@bougiewonderland True. Just that, recently, many are doing filler episodes just to meet the 16-episode deal they had with the network. Not like in the earlier days, it was packed.
There are still good ones, but rare. If they can do it, they should, no, must break the trend and should not limit themselves to 16 episodes or fewer. I think one way they can do it is they embrace having follow-up seasons. But if I will make a guess, I think the networks are the ones who refuse to do multi-season franchises, so the writers end up with a closed ending.