I said the same thing a season or two ago. For me, it was adding a comic element to the EQ. Ruined everything, the performance and the character. I feel like the EQ now belongs on stage for a children’s Christmas pantomime. And maybe that is it…maybe there are a significant number of under 12s in the remaining audience? Bad move, if you want to keep your adult audience and keep the show slick.
From that particular performance in video 3, the actress comes across of being sick of the character (or the way her character’s story is going/has gone) and is just going through the motions.