Just saw this, and thought I'd chip in what I thought of the season so far (and because Lora really wants me to post to ATF :)
Seems like it's going a lot of the way of Season 7 so far... funny, but strangely different. TOW Monica's Boots was an average episode, but I've quite liked a few of the previous eps, although the constant storylines focusing on just M + C are getting a bit lame...
I wish I could be more verbose about the subject, but I'm quite tired right not and just wanted to chip something in :)
Al - Not c/ping to UMTF, as you can plainly see.