Difference in different eras

Is it just me?.....or did the first 100, 200 episodes or so, the beginning seem more realistic than the later era.....I didnt Think about it much Before, but the first era seems more realistic, even though there was allways something unrealistic going down in wentworth, they still seemed more realistic, and the newer episodes, from the middle towards the end seems more soap-ish.....Either way i liked the show through and through, but i Think i enjoy the early episodes more.....And i also, Think the show was better scriptwise, and in character development and so on in the beg, and the characters felt more realistic and genuine in the beginning aswell....The show definitly changed a lot from era to era in my opinion.....