baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
I certainly appreciated the lack of over-reliance on cliffhangers, as you said. I think I'm just not that interested in backstabbing when it forms the entire backdrop to a show, as it would in any show starting off in a multi-million dollar industry, though conversely I find it fascinating when it develops within the context of an already-developed world/set of characters (again, Breaking Bad is a superb example)