Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26415383-20170525022027/@comment-7971816-20170526114634

Joejoe948 wrote: Also this is probably just me, but I didn't feel like this season worked as it's own standalone story. What I mean is that I look at each season as their own story, like it's a completely different tv show. I felt that way about season 1, season 2 and season 3, but for some reason I don't look at season 4 that way. Season 4 felt like it was more of "season 3 part 2" or something, but idk. That's because this season wasn't designed from that. This season came forth due to the plot that Alie revealed in 3x16. Also, the show had some damage repair to do after S3 so they did that by giving the fans what we wanted which was S1 callbacks, less major character deaths and delinquents teaming up. That's why you have the feeling that S4 doesn't stand on its own: because it wasn't designed too.

That said, I find it a bit odd to see the seasons as a standalone stories because that takes away some valuable character development which we saw throughout the season, and interconnected plots. But yeah.