**Did Anybody Else Like The Later Seasons?**

I like ALL the SbyS seasons, but the first were best!

Still lurking about? Don't you people have homes?

I am one of the few that liked the latter seasons the best for the same reasons you do. I hate story lines dealing with kids so I was glad when they all got older. Them being in college and Dana and Rich hooking were better than anything in the early seasons. I don't think the show got really good until the fourth season and up.

I really liked the later seasons -- the kids got to deal with more pressing issues.

The first season dealt with opposites attract and polar opposites. Dana being a bitch to everyone else and rubbing her success into everyone's faces. Carol's pathetic family just being there -- no thanks!

The second season: enter Cody, who was quiet philosipher -- he does his utmost best to (unintentionally) bring Dana down a couple of notches.

Third season: kids beginning to grow up and deal with issues that other normal kids deal with (video game addiction for mark, Dana being on her own for a while)

Fourth season: Dana, then Cody go to college and things are pretty much the same (no major issues like with Karen or JT in college) Carol pregnant with Lilly -- which I thought was a good move. Brings the family even closer together. Jt goes to college and finds out he has dyslexia but I don't think it accounts for his laziness in school -- his grades don't really improve that much.

fifth season: Lilly is an infant and JT introduces Rich as a recurring character as his best friend. Dana moves out and into a sorority type dorm and basically proves her mother is right that she can't handle the outside world (When COULD she???) Frank and Carol prove that 7 kids are too much for them to handle when they refuse to do their kids problems. (Why the hell are they parents??) Lilly tries out for the baby yum yum food commercial and gets lost. (who the hell left JT in charge of her???) Family goes to disney world thanks to grandma and the average shenanigans happen.

sixth season: Dana and rich start going out and for the first time in her life: she is taken down a notch and it appears to stick somewhat. Mark and his nerdy friends turn into horn-dogs. Enter Jean Luc as Carol's business partner and a few episodes later the raspy voiced, annoying as hell Sam as JT's love interest (his first real girlfriend on the show). A couple of fantasy episodes happen: WIld wild west and "Rich and Dana Married" Al gets caught up in a vicious lie on "Going all the way" and Karen helps her out.

Seventh season: Lilly miraculously grows to 6 years old and AL gets cast in a small movie part and then a much bigger role -- and nearly drops out of school to go to hollywood. Al does some more acting in this season and the average bumbling moronic incidents happen. Jt breaks up with sam (YES!!) and they "remain friends" -- meaning we never see her again. Family gets an offer on their house and they are ][this ][close to accepting it and moving into a much bigger house but Lilly whines about it and the family drops everthing to accomodate the precious six year old's moronic needs. They ride off into the sunset in their cramped house...


You're laborers, you're supposed to be laboring! That's what you get for not having an education!!

I like the later seasons. I like the Dana/Rich story lines. I also like Dana and Karen in college. I don't like Lily or Jean Luc.

I liked the later seasons much more than the earlier ones. The Dana/Rich storyline was the most entertaining, and I preferred watching them as college students rather than children.

Yep agree fully. Later seasons were so good.

No I wasn't a fan of the last few seasons of this show, although you can find some good among the 'garbage', but mostly it was junk. Id rather watch the earlier seasons, but if you like them I say whatever floats our boat.

I'm a Timelord.
Right, not pompous at all then.

Wow when you put it this way with the breakdown I realize how I was obsessed when it started and then didn't even watch the final season! Pros and cons with both...

When Cody got canned, Jean Luc and Rich I think were supposed to be the replacements. I love Bronson Pinchot, but they had to really squeeze him into the story.

I love Rich / Jason Marsdon! He and Dana had really good chemistry. He elevated the show.

Lilly did not. Mark was funnier as the nerd; the sex-obsessed Mark made me uncomfortable.

As the show got older, they wised up on which kid actors were better and rightly utilized them. I like that Dana and Al got more screen time, and Rich was more fun than JT. I guess sitcoms were dying around the time this series ended, but a spinoff with Dana with an older vibe would have been awesome.