Late to the boat, but yes, I totally agree. I personally felt the first three seasons were excellent. Season four, especially the “climactic ending” was a huge let down, and had one of the biggest story cliche/tropes ever.
I’ll tune in for season five, and I truly hope it gets better again.
I don’t have Netflix anymore, so I’d never heard of this series till reading your comment. If it’s British, then I almost always give it a chance. The best in the world at comedy, imo. Time to download it.
I think even making a distinction by calling them “synthetic” is doing them a disservice. By all accounts, they’re as real as naturally formed diamonds. The quality is higher too. They are better in every way.
Let’s be honest, season 4 was pretty lacklustre. The whole “the bad guy is my long last father” trope left such a bad taste in my mouth.