This started out as a fairly enjoyable series with interesting characters but by the 7th season it was just silly and the endlessly melodramatic plot lines grew repetitive and dull. With each newly introduced character we found one more selfish and emotionally deficient person. Gave up around season 7. It was too much angst and absurdity (was it the HIV-positive mother who kidnapped her “ turned-out-to-be-dangerously-diabetic” Daughter??) not even bearable for background noise.