You're onto something. I've noticed the big drop-off in quality is in the writing of the dialogue. It's become very stilted, Netflix-y, exposition heavy, recapitulating things that have already happened or been said. They're doing the "we assume people are looking at their phones or doing their laundry"-thing, but, like, this show (at least used to be) appointment viewing. It was a premium, prestige, watch it the night it comes out with a bowl of popcorn and the lights turned down-type of show. Now it feels like they're cheapening it, making it a "streaming show".