Point #7 seems weird to gripe about. It would be so plain-jane to dryly say and spell out every plot point all at once. The show had me in the dark most of the time of what the hell was going to happen, in a good way of course.
Because it’s corny? Contrived? Stilted? Not a logical way for people to behave?
I see nearly four years away from here has not improved your sunny disposition.