In my continuing trend of turning this into the X-Files discussion thread by randomly thinking about the X-Files...:

Wow, I've always heard people complain about how horrible the show got after David Duchovny left, so I wasn't expecting much from season eight. However, after a really, really, really, really, really bad season seven, season eight is a really amazing comeback. Granted I am only a few episodes in, but it seems like dropping Moulder and taking a turn back toward the shows roots with the monster-of-the-week stuff was just what the show needed.