I skipped this season because it was getting tired and boring.   In case you're not familiar with the term: http://jumptheshark.com/

They did show a few scenes over the years of torture backfiring or not working, but it was just a token amount to balance out the torture that worked. I just got tired of them hyping up the terrorists and the Feds to be these hyper-competent masterminds. Give me a break.