Narratively, it is pretty darn clever, given how easily it can transport the action to any other time and place. Maybe the best episodes are, precisely, the ones where we move away from Farhampton, but all in all it is decent. And, while it's nowhere near as good as earlier seasons, it sure has some GEMS in it.

It's by far the weakest in my opinion, but upon my second viewing onwards it grew on me, most likely because I knew to what to expect, and could focus on the positives of Season 9 (like the call backs to previous seasons).