Absolutely no improvement, instead grasping at plot-and-character straws to try and keep the viewers hooked. A shame, there's a lot of work went into writing and producing it, but that work would have been better invested serving the plot and principle characters rather than the impossibly rare medical cases they'd come across and solve each week. And while it's "Escapism" it's also pure ridiculous silliness, for escapism to work it must some how allow you to "Escape" and that into a plausible alternate world or environment.
This fails.
That said, I gotta adopt his "Epiphany" moment, that signature Camera-Zoom-in goofy expression turning to intelligence and "A-Ha", which seems a sure fire great way to get out of awkward conversations...
Consider "Breaking Bad" - few of the episodes have a "goal" that needs solving each episode (eg "the health of the patient") and it works because every episode builds upon what we know of the characters. And it succeeds - although not strictly speaking "Escapism" (you rarely felt better after an episode, especially the later ones) you were compelled to see it through and realize the conclusion of the plot.
Anyways, fortunately I have a lot of other media to get through on my phone, so I doubt I'll be held hostage through another season...