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(spoilers, obviously, for TUA and nothing else). Plot holes big enough to drive a truck through? Eh, I handwave them away. A character's OOC for an episode or two (or a season)? Maybe the writers thought it'd be a good emotional arc or something. As long as I'm amused, I'm good.

But season 4 of TUA was just one disappointment after another. SOOOO many plot holes, such as why did Ray leave Allison? Where did Sloan go? What was up with the new powers (Lila's laser eyes, for example)? Why did Ghost Ben never tell Klaus that dear old dad killed him? How did Jennifer end up in a squid as a child (that might be one of the weirdest sentences I've ever typed <g>). If the siblings never being born in the first place reset the timeline, how are Claire, Grace and the twins still in existence in the restored timeline? If the world has to be rid of ALL the marigold, wouldn't the other special kids--the ones not adopted by Sir Reginald--also need to die? Or do they not exist in this timeline? Those are just the questions off the top of my head.

Worse though (for me) than a poorly told tale was the absolute destruction of most of the characters. Prior to season 4, my favorite characters were Klaus and Five...poor Klaus spent the season being either isolated from everyone except Allison and Claire or being the comic relief. Five, who will do ANYTHING for family as shown in the first three seasons (including singing karaoke at Luther and Sloan's wedding, which was hilarious), steals his brother's wife and wants to settle down in the Greenhouse of Endless Strawberries? And don't even get me started on how he never realized the head of the CIA was a Keeper...Five was always the smartest, most perceptive person in the room but now he doesn't even recognize the enemy in his midst? Luther winds up a stripper and Diego winds up a lowly delivery truck driver. Allison never apologizes for being a grade A bee-yotch (though with reason, I suppose) in the previous season. I suppose Victor didn't fare too badly at least.

There were moments in season 4 that amused me. I liked Klaus, realizing he was no longer immortal, essentially becoming a germaphobe and loved Ghost Thunderbolt leading Allison and Claire to Klaus' rescue (and then peeing on his own grave). I liked Five working for the CIA and Lila being bored with the role of traditional housewife. Loved Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally as Gene and Jean. The fight in the basement of the CIA was hilarious, as was seeing Luther and Diego bond over kicking butt again. The subway to different timelines was cool. I was even fine with everyone dying in the end, especially since they died together, though I hated that Diego died being mad at Five and Five died knowing Diego hated him. I liked the cameos at the end (Hazel and...um...his doughnut waitress sweetheart! The Handler!), and I liked the last image of 8 marigolds pushing up through the ground as it gave fans hope the Hargreeves' story isn't over. But the rest of the story was a disappointing mess.