Yeah, I'm still kind of digesting and processing the end of PoI. I often agree with the sentiment of how many shows would be better off with a lesser episode count to avoid a lot of filler episodes. PoI is one of the few exceptions where I wish they had a longer season. There was just so much storyline and character action that I'd love to have seen further explored and expanded on. At the same time, it's one of the few shows where when it does its normal procedural case of the week, it can often be just as entertaining as the serial storylines. I love it all!
It does make the latter half of Season 4 and it's wheel spinning a bit more unfortunate because I wish they could have used some of those episodes to take on some of the stuff done in Season 5 but how were the producers to know this would happen? All the signs pointed to another full season order. It's rare for a show to be entering it's 5th season and still have so much story to offer and to keep getting bigger and better without going overboard. Just all around well-written, well-acted and well-produced. A true, true gem in the TV world landscape. It's a shame it was a bit hampered at the end with a cast member taking some pregnancy leave and then being compressed a bit in its final season by the restrictions but on it be CBS. Still, the writers and producers continued to do the best they could with the circumstances they had and continued to deliver an excellent product. In the past decade, there have been many shows that have started strong and had a good season or two and then began to falter. PoI was a straight line of quality. An arrow from beginning to end.
Thank you NWR forum members for putting this show on my radar and getting me into it. I'm not sure how long it would have ever taken me to clue in to this show if I hadn't seen you all talking so much about it.