...the internet, in the form of Nathan Liu at Remarked.co, has provided you with the answer to your prayers.

I've seen all of Season 4 once already, and I agree with Cienna's notes on it. I think this season was intended for re-watching, though, so I'm excited to slowly go through and watch each episode again, having seen the whole huge picture. I might have a more coherent response after that happen. I think this season is a whole new form, created for a different way of watching television. It's less like episodic network TV and more like a novel, a single, very long story broken out into chapters. I hope to see more stories told this way in the near future.