You wanted the final act of AL to go on even longer?!?
Look, I'll lob plenty of criticism at AL, but rushing through the bleak trauma at the close of the story is pretty much the exact opposite of my complaints. I don't buy for a minute that DPC only killed a LI to speed up the ending; that was clearly the plan all along.
Eh, overall the last two episodes have been pretty lighthearted, IMHO. Quinn's story is dark, but that's been going on for a while and since she's primarily positioned as an antagonist I'm not even sure that counts. Tybalt's surprisingly effective blackmail attempt is definitely a problem, but it's just an obstacle. There's nothing dark about it yet. (Unless it completely stops Jill from calling the MC; that gets a touch dark, but I doubt it happens in most playthroughs).
Really, the darkness in Episode 6 is just the cliffhanger for Episode 7. And depending on how Episode 7 goes, it may wind up being less dark than we expect. It could go light by having Maya stall her dad for more time and focus on the MC helping Cathy through her crisis, or go dark by having Maya pulled out of college, Jade blackmailed and Quinn trying to drown her sorrows in coke. We just don't know yet.
I'm certainly not predicting sunshine and roses from here on out. I'm just saying we shouldn't jump at every shadow, either.