As with most great long running dramas the plots get a little too absurd after the 4/5 season & WR is no exception. After Izzy's death I loved how Tom, Cho & Mika bonded as a family & grew. For the first few seasons this dynamic is the main underlying storyline that held the show together. After the girls graduate & go off to Uni the plots get lost.
Tom is still around but with no Cho in the show (Mika had left the previous year) it started to loose its appeal. I found the storyline about having his 14 year old love child turn up a predictable way of stringing out he as a parent, I rather an episode of one of the girls coming back from university for an episode or two to show how they are still in contact but alas not. Instead it's like they were never there once the Turkey Baster baby is on the scene.
The other characters that come in as replacements are ok but by season 5 without the granger girls the show has lost its linchpin characters & is looking muddled & tired.
Tom is still around but with no Cho in the show (Mika had left the previous year) it started to loose its appeal. I found the storyline about having his 14 year old love child turn up a predictable way of stringing out he as a parent, I rather an episode of one of the girls coming back from university for an episode or two to show how they are still in contact but alas not. Instead it's like they were never there once the Turkey Baster baby is on the scene.
The other characters that come in as replacements are ok but by season 5 without the granger girls the show has lost its linchpin characters & is looking muddled & tired.