I have issues with Sirius too, but at least he has the excuse of having been in Azkaban and that's why he was never able to just visit Harry or steal him away and take care of him. I mean, ok, if he'd done that, the whole love protection might not have worked, but it's not as if he knew that!

That's why I put Angel. I've not seen many episodes of his show, but those that I have he seems far more mature, and then just a few weeks later while back in Sunnydale, he's back to his old self again. It's like the town itself is making the characters stay all juvenile. It's a bit like Wesley - now, I kinda loved him on Buffy if only because he was an idiot and kinda fun, but on Angel, especially after he came into his own? Totally cool - though in many ways perhaps he grew too quickly, because he changed a lot.