The writing has been absolutely crappy this season. It’s like they just took this whole season off.
You could say the same about the Simpsons. About 15 years ago.
But yes, they are over hammering the shock value of obnoxious,
repulsive, and just plain bad taste cultural "items" instead of
elegantly weaving such sordidness into their stories.
It’s probably because the creators werevety busy with their Broadway interest with Book of Mormon.
They need to do a show about Weiner. It practically cries out for the South Park treatment.