I agree. These long arcs are draining. The problem I see is that there does not seem to be any consequences for the ‘bad’ characters. Stef just blew everyone off, despite her vile, unwarranted accusations. Bernice remains snarky and has her nose up in the air in "Museland’. Ann Awful just walks off into the sunset and she gets hired somewhere in spite of her resume. I can see, to some point, some antagonism, but let’s have the proper punishments.
I don’t know if I’ll live another 20 years….