That happens everytime a Kamen Rider series ends.

The actors move on and the Rider suits are treated as mooks for whatever stupid ass plot these Taisen movies do. It's disheartening but at least Drive's going out strong after being middle of the road for so long.

Look how fast it happened to Gaim. Basically a creator God, knocked around by a Stronger MOW.

Yeah. I wasn't that enthusiastic about Drive during the middle of the series, and a friend of mine bailed on the show completely, but the most recent series of episodes have fully redeemed the show in my eyes.

Sad, though, that the plot is pointing toward a final, pointless conflict with Heart. I'd've been more pleased if the finale somehow found a way to focus on humanity and the surviving Roidmudes making peace.

Who knows, though? I've been pleasantly surprised for quite a few episodes, now.