Unfortunately I think the damage done by the first half of the series might have a lasting effect. Denise (Kermits new GF, who kinda broke up with him in the previous episode), added another female character which the series certainly needed, but she seemed to serve as only a means to make Piggy jealous. In the original “Muppet Show” Piggy was always throwing herself at Kermit and Kermit was always deflecting her advances. Like if Kermit was a real human, and the Pigs were real humans, we’d all be telling Kermit to leave his abusive girlfriend, how about that ‘nice’ (and boring) Denise. That breakup occurred sometime before the Muppets movie.

Bringing Camilla back for Gonzo is a definite good thing. In the original series Gonzo was always trying to impress Camilla, and in the Muppets movie (the one where the gang was brought back together) they were clearly together then.

Pepe and Rizzo, unfortunately I think are the worst characters stand-alone. (They are essentially a NYC Italian, and a Spanish “bad boy” characters respectively) They need to always be connected to Gonzo’s activities of trying to impress Camilla to have the right context. So far every time we’ve seen Rizzo it’s been “I have a relative that can do that (under the table)”

I would like to see Scooter and Skeeter (yes his sister) actually appear for once to provide context for why Scooter acts the way he does. Because Scooter so far seems to be given a personality that directly contradicts his role at the studio.