as long as they continue to mistake fanservice for character development, I'll continue to be happy. LOL, ain't that the truth. I am definitely one of those who thinks the show has gone completely off the rails-- I think it was a really solid, intelligent show for the first two seasons, and then season three was really uneven-- that was also the strike year, so they never had a change to tie up some of their loose ends. I continue to enjoy it despite the whole jumping the shark thing, because crack is fun too! I love Castiel (particularly on drugs) and Chuck-the-Prophet and all the meta insanity. But yeah, it was definitely more solid before. Now it's just... fun and crazy. I definitely notice it in my rare forays into fandom, as well. You used to get people making SRS BSNS posts about, like, what Show was trying to say about ideals of masculinity in America, and family values. Now it's all... pictures of Misha pouring yogurt on his face. But I enjoy both of these things, so.