User blog comment:Cartoonprincess/Concerned... o O/@comment-4509465-20110206153725

I DEFINITELY agree 100%. From Seasons 1-3, iCarly (Both the actual show AND webshow) was about having the trio spending time together. It was also about comedy, and giving kids out there laughs and jokes. It was about being yourself, being creative and random.

Now, Season 4 is all about promoting iCarly. (Again, the actual show AND webshow) ISell Penny Tees was about expanding iCarly'sbrand into t-shirts. IStart A Fanwar was all about how popular iCarly was, and now iHire An Idiot, which supposedly says that the webshow is becoming way too popular.

We never see any friendship episodes anymore. The last really good friendship episode we had was IQuit iCarly.

In these new episodes, the trio barely interacts anymore. Everyone is more lazy and less energetic, and way too OOC. The guest stars in the episode have more lines than the main characters themselves now-a-days.

There hasn't been any relationship or friendship build-up in the last few episodes. Remember how in Season 1 Sam and Freddie despised each other? In Season 2 they became frienemies even sharing their first kiss together. By the time Season 3 came around, they were REALLY close friends, even best friends. In Season 4, it's like they have brought their relationship all the way back to Season 1. Sam spanked Freddie hard and abused him. She used to beat him up, but by Season 3 she only teased him. Now, she's back to hurting him again.

In Season 2-3, their was a lot of shipping episodes. I know the show isn't about ships, but they made the shipping episodes really sweet and subtle, with a lot of meaning to them. Now, they are just tricking us into believing there is romance in the episode when there isn't.

Overall, iCarly NEEDS to pick of where we left off in Season 3. Season 4 has been a real disappointment, and if iCarly continues on like this, there shouldn't even BE a Season 5! XP