This year is better than last year, actually. Last year was pretty bad. This year goes back and forth between decent and bad.

Everyone was disappointed they abandoned the "end of the world" so quickly after pretending like it was happening for one episode.

And yes, this show has introduced a ton of characters who seemed relevant and then were just discarded in silly ways (remember Phil the DJ who inexplicably became a psycho?)

The writers here really seem to have no plan for the long term as they write.