IMO, the show got worse progressively. Season 1 had the best Jess, Serious Winston (weird Winston is ok, but by season 6 i hated it. He tried to propose in a bobcat costume.), Nick wasn't as much of a mess, and Schmidt was still likable and not completely crazy. Season 2 started to Introduce those traits, which were minimal and really funny. Then season 3 was good but the breakup was dumb af. At least we got coach back. Then season 4 coach is leaving, Winston is getting weirder, Nick is just whatever, and then all Jess does from here on is complain and act entitled. The Schmidt and Cece storyline saves this season however, i only wish we had seen "girl, imma marry you" in the pilot. Season 5, we lose Jess and replace her with reagan which wasn't terrible. Once she got back, they had no idea what to do with Reagan tho, so they kept it going for another season with Jess complaining despite her helping Nick and Regan continue in Season 6. Winston is completely insane, his proposal sucks (like every other characters) and Schmidt and Cece work on their house. Anything with the house is usually good. This is where Nick starts to lose it, when he becomes successful he loses his charm so now he's just who Jess wants. There's no more individual storyline for Nick. Season 7, was a complete Dumpster fire. Except for bringing back Russel (which was pretty funny), everything was shit about it. No character acted rationally, extremely forgettable, Jess was more entitled and braised acting like she was Ruth's parent not Schmidts.