The Simpsons
Thought of another one: Suits
Stranger Things :( The first season was absolutely perfect. The plot is all over the place and those kids are grown adults now lol let it die
I’ve been rewatching it because I finally caught up over the last couple weeks.
It’s so weird to go from the kids being tiny actual children, to damn near 6’ tall grown-ass men with deep voices and they’re still trying to be like 15 years old.
That said it’s still pretty good, but I’m mostly interested in the paranormal/sci-fi stuff at this point. Also Argyle in season 4 is absolutely hilarious.
Sadly I agree. If the seasons were shot closer together it would have been a better situation.
The first season is amazing. I still enjoy the rest of the series although the multi year gaps in filming isn’t helping things. Nine years to get to season five in a show that mainly stars school age actors is unfortunate.
Final season is scheduled for this year so the end is close.
The last season (4?) was pretty good.
X-files, the John Doggett era just didn’t land for me, and even some of the later Mulder/Scully era got tired of
Definitely X-Files. Then they tried to bring it back and it was somehow even worse.
LOST. Definitely lost its way after a few seasons. Fuck the going back and forth, stay on the pissing Island.
I think I read somewhere that the folks pitching the show originally had fewer seasons in mind, but once it became a success, the network demanded more seasons.
You can just copy and paste this comment to every reply. You’ll be hitting at least 90% accuracy I think.
I’ll pick the low hanging fruit and say Game of Thrones, because it was great right up until it wasn’t.
It was bad towards the end, but I don’t think it was because it went on too long. I think it was because they ran out of original material and had to start making it up on the fly. And then the show runners wanted to leave to go do a Star Wars show that ended up not happening anyway, so they rushed the ending.
When the White Walkers finally arrived, the big battle was over in a blip. That doesn’t sound like it went on too long, that sounds like we were a cheated out of an entire season of something potentially interesting.
Of course you’re right. I just wish we lived on a world where it stopped sooner and we could enjoy rewatching it, even if it was incomplete - like Firefly. The way it ended, I’ll never watch the show again and that sucks.
I’ll still watch some of the greatest scenes from time to time, as they are masterful. But a rewatch is too much given I know so many potential plotlines were just tossed out. I just watched a video where they counted how many loose ends exist, and I had no clue there were so many all over the place.
When Game Of Thrones went downhill at the 5th or 6th season i though: no matter how bad it gets, i will always have these 4 great seasons to get back to. I never went back and i have absolutely no desire to do so. They really burned it all down and salted the earth for me.
It’s a darn shame that Scrubs ended on season 8, but on the other hand imagine what a disaster a 9th season could have been…
Californication, Weeds, orange is the new black, the walking dead is the ultimate answer for me.
Orange is the new black just became awful
Thinking this post and its comments over, I’m glad Mr. Robot had four seasons.
Bonsoir, Elliot.
4 seasons is usually the sweet spot for me.
Peaky Blinders. And if that wasn’t enough, they’re making a movie too. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great show. But you can only up the stakes so much until it becomes too grand for its own good.
Severance, if they go over 3 seasons. The show is already a slow burn and holding on to a single mystery to move the plot forward. It doesn’t make sense to make it go over 3 seasons with its current pace.
Shogun and Squid Game has/had no business getting a second season.
Supernatural. I know it supposedly gets better with the latter seasons, but I binged straight through and I burned out around season 11 or 12. The angel espionage shenanigans were weird. The whole good brother evil brother flip flop is a bit overplayed. Meant to pick it back up but never did.
Didn’t Kripke intend for that to end after season 5?
I’ve tried, think I made as 10.5, first 5 are legitimately excellent though.
Yes. He only wrote the first 5. He’s in the credits of the rest as an executive producer but I don’t know the extent of his involvement.
I stopped watching during the episode where they travel back to the old west
House went on too long
The Office (US) could have ended when Jim proposed in the rain. It maybe should have ended at the wedding in Niagara. Dear god it definitely should have ended when Michael left. The rest was just a shambling husk with nothing to say and tired gags.
Parks and Recreation also flanderized everybody (on a show that didn’t have much room to spare with how delightfully silly everyone already was as of season 3) and brought on new blood that didn’t work. I still haven’t seen most of the final season.
I strongly believe The Office should have ended when Michael left. His departure was perfect and if they had ended the rest of the show there, they would have finished the show on a high. Instead it dragged on and it became a shell of itself.
If I can advocate for Parks and Rec’s end. I will say that they found a way to wrap it up very well giving each character a satisfying ending to their arcs. The new characters are defintely forgettable and sour the later episodes a bit, but it is worth it for the conclusion.
Agreem. Parks and rec characters just turned into cartoon characters and it was such a weird thing to witness.
and brought on new blood that didn’t work
I thought Craig was one of the best characters, they should have done more with him
Weeds. It’s been so long since I watched it but I remember it reached a point where it should have ended but instead it became unwatchable.
Imagine if they’d let it end when Agrestic burned? It would be remembered as an unblemished gem.
Almost every successful US TV show runs at least one season too long. Any time they lose key cast members, or decide to go on just because of success, the quality has dropped in my opinion.
Non-US that succumbed to the same was Coupling. Last season was horrible.
Letterkenny. It started having way more drama and lost its charm for me.
The new Doctor Who. I’ll get hate for this, but it jumped the shark when living, breathing, deus ex machina River Song showed up with the eleventh Doctor, I was done.
Two and a Half Men should have ended with Sheen’s exit.
