I think 2005 was worse, b/c now we have hope!  We have Cake, we know they love eachother and the only reason they aren't together is the danger.

The blackout was so frustrating because tptb took all the history from 1999 thru like Sept 2002 and in 2 months they made it all seem trivial, like none of it mattered to either of them.  Then for part of 2003 they made Liason enemies before making them close acquantinces.  So when the black-out came it honestly seemed like the Liason Fans were crazy, especially to newer viewers, we seemed like raving lunes, campaigning for these two characters who hadn't even shared a decent scene for years (plural).

So yeah things may suck a right now, but its never 2005 bad, not until they switch Jakes paternity, and even then I wouldn't believe they were "over".