That is what this season is doing.
I'll be honest, I found my finger on the fast forward button many times last season....
Sinnerman, and all was great, but there was just too much cheese and corniness... The messages they tried to purvey were obfuscated by the rather hackney'd plots and poor humour. Inconsistent character behaviours... Hell, totally out of character behaviours were pretty much par for the course, last season and made me question my involvement with this show.
But the last couple of episodes redeemed the season.
But S5, in my own humble opinion, has addressed all the bugbears I had with S4... The characters are focussed AF... They stay true to who they are... No sudden brain/personality farts. No ridiculous scenarios that are even less likely than religion being true (Hell, I'm an antitheist in real life, go figure)
The whole season so far (previous ep excepted) has been laser focussed on delivering an entertaining, thought provoking and oftentimes moving tale of humanity, relations and companionship.