Season 2 - maybe it's new writers as the show has declined

I didn't want to complain, because this show has enough troubles.

IMO the writing was better last season.

Much better with an entire alien community going on, with all its quirks and complications.

Trying to give this new storyline a chance, but Amber and Reggie's gradually growing relationship was far more interesting before.

Regardless, I think about as many people have discovered this show as are ever likely to. Not happy about it, but I suspect that's true.

Above average while it lasted, often quite good, and with some really great eps.

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I think it's fine.

Not sure about answers to questions 1-3.

As for #4, when Larry announced to his father that they were staying on Earth, they were cut off financially.

Clearly no one's bothered to research before posting. All of the episodes that have aired thus far were written by the same writing staff from season one. Personally I think the show's just as good as it was ("September Fools" is perhaps my favorite episode of the entire series) and most of the complaints in this thread (the lame James Bond gag, etc) seem to just be nitpicking. But to address the OP...

1) Amber has mellowed as the series progressed, and personally I buy their relationship -- which began as a friendship that still endures. Whether we're talking Mork and Mindy or Dick Solomon and Mary Albright, there's always an awkward "where the hell do we go with this?" period of adjustment when they hook up a human and alien. My only complaint is that they introduced Jane only to have her vanish without explanation. Is she still in the community, did she return to Zabvron or is she elsewhere on Earth?

2) The show barely got renewed (they announced a season 2 pickup, immediately recanted and then re-announced) and have joked about the night change, so I think it's safe to assume they've slashed the show's budget, which is why the other aliens haven't been seen. Last night's episode had scenes in an ER and there were hardly any extras. Season one had tons of extras and minor characters that had to be paid.

3) Max and Abby were missing from 2 of the 5 episodes (they're both in next week's new Halloween show)... but they were also absent from "Things Just Got Real," "Mother Clubbers," and a few other first season episodes. There are eight main characters, which is a lot to try to jam into a 20 minute episode, so the two youngest are always the first to be excluded.

4) As mentioned above and in "Family Conference" and "The Neighbours," Larry's funds were cut off after he refused to return to Zabvron.

I asked before about the money thing and still don't get it. The aliens were stranded on earth for 10 years, and never heard from the father and didn't know if/when they would, but they had unlimited money, so my interpretation is that daddy wasn't sending them money. And if he wasn't providing it, how could he stop providing it? It would make more sense if they just said it had run out. OTOH, I don't think that is their biggest problem right now; there were lapses in continuity in season one, and they didn't bother me. And I'll admit that the need for earning money should provide more opportunity for laughs.

I think the bigger problems this season are the writing doesn't seem as good, the characters are written differently, it feels more low budget (like all the missing aliens) and it's like it wants to be a slapstick sitcom with a little bit of raunch throw in to attract an audience who passed over it before ("oh look, we're being edgy") like some of the other dime a dozen sitcoms.

I love this show, and I'll continue watching (and whether I do or not won't affect the ratings because I'm not in their desired demographics). I just wish it would get back on the track on it was on towards the end of last season.

There was a sweetness to it last year, and a level of humor, that are completely missing now. I have watched the first few episodes of season 2 after really growing to enjoy the show last season, but I won't be continuing. It has become very difficult to watch, and for all the reasons that viewers have listed here, including the fact that Larry Bird has come back as an entirely different character. Oh well....

There was even more of disappointment in episodes 5 to 9 I just watched. What happened? It was a great show in season 1 with some refreshing ideas. Now it just lacks humor. Half of dialogs doesn't even make sense for outsiders of US (I know, I know... it supposed to be for US mainly). I felt awkward watching that. Too bad. I quit this show after 9th episode. Can't watch it anymore.