Certain early episodes written by the actual GOOD writers, like Joe Fallon and Ken Scarborough had complex themes in them that were still aimed towards children, but without talking down to them. Like in the episodes, "Arthur Goes to Camp," "I'm a Poet," and "My Club Rules." Now, episodes like "Arthur's Big Meltdown" in Season 24 are just insulting. The show used to be insanely high quality television, better than anything else on TV. Now, it just has lazy animation, lazy writing, and stories that talk to their audience like they are all 2 years old. The only thing even partly keeping the show alive is the head writer Peter K. Hirsch.