The show fell into a catatonic state during the last portion of season 8. The episodes are tedious to watch, the songs are making up for the lack of interesting dialogues. And it's the preachiest the series has ever got. I think it reached its all time low, when Julian, Clay and Nathan started beating up the professor's son, because he was in fact, the one responsible for the accident (and that writers actually believed it was a good twist). Three against one, exactly what Nathan did at the start of the show, to deal with competition... And we're supposed to think these characters changed? They got older, but for all that none the wiser. And now, knowing what will happen to them next, I'm even more eager to rewatch season nine. Season I still find completely excessive, because of the perfect way this 8th season finale ended, with Jamie mimicking his uncle Lucas's « bridge walk ». But it's the most exciting the show has been since its beginnings.
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