I am sure the recaps have been elevated to new levels this season. By the time you've seen the 'Tomorrow Night' recap, the 'Coming Up' recap, the 'Later on' recap, the actual event in the 'live' chronological order and then the various flashback recaps used to re-illustrate a point or remind us what was said previously, you can easily see something play out six or seven times.
I wonder if it's because they are contract bound to save a certain amount of content for the After Dinner thing? It feels SOOOOO padded with every minor drama dragged out and flogged to death.
Also fed up of Ixperts being 'disappointed' when couples have problems, rather than accepting that the issues are significant enough to prevent the relationship from developing. Alessandra is the worst at this. She thinks 'being physically intimate' is the answer to everything.