oh no, i didn’t mean to suggest they’re getting better. i just meant to say that shorter seasons with longer episodes isn’t necessarily bad. most recent thing i watched was the first john wick movie, i really don’t keep up with the latest tv releases.
I miss the old twenty-something episode seasons… these days it costs twice as much for a third of the content. Take The X-Files for example, the monster of the week eps were what kept me watching… the main alien arc was actually kinda sloppy, and all the satanic cult stuff I just sorta tolerated.
The episodes have been getting longer as the seasons get shorter, tho. I think it’s much more likely we get something like 3 90-minute episodes per season (like Sherlock, which was mostly fantastic).