Oh yes. It began well but later became a kind of R-rated Buffy/Angel parody. Suddenly everyone working at the Steakhouse had to be something supernatural. A psychic, a fairy, a witch, a shapeshifter, etc etc. I especially couldn't stand the way villains were written. Or even Eric, who they constantly changed in order to pander to the audience.
When you have werewolves and vampires as protagonists, you have to sell the audience on a reason why these characters will kill someone and still have the moral high ground for the audience to root for them. So the TB writers typically rush the job with "Oh this character needs to die, so let's just have him try to seduce an underage girl or kidnap someone's daughter all of a sudden."
ETA: Approaching the show, I was hoping for a real-world take on what life with vampires would be like. It seemed as though the show wanted to go that route for awhile, before becoming ridiculous.
That said, I really liked the subplot behind Stephen Root's guest appearance. That felt like a real drama set in a vampire world.
