Better that the rest? probably, I am not following other shows, but even if that was the case, sounds to me like the proverb, two in distress makes sorrow less...

What I mean about the plot line is that it abounds in unnecessary details rather that going to the point, (not to mention the blatant commercial advertisement), too many isolated stories, that it loses the ability to put the stress in certain scenes that are key. As a result, it resolves important things very fast, consequently poorly.
Think how fast Chris' fate was resolved after all his character's weigh in the story.
I'll give you another example, it spends almost 10 minutes with Tony up in peyote, gambling and watching the sunset, but only spends less that 2 seconds with Phil Leotardo taking the cigar to his mouth indicating he is finishing the conversations when Tony and both crews met, changing the location of the camera in a scene so disconnected that clearly looked as if it had been taken a day or two after, thus loses the chance to make an impasse so the viewer registers such a transcendent moment.

I know they can't be compared, but by reading Mario Puzo's "The Godfather", it can be appreciated that there's a rich narration of facts, people's looks, etc, there are no gaps. The movie follows the book in a way that could make someone believe it was created first, then came the book.

For those ones who drool about Meadow, seriously speaking, did you notice her right eyeball is bigger than the left one? I thought it was about to pop when she was talking to A.J. in his room...