Hey im new to this discussion.

I have watched both season, im actually re-watching season 1 right now :p

Having watched both, and having read and spoken to a lot of people about their reactions to season 2 i have to say that i think a lot of people are giving the producers a really hard time.

Seaon 1 was not a break-through success from the first episode, it gained momentum and fans along the way. I think a lot of people were expecting Season 2 to pick straight up from where Season1 left off and be all adventure adventure....it wasnt like that people diss it.

Season 2 had to fill in the gaps between what happened to the characters at the end of the first season and introduce new characters, because lets face it the story cant continue if new characters and sub-plots are not introduced.

Personally i thought season 2 was ok, it was a little rushed but unfortunately it had to be due to the writers strike, it was either finish the season or leave it hanging till it could be possibly picked up again. With the writers strike no-one knew when shows were coming back or how long term the strike was going to be, so even though it was rushed im happy that they tied up the story rather than leave it hanging.

Season 3 should be a lot better and will hopefully start with a bit more of a bang than season 2 did. Im not sure many of you will agree with my contribution but i feel that all the characters introduced so far deserve to be in the series and to have their story told.