I was just thinking yesterday about how much happens in 1969... all the present-day stuff leading up to 1897, all of 1897, which went on a long time, fortunately, so long that they had to create new enemies and new threats to extend it... 1795/6/7 again, then a slow build-up to the emergence of Jeb, which apparently didn't happen yet in Dec. 1969 but was about to. This what I think about when P Stoddard looks at his 1969 calender.
Megan Todd is some compensation for that storyline. The first time, I was interested until it suddenly hit me that there's no way on Earth that they could possibly show the monster that they'd been teasing us with all that time. If then they'd actually surprised us with a very well-designed and made monster at the end, even if was just for a few moments, this might be remembered as a good storyline. I'm not one of those who say that suspense is enough, and that often it's better not to show anything, or that mystery is enough, and that many mysteries in stories should be left unresolved. Good suspense is a goal in itself, but I require a payoff or I feel manipulated and cheated. Lack of a payoff leads me to not trust other makers of shows and films, and this hobbles my ability to feel such suspense.