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While I wouldn't say Season 5 is perfect, it definitely has a lot of strength in areas like character development. While some episodes take painful steps back ("Wall Buddy" being my least favorite) or simply fall in the middle, many take unexpected steps forward. We finally got episodes focused on HFG and Eileen! We got to see more of Skip's past! Mordecai's character development has taken phenomenal strides! CJ has returned strongly, and even Rigby has gotten splendid moments!

Of course, it'll be easier to decide where this season stands once it's finished--let's not forget some interesting foreshadowing we've gotten--but from this point in the season, I feel like the show has done a really good job. It's defintely up there for me, and I'm thankful I don't have any major fear that the show has fallen. This isn't Spongebob Squarepants or The Fairly Oddparents; the characters are growing, the situations are becoming more intricate, and there's never been a consistent row of episodes that make me doubt what the show's doing.

So for now, I'd say this season is stronger than the previous season, although not the best. For how long this show's been going, I'm really proud of the crew's success in still finding ideas, whether they all hit bullseye or not. I'm hopeful that the seasons 6 and 7 can hold potential and possibly improve from this season.