I am the opposite, I found Skye way more tolerable this season. For one, the show wasn't so focused on her like it was the first season, so that helped, but on top of that she was much more mature and steady under fire as opposed to crying at the drop of a hat, like she did most of the first season. In my opinion she wasn't even any more whiny about the dad stuff than any normal person would have been. First season Skye would have been a blubbering mess. She's moved way up my likability meter this year. She's always been atop the fuckability meter, obviously.