The beginning of the season was actually fantastic. The "Broken" episodes were excellent, a kind of male version "Girl interrupted". It was intense with lots of interesting and attaching characters. At some point I actually thought it would be worth a spin off. Then the first half of the season (still haven't seen everything yet)... Not so good. House has changed but his new self is much less credible and interesting. Then, I suppose some people might appreciate the whole African dictator arch but personally I hate it. Plus, so far, character development is poor, stories are not as interesting as before, and dialogues not as punchy. Also the new relationship landscape (House and Wilson sharing a place, Cuddy engaged in a relationship) lacks dynamics. And finally, Cameron is gone... The House-Cameron interactions were t he most interesting of the show in my opinion so an irreparable loss. I feel that from now on, the expression "jumping the shark" could be replace by "losing Cameron".