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I just bought season 3 on DVD and finally watching it... Is it just me or did the writers totally kill the Valenti character? He seems to be a shadow of his former self. Making him a country singer is kind of crazy. I just wanted to post that thought here to see if I'm the only one who feels this way.
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I would agree with you that the writers seemed to lose their way as the series progressed. I thought the whole first year was as good as a series could get. Year 2 had some interesting eoisodes but I think that is where I thought they started using Jim Valenti more as "filler" than as the really important character that I had always seen him as. By Year 3, it was like he was just comic relief for the writers. Although the last episode had a very touching scene where Jim says good-by to his son. That was the Valenti of old and stands out in my mind to this day.