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TV shows you loved but eventually gave up on.

posted 2 years ago by ShogunofYonkers (78051)
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I was really into The Walking Dead, I read the comics, have a Rick Grimes bobble head and Daryl crossbow, several T shirts… But by season 6 many of the best characters were dead and the new characters were silly. I gave up watching it.

Dexter was great through season 4.
A show about a serial killer who murders serial killers and perverts was a pretty cool idea. Eventually the writing got wonky and I bailed.

Did you ever quit a favorite show and why?

[–] movieace11 (1349) 2 years ago

Breaking Bad - started watching with my brother, then I moved away from home
Westworld - I like western, and it went in another direction
Archer - change in direction
Criminal Minds - changes in cast, and became predictable (like Scooby-Doo)
Grey's Anatomy - changes in cast, and became tooo dramatic (everyone has to die, or almost die, or get married etc.). stupid cliffhangers
South Park - I live in CE and don't get many of the US political stuff that's present in recent seasons
Dark, Legion - OK I didn't "love" these in the first place, but watched at least a whole season. too complicated to be engaging
Prison Break - idk
Arrested Development - got tired of waiting for the closing season, but I'll get to it

Black Sails, The Big Bang Theory, In Treatment, You, - I'm still planning to finish these

[–] jriley555 (8391) 2 years ago

What is CE - Central Europe ? What country ?

[–] movieace11 (1349) 2 years ago

Yep, Hungary.
(Or is that Eastern Europe? Nevermind.)

[–] jriley555 (8391) 2 years ago

Cool ! Yeah, seems central to me too :)

[–] Mustang (5524) 2 years ago

I never really got Criminal Minds the way they would start the show with a quote and the name of the show itself implied that it was going to be more intelligent or different in some way but it never was. In the final ep they have to blow up an entire plane because one of their team can't shoot straight to hit a target only a couple of metres away!

[–] movieace11 (1349) 2 years ago

Mindhunter was better.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Walking dead- stopped with Glen's death. There was no hope in the show prior to the episode and that sealed my exit as a viewer

Scrubs- i started seeing the cracks by season 3. Then I gave up by season 4 due to use of fantasy to pad time.

True blood- Season 2. Suki was annoying
"I love you Bill. Wait! Now I hate you! Bill save me! I love you again Bill. Now I hate you, etc."

Northern Exposure- Season 4. Fleischmann becomes a background character and Chris take front and center.

Coupling- Season 4. No Jeff, no interest.

I find most shows are only good for about 3 seasons.

[–] Mustang (5524) 2 years ago

I watched True Blood all the way through it gets even dumber in the later seasons. I tried re-watching it last year but couldn't make it through Season 1.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

My wife kept at it for a bit, but gave up upon the revalation of the Fairy storyline.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78051) 2 years ago

So did we, it had become very silly at that point. TB was fun trash for a few good years, nothing wrong with fun trash until it gets stupid.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

That's a fair description.

[–] Aries (847) 2 years ago

The Witcher.

Not a show I loved by any means, but I liked HC's portrayal of Geralt. I'm a big fan of the games and expected a lot out of the series, but could barely watch the first season. Gave up partway through S2 and still have 4-5 episodes left that I don't plan on watching.

The women in the games were rendered so beautifully and were stunning to look at, the best I've seen in any game. By contrast, I didn't find anyone attractive in the TV series, that seemed to be focused more on being diverse and purposefully casting very mediocre looking women for all parts.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78051) 2 years ago

Season 1 was very entertaining, but some ideas don’t need to be dragged out too long.

[–] SonyToprano94 (137) 2 years ago

The Ranch, I thought it would be like that 70s show with horses, but after the Danny Masterson stuff and the plotlines getting kinda boring I tuned out a few year ago.

[–] TandyMan (11214) 2 years ago

Arrow for sure.

I think the first show I ever gave up on was Wonder Years when I was a kid. I just lost interest in it as it went on.

[–] Mustang (5524) 2 years ago

Less interesting as the characters in Wonder Years got older? That tends to be a factor with shows that involve younger characters.

[–] bobbydallas (8632) 2 years ago

Westworld was kind of cool.. obviously the film is superior

anyway it fizzled out real quick

[–] Mustang (5524) 2 years ago

I watched Hell on Wheels till about half way through the final season. The show started strong but then became a semi horror with an un-killable villain. Eventually they manage to hang him and for me that was it, finally done. There was still the main story arc which had been largely neglected that needed to play out but I was so bored by that point I just stopped watching it.

Homeland - I was surprised to learn that it was a vehicle for Claire Danes. I found her character annoying. I stopped watching when Damian Lewis' character was on the way out and the tone of the show changed.

Big Bang Theory - when they all started to couple up it killed the show and it became Friends.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78051) 2 years ago

Now that you mention it I quit on Hell On Wheels as well.

[–] GolfnGuitars (3037) 2 years ago

So many...but here are a few that stand out to me:

1) Frasier - I stopped watching it regularly around Season 10. It just got "old" to me by that time. I did watch the series finale, though (To be honest, I didn't like it).

2) Law & Order (the original) - I just cannot watch the post-Jerry Orbach episodes...I have tried at various points and just cannot do it.

3) The Cosby Show - I really thought it was so funny the first couple of seasons, but then I felt it changed and I stopped watching it altogether when I went to college (Fall of 1987).