Agreed on all counts! I was personally not a big fan of S1-S3 at all, but S4 really blew me away and this season is even better. It really sucks that they decided to stop it after it finally found it's flow. Like you said I am at least glad they experimented with something different.
I’m sorry so many of the fans are haters.
The motivation of the people that watch a show they don't even like, then write about it online just blows my mind.