Old Law, New Twist

Something happened between the first and second seasons. It's like it was meant to be a limited show that accidentally got renewed, and a bunch of writers were brought in on spec. The authenticity is gone. They've utterly lost control of the main characters and who they were in the first season. There was something exciting if ultimately hopeless in the first season, much like Japanese society's relationship with the Yakuza. Now it's just another serial where there's no consistency, no voice, no urgency. In this episode, the head of one of the big crime families who was introduced last year as ruthless and brutal, takes a meeting with the gaijin night club owner, concedes everything to her in the negotiation, and then wishes her "good luck".

Why even have a story editor if the "story" is so transitory?