! This is it! This is the answer. The reason you don't split the party in D&D is the same reason you don't do it in sitcoms it makes things lose focus.

Seems like the consensus is that the story doesn't feel like it's going anywhere. I looked at the IMDb and the only change in the writers section from S2 to S3 is Humphrey Kar becoming the story editor. I'm not going to lay all the problems at his feet but, seems like the place to start.

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