India, Dec. 19 -- Four More Shots Please! returns for its fourth season, but instead of the bold, messy, unapologetic energy that once defined it, the show now feels oddly restrained and disappointingly forgettable. What was once celebrated for its zing, chutzpah and unabashedly unhinged behaviour from its four female leads now seems watered down, as if the characters grew up and, in doing so, lost everything that made them fun to watch.

Season 4 of Four More Shots Please! jumps four years ahead and opens with Siddhi (Maanvi Gagroo) on the brink of marrying Mihir (Rajeev Siddhartha). Her cold feet and growing anxiety about her choice of partner set the tone for the season. Unfortunately, the narrative soon becomes overwhelmingly Siddhi-c...