I skipped last season. None of the contestants appealed to me. This season is firing on all cylinders.
My Ratings
10 - I love it, regardless of quality
9 - Very good, might not love but very well done or might love, forgiving some issues
8 - Very enjoyable or Just OK for me but well done
7 - Good
6 - Watchable despite not liking the film/show
5 - Mid
3-4 - Not great, but got through it
1-2 - Very bad/You might be a communist if you like this garbage
Average episode rating for this season: 7.13043478
Sure, fine. It's decent. I've said before that the characters—especially Cory and Eric—change for the worse toward the end of the show, and that was true right up to the end. The series finale brought back Chet Hunter one last time, but didn't even mention Jonathan Turner, which I thought was a real slap in Shawn's face.
Ultimately, it seems like the show tried to change its formula because the actors were getting older and it wasn't believable for them to be in high school any more, so they got rushed through (part of) college before venturing out into the realer world.
I dunno. The series didn't quite hold up to my recollections of it.