(Read all original essays/short story after watching the episodes.) E1: cried so hard to this. E3 was a good story but not that well written and directed. E4’s original essay was actually better than the tv episode. E8 (and the original essay).
If you really look at it, you’ll see nothing has changed. But that was exactly the problem - after filling in the same mold for fifteen years, what do you expect other than riled up drama?