Well, I can't believe Season 35 went by so fast! Back in the old days, it used to last the entire year, and now, it's over in just a little over a month! But all in all, I do think that it was MUCH better than Seasons 33 and 34.
And for teenintosesame, I don't know why WGBH never aired that episode. But Drtooth says that he's seen that station mess up quite a bit, and I have, too, because that's the same PBS station I get. But I get 4 different PBS stations on cable, and I've actually been watching it on Rhode Island PBS, which is a day behind the national schedule. I have seen them mess up before, but not as much as WGBH has been doing this season, as far as I know.