Shows you've had a falling out with - IE, they just suck now

[Maamtis]

Any show that is still airing new episodes post 2016. Creators have lost their fucking minds and are stuffing all kinds of progressive dog shit into their shows.

This might be the reason I watch less and less TV these days. It's mostly old shit and soccer now.

For some reason I watched 9 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy so I could talk to my classmates better. Once Maggie joined the cast and started acting like a cunt I stopped watching. Might pick it back up or rewatch the show since Quarantine can get dull.

The other show was Steven Universe but I watched it to the end. I like the show but hate how fans can’t admit when it has its problems.

My partner started watching GA and I got hooked on it. I'm blaming Coronavirus. Seriously though, I've had bathroom breaks longer than the relationships on this show.

Big one from my childhood was Red Dwarf. I absolutely loved the first six seasons and was so excited they were making a seventh, counting down the days until it released, Then it dropped and wow.........to this day I still haven't seen a series that declined so dramatically so quickly. Think of it as Simpsons season 5 being followed by season 15.

Also gave up on The Walking Dead when they went back to Atlanta. It was already terminally slow, but having spent years walking in a big circle was the final straw.

They recaptured some of the magic with the later series. Not quite classic era but still worth a watch. The Father's Day episode is classic.

For me it's The Simpsons. It had gotten lame but the That 90's Show episode just felt like a fuck you to long time fans. Only episode I remember after that is the Lego one which I watched out of curiosity.

Doctor Who for reasons well covered on this site.

Also Broad City after the Hilary episode. Until then it was a fan slacker comedy. The following season they apparently bleeped Trump's name when he was mentioned. The show ended soon after so I'm sure it probably alienated a lot of fans.

 

[Aqua Panda]

Walking Dead is my big one. Season 1 was some great television and had an amazing sense of dread to it. Season 2 stalled hard at the farm but recovered in Season 3 with the prison. Once it hit the Alexandria bits, the show was just retreading old ground. It fell apart soon afterward when the show runners went out of their way to start introducing political points.

Also, somewhat Game of Thrones. I actually like the Mad Dany twist. (And I'm amazed they got away with it in the woke era. Especially after all the mother of dragons build up she got in the prime sjw era.) It was actually really subtly built to starting from season 2. However, I fully recognize that season 7 & 8 were rushed to hell. IMO it was a massive mistake to not push North into the White Walker lands. We never saw that ice citadel from season 4 again. Plenty more time was needed to be spent fleshing out the walkers.

 

[Jeff Boomhauer]

While I don't know what exact season it is, I stopped watching SNL in 2008 or so. It was probably around the time Michael Phelps hosted. That was also when Kristen Wiig, who I don't think does comedy well at all, was the main part of almost every single skit.

I've seen a few clips of newer skits on Youtube. I noticed that when Chadwick Boseman hosted, it seemed like they couldn't give him any material that wasn't related to Black Panther to work with.

 

[Absolutego]

While I don't know what exact season it is, I stopped watching SNL in 2008 or so. It was probably around the time Michael Phelps hosted. That was also when Kristen Wiig, who I don't think does comedy well at all, was the main part of almost every single skit.

I've seen a few clips of newer skits on Youtube. I noticed that when Chadwick Boseman hosted, it seemed like they couldn't give him any material that wasn't related to Black Panther to work with.

tbh I'm convinced Chadwick Boseman's career has been completely sabotaged by that forgettable movie and he probably hates it more than any of the rest of us. Look at him in any picture where people make him do the Wakanda Forever salute. It's like looking at a man's soul escape his body.

 

[Ververg]

Anyone ever see Homeland? The show where a good chunk of the characters that were around for 2 seasons just fucking exploded at the very end, and Nick Brody, the main focus of the show, just fucked off for half the third season and then there was a bunch of bullshit about his daughter and fuckall about the rest of his family, especially the son, who spends every scene either asking filler child questions or playing videogames. But THEN after season 3 where Brody fucking dies, IT KEPT GOING, WITH A FUCKING BABY. I dropped it like a couple years before Drumpft, and now I'm morbidly curious about what's happened after season 3, because Inigo Montoya was the last good part of that show

 

[Tor Lugosi]

Yeah, Homeland had a terrific first season (that should've ended like everyone thinks) but then went down hill the longer it went on. The show went from having characters talking about how fucked up Islamic extremists are and the need to deal with them and how incompatible they are with America to the usual current year "America is the real terrorist" bullshit.

 

[Donovan the Man]

I stopped watching the Walking Dead when I got spoiled on the finale to season 3 or whatever. I was watching it on Netflix, and saw they got ran out of the prison. Such contrived shit, the prison would have been a sweet ass fort for them to have hunkered down but can’t let that happen now should we.

I pretty much stopped paying attention to Law and Order: SVU once Stabler was gone. I would have later seasons on as background noise and really stopped caring after the gamer gate episode. Once I got to that episode where a tranny gets murdered for getting porked by a rapper is where I threw up my hands. Benson went on a lecture about respecting pronouns and all that shit, but I had just rewatched season 1 where she literally called a victim a tranny.

 

[LolRaccoon]

Not sure if this counts, but Good Mythical Morning.

I still consider myself a fan of Rhett and Link, but Good Mythical Morning hasn't been good in years. Back when it started, it was (to me, at least) a unique show where they would just shoot the shit and talk about funny things that happened to them or weird things they found on the internet. As the years went on, the episodes that they made where they ate really hot foods became the ones that garnered the most views and decided to try to capitalize on those. Now, all Good Mythical Morning is is just two skinny guys shoving gross shit down their throats. I'm amazed they haven't put on more weight after eating all that food every week. The title of the show doesn't even fit anymore because it was supposed to be a morning variety show.

Also, Doctor Who. I love this show to death, but after Chibbers took the reigns, it went down the shitter real quick. Hell, I think Capaldi's season was better than people gave it credit for being. But in Doctor Who's case, there is a lot of classic Who that I haven't seen, so it isn't ALL bad.

 

[Bepis]

The three that come to mind:

Darker Than Black season 1 was an interesting anime about people who developed special powers but are compelled to complete a specific task every time they use it. These people are employed by organized criminals, intelligence agencies, etc. The main character has a clear, specific goal, and a set personality.
Season 2 just completely changed his characterization and focused too much on a new character who I found unlikable and I just couldn't bring myself to finish it.

Homeland. Seasons 1, 2, and 4 were pretty good. Found the others pretty weak and wasn't invested enough to stick arond after they killed Peter

Hell On Wheels. I'm interested in the era and really liked the first season. But in...2? 3? I forget which. There's just a super drastic shift in personality for one character. They try to justify it but I find it very hard to believe that a man who tried to hang a black guy for sleeping with a prostitute is suddenly okay with the same black man impregnating his wife.

 

[Slimy Time]

Decided about December-Jan time to watch House after all these years. The style of show where it's 24-25 episodes just didn't work as well as it did back when it came out, but I stuck it out...to season 3. When they got this cop in doing all this shit without warrants, and basically being everything wrong with 2000's idea on hollywood law and policing, I tapped out. Just go back to diagnosing people and having personal relationship issues, don't throw this antagonist into a hospital drama.

TBH, tried watching a few more 2000's episodic shows. Can't do it, it just doesn't sit well for me.

 

[Poop A Loop]

I couldn't watch It's Always Sunny after the coming out episode.

Had it on for background noise and it seemed like they kept bringing up Mac being gay in the "haha you went to a public restroom to get sucked off but that's okay it's not actually degenerate or anything we're just irritated that your now open lust for getting pozzed got in the way of our Wacky Plan."

It used to be funny when they either teased it or played situations off Mac not understanding rather than him just being gay and confused.

 

[Slowboat to China]

I'm gonna be a hipster and say I started falling out with Doctor Who early in Eleven's run. I was on board for Nine and Ten, though I didn't love some of Ten's later stuff ... and then Eleven comes in eating fish fingers and custard, wearing a fez, and I backpedaled so hard I think I broke something.

Tried to stick with it, but Eleven always felt consciously quirky to me in a really annoying way. Cutesy. Affected. Effeminate, almost, in an "uwu what's this" kind of way. By the time Twelve came along, I'd lost interest and didn't really pay any attention. And Thirteen's gone and ruined it for good, so ...

 

[Twolegstillmidnight]

I'm gonna be a hipster and say I started falling out with Doctor Who early in Eleven's run. I was on board for Nine and Ten, though I didn't love some of Ten's later stuff ... and then Eleven comes in eating fish fingers and custard, wearing a fez, and I backpedaled so hard I think I broke something.

Tried to stick with it, but Eleven always felt consciously quirky to me in a really annoying way. Cutesy. Affected. Effeminate, almost, in an "uwu what's this" kind of way. By the time Twelve came along, I'd lost interest and didn't really pay any attention. And Thirteen's gone and ruined it for good, so ...

Personally I love Eleven, but I think he was the last one with an actual personality. Twelve had a personality but it always felt repressed, like once Peter Capaldi said he didn’t want to be a love toy for all the companions they just didn’t know how to write his character as a mature adult instead of a younger man.

Sherlock is another one that I had a falling out with. I never fucking understood why you would kill a character like Moriarty in the first season. Even though he shot himself in the head even the young fan base assumed he must have faked his death somehow, because no one would be that dumb to kill off Sherlock’s arch nemesis in the first season right? Season two is not awful though, it just should have been the last season. Andrew Scott as Moriarty was campy and fun and I think the only reason they killed him was because he outshined Benedict Cumbersnatch.

Seconding Preacher as well. The first season is good enough to be rewatchable, but I honestly haven’t been able to get through season 3. This show had so much promise, but I guess it was hard to top the meat scene.

 

[EmpireOfTheClouds]

Westworld.

Episode 1 of season 3 actually was a very promising start, but it took only 2 episodes for it to start making the same mistakes as Season 2

 

[SnowBall]

Decided about December-Jan time to watch House after all these years. The style of show where it's 24-25 episodes just didn't work as well as it did back when it came out, but I stuck it out...to season 3. When they got this cop in doing all this shit without warrants, and basically being everything wrong with 2000's idea on hollywood law and policing, I tapped out. Just go back to diagnosing people and having personal relationship issues, don't throw this antagonist into a hospital drama.

TBH, tried watching a few more 2000's episodic shows. Can't do it, it just doesn't sit well for me.

Only season 1 and 3 have villain characters. With the first season they only added a villain because the higher ups demanded one.

For Doctor Who I stopped watching when Chibnall took over. The first few episodes of his run showed a lot of promise. Hell even the Rosa Parks episode was a pleasant surprise and geniunely good. Then it went downhill and seeing all the spoilers for the last season tells me it was a good idea to drop it. It’s a shame because 13 had potential and I like Jodie but the writing screwed her over.

I feel like I am in the minority in liking 11 better than 10. If any Doctor was the quirky annoying one it was Ten. Maybe it’s because I started with 11 and got so tired of people refusing to give his run a chance simply because they couldn’t fap to Smith like they could to Tennant and that he wasn’t cute enough to be the Doctor.

 

[Midlife Sperglord]

I stopped watching Six Feet Under halfway through the second season because the entire family turned into massive fucking cunts then.

 

[Overly Serious]

I stopped watching Six Feet Under halfway through the second season because the entire family turned into massive fucking cunts then.

I never watched it but dated someone who loved it. All I remember is watching a clip where the two undertakers have found a guy who died from auto-erotic-asphyxiation. They remove the porn tape from the VHS and hide the orange he used to bite down on to revive himself, leaving it looking like a suicide with the belt around his neck. His grief-struck widow is bewilderingly wondering why he would do such a thing and they make some bland platitude and exit with the evidence.

All I remember thinking was that these two guys are some of the biggest pieces of shit I have ever seen. This poor woman's husband kills himself by accident and they let her believe it's suicide. Something she will continue to believe for the rest of her life. Absolutely fuck those guys.

 

[Francis York Morgan]

I can’t enjoy HIMYM the same way anymore after the way it ended. Like the entire show lives a really bad taste in my mouth now, despite really enjoying a lot of the actor’s performances in it, especially Neil Patrick Harris.

I am shocked and yet not shocked at all that it took HIMYM this long to get mentioned. The show really started going off the rails around season 4 or 5 with the dropped plots and "important character" introductions that ultimately went nowhere because the new characters were unlikable or didn't gel with the main cast that well. However, what really killed that show was the finale. I can't think of another show that had an ending that so perfectly ruined a whole show for me. It's hard to even watch the good episodes again because you know the conclusion it's all building towards. And I know I'm not the only person who feels this way because you NEVER see the show discussed anymore except when talking about disastrous finales. What a waste.

As for other shows, I stopped caring about Battlestar Galactica around the time it became clear that the writers had no idea how to finish it. I can't remember which one it was exactly, but one of the unnecessary Cylon reveals was so stupid and made so little sense that it made me mentally check out of the rest of the show.

The X-Files is another show I fell out with but I'm struggling to put my finger on an exact point. I'm thinking it's Season 7 when the Mytharc starts becoming a clusterfuck. If it's not there then definitely Season 8 when David Duchovny leaves the show.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

I am shocked and yet not shocked at all that it took HIMYM this long to get mentioned. The show really started going off the rails around season 4 or 5 with the dropped plots and "important character" introductions that ultimately went nowhere because the new characters were unlikable or didn't gel with the main cast that well. However, what really killed that show was the finale. I can't think of another show that had an ending that so perfectly ruined a whole show for me. It's hard to even watch the good episodes again because you know the conclusion it's all building towards. And I know I'm not the only person who feels this way because you NEVER see the show discussed anymore except when talking about disastrous finales. What a waste.

As for other shows, I stopped caring about Battlestar Galactica around the time it became clear that the writers had no idea how to finish it. I can't remember which one it was exactly, but one of the unnecessary Cylon reveals was so stupid and made so little sense that it made me mentally check out of the rest of the show.

The X-Files is another show I fell out with but I'm struggling to put my finger on an exact point. I'm thinking it's Season 7 when the Mytharc starts becoming a clusterfuck. If it's not there then definitely Season 8 when David Duchovny leaves the show.

Didn’t help that we spent an entire season on the wedding seeing how well they work together only for them to get divorced like 3 mins into the finale, breaking up the best couple because “we gotta stuck with our season 2 ending” crap.

Though looking into who the characters were based on and this one twitter rant one of the creators(who Ted was based on) where he said people liking Barney over Ted is how Trump got elected, I suppose we should be lucky the show was at least good at one point.

 

[A Grey Cat]

F is for family is starting to lose me in the second season.. If only because of the story arc with sue getting a secretary job and dealing with a bunch of douche bags who make snide sexual remarks.


It's not killing the show for me yet it just feels like something someone (cough Laura dern cough) had put in to say "see how the 70s weren't all great because toxic masculinity was everyplace and no me too moment to stop it)


But I'm sticking with it because frank's arc about being unemployed is really clicking with me, as someone who lost their job and been unemployed for 2 months only made worse by the covid outbreak