Thanks for the tag!!
Obviously, as a fan of the show, I want to disagree, but I mean, it's just a first impressions review, it's based off of what was shown back then, and I think my own thoughts for the first month or so were the same, they went super OTT in the beginning, very often.
Even now, I've loved some of the things on the show, but it's not perfect by any measure- they have started showing a little too much OTT and a little too much cliche again, at the expense of the poignancy that once used to make the show stand out to me and let me connect so deeply to the characters, to the point that I've taken a break from watching, so I guess from my view they're not completely off base!
To each their own though, I know a lot of people are loving the current episodes, and that's awesome! I do hope my love for the show will bounce back too!