Now, my positive thoughts.
1) The porn is better. Every update it improves a little. More scenes, longer, more positions, better light.
2) The music its doing great. Althought more sentimental stills hold the story well.
3) The humor is still there, even if the dialogue it's not that smart, a lot of moments are really funny. For example, the gender studies test was one of the best gender class we had so far.
4) The same way a story go worst it also could go better. There are a build up for tension and drama to go up. Maybe this one its just not that momment yet. It's a moment of the story who simple has not to much to offer. Stories work like that. I had a hard time not sleeping in some chapters of Lord of the Rings. Still one of everyones favorite books.
5) DPC still show his work is result of planning. We are confirming now theories built from details from eps like 3, 2 or even 1. The same way big twist from the future episodes are right there under our noses on this episodes. The trend of misteries and suggestions conforms a complex story where the impatient fan can still submerged into And no lazy dialogue can change that subtle beautifull some stories had.
6) If tension and drama are missing we still get emotional sweet and bitter sweet moments. I really enjoyed ep7, Jill intro, Maya Sage talk. The same way Jill sex scene bring happiness to my heart, and not only to my dick. I am litsening the music of that scene while i write this. Still has some narrative magic attached to it.
I dont think that the story cannot work without season 1 vibe. DPC proved before he can work different things. So, let's enjoy what we got and make a toast for the past.
7) We had a long road before us and that means for a lot of us we got time to develop interest on characters. We love some, we like other, we hate others. In narrative that worth a lot, and i mean it. It's the reason behind every: I want to see how it ends. Even if tomorrow i decide that the game is painfully boring... i am still going to go through the whole experience. And since this is not Game of Thrones, its not a cinical serious thoughts on power and is a comedy about life and personal growth it will not have that bad ending. It will be like How I Meet You Mother. A lot of angry fans fighting for their favourite relationship meanwhile i enjoy the bitter sweatness of a touching ending.