I didn't love S3 as much as S1 and S2 - though I liked S2 a lot better than S1. And as much as love Buffy, SPN doesn't really seem to be doing any of the same sorts of things? It seems much more like The X-Files to me, in a way, but it makes me happy because it's so much more directed and focused and knows at least some stuff about what it's up to, which The X-Files never did (and it was painful).

So, yes.

And I don't think I'm getting too near the fandom to be honest? The stuff that made me crazy trying to be in Who fandom will probably make me just as crazy trying to be in SPN.