It left me feeling so happy! I was really nervous that this season would massively walk back their character growth for the sake of drama, and instead the opposite happened. I love them.

except Paulie—what happens to him? Laszlo saved him, but we still don't know: was it a suicide attempt or an accident? Will he blame himself for Laszlo's departure? He's very attached to Laszlo!

I know! I wish we'd at least had a small scene checking back in with him.

I hope she and Violet can be friends—is that silly of me? And I liked Violet better by the end than I did at the start.

Not silly at all - I want the same! I have a long post-series reunion fic playing in the back of my head (it's my "falling asleep at night" entertainment) and that's definitely part of it! I just want everyone to be friends and still part of each others' lives.

And that's a really good point about being much more professional this season! Actually this is making me think back to one thing that occurred to me in season 1, which was that unusually for a show like this, no one really had "badass" or even any particular investigative skills - they were all very much amateurs. Not so this season; they've actually gotten pretty good at it! Awwww. <3