I believe she left for a movie career… that started with X-Men Dark Phoenix, which lost over $100 million at the box office.
I stopped watching shortly after Alara left. I mostly couldn’t stand the Captain and his ex, or any of their humor stuck in the year 2005, and the only other characters I really liked weren’t part of the ‘main team’.
Is it just an addiction at this point?
Yes
They’re not ruining anything.
Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLUD_NGE370
That’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.