "Fonzi-jumps-the-shark" moment within the next three seasons (current one included). Seeing it that Carrell has next season under contract, I can imagine next season being their last or second to last unless things change. "Murder She Wrote" was yet another ep that had some entertaining moments but there were also way too many others that simply didn't hold up against the original DNA of this show. The characters are ALL a former shell of themselves - the early seasons held so much meat to each person.
Is the review positive or negative? 