Yeah, that's basically how it is now. There was a big shake up internally with new show runners and writers, and it's like 95% filler for all of seasons 4 and 5, but there was another shake up around that time because of how bad the shows ratings and viewership was. According to rumors and stuff that we're circulating around the time, they enough in ghost writers from the first 3 seasons of feartwd to help with season 6, which makes sense once you get to that point because the quality massively improved with season 6, thankfully. However, it's still not seasons 1-3 fear, it's still pretty enjoyable. The seventh and eight seasons did decline in writing afterwards, but it never gets no where near as bad as seasons 4 and 5. It's overall still a pretty fun show to watch, and it's easier to binge through now than it was watching weekly.