I really felt like the writing starting in Season 5 took a nose dive. Before they juggled the characters development with the crime plot well. But in Season 5, the crimes and resolutions were just really lacking the complexity of previous seasons. My wife and I hurried to download Season 6 episode 1, to see how they handled the cliffhanger. We got about halfway through and went to sleep. We haven't watched anything else of this season yet.