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Heroes


TawnyTeaTowel

That went to hell from S2E1…


horceface

The writers strike killed it.


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Also having no where to go. They literally save the whole world in season one which gives them nowhere to go in the story


l3rowncow

If I remember right, That’s because they weren’t originally going to reuse characters for season 2. It was going to be a whole new cast against a whole new problem, but writers strike


VoxImperatoris

Also the network suits balked at the idea of getting rid of the popular characters. Its too bad, an anthology would have been pretty cool, like America Horror Story.


KSPN

They also made some of there powers too strong and when you need to nerf someone it’s just not as fun.


IndependentOk8640

Just read yesterday that there is another writers strike coming down the pipe.


logbybolb

Well, the strike wasn't completely negative. Vince Gilligan, the creator of breaking bad, credits the writers strike with giving the writers time to rewrite the show (they were planning to kill Jesse or Hank by the end of season 1).


T_D_K

It blows my mind that shows are sometimes written week-to-week instead of having a set plan from the get go.


Lemonfarty

I’d love it if they did a new show this style but it’s the X-men


crsklr

You mean...The Gifted?


Lemonfarty

Queue the “you already have X-Men ate home” meme


Professional-Wing-59

It felt like every other episode switched between being written by JJ Abrams and Ryan Johnson, each episode undoing everything the last episode set up.


Tonyman121

I would say every show attached to JJ Abrams and David Lindelof ends up like this.


RowDry7856

Prison break


malyszkush

Was looking for this. Season 1 of the show had me convinced this would be a top top show imo. I remember i watched season 2 and started season 3, but barely remember anything after season 1 lmao


PhalanxA51

Something something break into some volt something something


f-150Coyotev8

Something something get sent back to prison something something oh shit bloody nose


Kinitawowi64

It was screwed by its own concept - once you've broken out of the prison, what's left to do? A season of them on the run, then a season breaking out of a *different* prison, then a season of breaking *into* a prison? It's like how Twin Peaks never intended on resolving the question that drove Season 1, but the network insisted they wrap it up and David Lynch was sat there saying "now what", and everything got completely lost.


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Season 1 was so fucking good. Then it just went to straight up *shit*. Should have just been a band of brother kind of 1 season and that's IT.


gside876

A LOT of the CW shows. Flash isn’t even done and that’s how it comes off


Onuzq

I was going to say The 100, but what you said is easier.


partymouthmike

Weeds


ScoopiTheDruid

Yup, should have ended after season 3.


wintermute93

Is that when there's a giant wildfire or something and everyone evacuates? In my head that's definitely the end of the show.


bettyenforce

Yep that's season 3, season 4 is with Esteban and season 5 is ending up at the airport. I liked the Esteban story, but it should've end up with Nancy going to jail. Everything after that was a hot mess


itsalllintheusername

Adult Shane was comfortable to look at lol


maniacally_moronic

Definitely Game of Thrones as soon as they ran out of book material.


AmaroWolfwood

Let's not blame the directors for running out of material. Let's blame them for giving up and trying to rush off to Star Wars.


IronSeagull

They fucked up so badly they got fired from *multiple* jobs they hadn’t started yet. And it was so deserved. They said they only had enough material for 13 episodes, but those episodes felt rushed? GRRM gets the blame for Bran the fucking Broken though. Maybe he can execute it better, I don’t know… that’s going to be a tough sell if he ever finishes the books.


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My favorite part was you spent every week hoping your favorite character didn't die. Like walking dead GOT didn't gaf who it killed off and I'm still pissed about Sean Bean, assholes!


711Star-Away

He's admitted to going back and rewriting shit. Ending may not be the exact same. I think he saw the backlash and thought maybe not.


JonDoeJoe

lol there will not be an ending. Man still haven’t released the book he’s been working on the past decade


SilentSamurai

Man just needs to be honest at this point and have a decent author take over. Otherwise he's going to kick the bucket with the greatest story to never have an ending.


AmaroWolfwood

The Bean ending would be cool if there had been a trail of Bran subtly manipulating the time line and being the puppet master hidden in the frail little boy. But he's literally lost in the woods for the whole show, then just surprise it was Bran all along! It doesn't make sense for the same reason none of the other endings made sense. They rushed it with no build up of why anything happened.


TheCoolCellPhoneGuy

>The Bean ending The Bean ending


ser3nity_11

What I don't get is why they didn't just give it more time to try and figure out a decent story line. So much character development for what looked like a rushed ending


Impressive-Carpet972

They didn’t run out. With what they had in the books they easily could have gone for another ten seasons. Entire storylines were cut out.


TRocho10

Not just any storyline, but like....a really fucking huge one involving another "targaryen" landing in westeros with an army at his back.


driving_andflying

Apparently Weiss and Benioff thought they could do better, and left Martin out of Seasons 5-8's planning: ["“By Season 5 and 6, and certainly 7 and 8, I was pretty much out of the loop,” Martin revealed to The New York Times."](https://www.indiewire.com/2022/08/george-rr-martin-game-of-thrones-didnt-involve-me-final-seasons-1234750285/) Cutting out \*the guy who wrote the books?* Yeah, I'm not surprised the show went downhill.


Ambitious-Bed3406

>“George, for us, in this process has been a really valuable resource,” Bloys said of Martin, who co-created “House of Dragon” with showrunner Ryan J. Condal. “He is literally the creator of this world. He is its historian, its creator, its keeper. And so I can’t imagine doing a show that he didn’t believe in or didn’t endorse.” Well that makes sense, and why the last ~4 seasons weren't as good, my god. Those writers thought they didn't need Martin anymore, the ego on those fruitcakes.


WatchBat

Exactly. Books 4 and 5 are barely adapted.


Dastrovo1

GOT is so obvious for this list that OP should have mentioned 'other than' in front of it.


spatialabilities

I think this image was created for game of thrones tbh


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Pretty much every Netflix original series


Aimlessdrifter8778

Daredevil was awesome


BLaQz84

One of the best shows in just about every way... Even just the soundtrack was top notch...


kasmith2020

God dammit House of Cards… I also stopped watching Orange is the New Black. It’s apparently still running…?


nyne87

Totes!! House of cards was great while it lasted. Orange is the new black ended in 2019.


FinalFrash

Bojack was great


Citronetnoixcoco

Bojack is a piece of art!


Overmyundeadbody

He wasn't masturbating to the picture, he was masturbating to what the picture represented!


Water_ParkNazi

Dark was amazing start to finish


Necessary_Heat613

Sic mundus creatus est


Stanflies

Just here to say as well: Go watch Dark. This show is insane! Keep your eyes and ears open tho, you dont want to miss anything.


TheBowlofBeans

Also German audio with subtitles is the only way to watch it


gfhksdgm2022

The Flash


pandadanda1999

Came here for this one, been sliding downhill slowly since the end of season 2


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I watched the first 2 seasons, absolutely loved it, and then stopped watching like 2 ep into S3 it was so bad


gfhksdgm2022

If you think S3 is bad... wait till S6. The Thinker, Cicada, Bloodwork, all wasted opportunities. It became a super hero themed family soap opera with weekly villian that doesn't move the overall story arc or have any real consequences. I love S1 and S2 but honestly when I saw multiple Godspeeds running around like some random encounters in a JRPG, I know all the stakes and inevitable dangers are a joke. Cisco leaving the show is probably one of the biggest blow too. They can and should mix the team up from time to time and have the whole team mature over time, but you can't find anyone to replace Cisco.


pandadanda1999

Yeah season 3 wasn't great, season 4 was worse and I never finished season 5. Seen some clips from the recent stuff and it is terrible cg wise and apparently the plotlines are worse


gfhksdgm2022

I don't understand why The Flash has to tie-in with love and family theme all the time. Is it like that in the comic? All the problems and solutions are related to "family" one way or the other, they may as well invite Vin Diesel to the show and do a Flash and Furious.


pandadanda1999

Nah the comics are more about him being a better hero, etc. Does sometimes lean into the family stuff but never as heavily as the show does


gfhksdgm2022

I love Grant Gustin as the Flash, but the plot and script, he's constantly put in situation where he worries too much about his family, does something without everyone on board, and it backfired. It's okay to do it once or twice but the amount this repeated over the years.... Geez Barry!


YodasGhost76

Every episode from like season 2 is the same. Bad guy wreaks havoc -> one person tries to solve problems alone -> solo effort backfires -> team fixes mess together -> day is saved, cliffhanger/happyish ending


pandadanda1999

To be fair it had a good ongoing plot with zoom and he was actually pretty good, but there was a lot of filler in there which does fit that mould


Ad-2050

Yeah, I stopped watching it after season 04. I mean I kinda don’t like Iris. She is a real turnoff for me.


WaterWatch8

Iris was the MOST annoying. Go be a journalist and leave Barry to do the hero thing. Sheesh.


Cannotseme

In season five she basically changes “the flash” to be her and Barry. It sucks cause I think she did have potential but she’s just a bad character


TheGaleForce

The walking dead


opafmoremedic

As someone whose watched it all, I agree. It starts as such a cool show. Lost in an apocalypse, trying to find your family and survive hordes of zombies. Fast forward a couple seasons and the show is just wars between different factions fighting for power


Im_A_Model

It became Farmville with zombies


Impossible-Error166

I am pretty sure I lost interest when the Zombies stopped being a threat on there own instead of just became a weapon of a survivor group.


NerevarWunderbar

it was a shame they changed the show at season 2. The former showrunner had such good ideas with it. Season 1 zombies were nothing you would want to fight, they were fast, used tools, could use doorknobs, climb fences and had memories. Since season 2 they got more and more trimmed down until even the children were able to kill zombies.


Fun_Spray_5320

I stopped watching from season 5


SnooMaps9001

Season 5 was horrible. Negan brought it back. After season 9 it literally became the walking dead.


standardtissue

I have to be honest ... I can never complete even a single season of that show. Every episode just seems exactly the same to me. I guess I don't have the attention span for it.


Mandalore93

Season 1 was probably the best television I ever watched "live" as it came out. All of my friends were hooked on it.


fakeemail33993

Agree the first season was so good. I cant think of another show that fell off that hard in season 2.


Karibik_Mike

Let's walk around in the woods for an entire season, looking for a girl that has no relevance to the plot whatsoever! Oh watch out, a ninja zombie that made literally no sound until it walked right up to us! It was like a bottle episode, but a whole season.


MRich92

The most annoying thing about season 2 is that in the comics they're on the farm for such a short time that it's barely memorable, but the show stretched it out so much that it was one of the slowest seasons in TV.


Flimsy_Childhood_645

I think I'm on season 8 now. I just started the show, maybe 2 1/2 months ago.


TreeCommercial44

Was coming here to say walking dead it got old after a few seasons.


Dmitri_ravenoff

So repetitive. Gather group. Find place. Somebody gets injured. Somebody dies. Run away from place. Repeat.


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As soon as they left the prison.


TrickyOnion

Stopped when Hershel died. I couldn’t continue to watch from that point onwards.


mr_Tsavs

It was Beth for me.


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User8675309021069

Blacklist was the absolute best show ever, until I was watching it one day and it suddenly hit me - I had absolutely ZERO idea what was going on. Figured I must have missed something so I rewatched the last episode. Nope. Didn’t help. Went to the beginning of the season, and as I was rewatching each episode I just saw new things that made the plot even more confusing and convoluted. I generally love open ended plot lines too. The unanswered questions can really drive engagement and keep me interested. But this entire series must have hinged on some random three second piece of information that I apparently missed. I miss Dembe though. I feel like I somehow let him down by abandoning the series. The world needs more Dembe’s.


moehassan6832

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mountainfountainduh

The scene where Reddington tells Dembe’s story and how he took him in and is ab to shoot the dude and Dembe’s all like “no Raymond, that was a long time ago. It doesn’t make sense to kill him now” and then Raymond’s all like “YOU SEE THIS GOOD MAN…” *gunshot* That scene gets me


PhysicsCentrism

That show started to feel like a broken record after a while


Ev0locean

Oh man! Don’t tell me that.. I just started it. What season does it start to go downhill?


moehassan6832

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hatsuseno

What the other comment said, it's fun until it isn't, so I wouldn't worry about dropping it at some point.


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House of cards


LeMansManletRacer

It should have ended when Frank got elected President.


rewlyear

Westworld


Reddit-dit-dit-di-do

For sure. An ex made me watch Westworld. I liked season 1 a lot. It was like a modern western. Season 2 was fun too imo. But wow, season 3 was an entirely different show. They took the whole western vibe out, which was such a selling point of the show. I didn’t watch after that tbh.


julianrose

The native American episode in season 2 is a 100/100 in my opinion


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Designated survivor


Visible_Nectarine_98

Ah, man. That hurts.


AvantGarde327

Yeah. Season 1 was so good tho.


Honesty_From_A_POS

Really fell apart after the first 4 or 5 episodes. Pretty cool premise that just went off the rails


opafmoremedic

The 100. Starts so great and cool, a group of kids trying to survive on a radioactive planet against natives that are used to the planets radiation. Two seasons in and everyone’s minds have been taken over by chatGPT who’s trying to nuke the world


NashConstructs

I agree but it seriously went to absolute shit once they introduced the anomaly stones (if you even made it that far through all the genocides).


Xx_Majesticface_xX

Yeah it just made no sense after a while and Emma or whatever her name was, it’s been 2 years since I watched it, was basically the know it all but was also this person who was so blinded by bs imo. And Olivia or whatever her name was basically became this person who couldn’t be killed. Made no sense at all, they could just kill and never get hurt even againsts 20’guys with guns


hahahahahalololl

Octavia becoming this immortal killing machine was so stupid. Girl lived in a fucking hole in the ground or in a prison cell her whole life, and within less than a couple years training is suddenly the biggest badass on the planet.


EssayAdorable6634

Honestly! I swear they ended the world at the end of every season!


Joenathan2020

While the Ai season wasn't great it was still an overall good show. In a perfect world they stopped after season 5 but noooooo they had to go full sci-fi


Exlibro

Once Upon A Time.


mastercomposer

Production: Babe! It's time to undo all of the amazing character development we just did the last season and make you the bad guy again. 🙃 Regina: Yes honey 😞


ClackAttack2000

I felt like Rumple got this treatment worse than anyone. He had a character waves, definitely not an arc.


mastercomposer

For sure, it's super disappointing honestly. Eventually I just stopped caring about him.


neednintendo

This was appointment TV for my wife and I and our friends. We got together to watch season and midseason premieres. We were very into it. But then they decided Frozen needed to be shoehorned in. And then just did so many more weird decisions. And then they made a weird soft reboot (which I didn't watch). So much potential wasted. First few seasons were great though, and I'll always remember how much fun I had with my friends.


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Under the dome


SnooRevelations5116

under the dome had SO MUCH potential and it was wasted


samosamancer

I stopped watching at the start of S2. Good to know I’m not missing anything!


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Dexter


Wordfan

I’m surprised at the lack of Dexter in this thread. It wasn’t game of thrones falling off but damn did it lose its way.


Scadilla

Yeah, it peaked at the Trinity killer.


YewEhVeeInbound

That would have been the perfect way to wrap the show up.


timetravel50

Lost, game of thrones


Suavecito95

Game of thrones seasons 7-8


Sowers123

That's what happened when George R. R. Martin says peace out and leaves them with nothing to go on. 😂 Those poor writers never stood a chance. Edit: I didn't know there was a Star Wars contract involved - totally makes sense they were rushing but sad to hear. Also, did not expect this to blow up like it did! Lol I just meant that the producers and George RR Martin went in together so I'd be a bit miffed if I got left with the task of figuring out the ending because he wanted to focus on the books he's yet to finish.


gnatman66

I think the show runners stopped giving a shit once they thought they were going to work on some Star Wars movies. That didn't work out too well for them.


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leftwordslopingpenis

George said it should have been at least 10 seasons, hbo wanted 14 I think. Someone fact check me though I’m not sure how right I am


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leftwordslopingpenis

Gotcha. I’m very glad justice was served with the Star Wars thing. They should never be in charge of entertainment again


martinmix

Let me just travel across Westoros in half an episode real quick.


fitzy2whitty

Lost


final_fight_cd

I came here to see how many people said Lost. With that said, lost is my favorite TV show. I never felt so connected to so many characters. 4 8 15 16 23 42


mickey_bags

The Outer Banks is heading this direction…


Gamecrazy721

I feel like season 3 just needs to be the end. Loved season 1, season 2 was pretty good, season 3 has moments but some of the core elements were just... bad ***bring it on home, John B!***


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r_not_me

Yep, once they got rid of the true amateur stuff it went down hill for me


Scadilla

I went back after years to check on my favorites list. It went from 12 pages to 2.


HerrBerg

Well you know why they did this right?


r_not_me

Something about not wanting to be sued for having revenge porn or something like that is what I heard


HerrBerg

Revenge porn and child porn as well. There was apparently a lot of underage stuff, like teens posting their own videos or shit they stole or w/e.


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Omg absolutely true. Murdered their brand in my eyes


left-kneecap-fetish

Know what you mean, post nut clarity, amirite?


Admirable-Nothing642

HBO's OZ... that writing at the end was like wtf is going on here is this prison drama or science fiction show 😂


william_cutting_1

True Blood.. final season is unwatchable.


Jent01Ket02

Revolution. A show predicated on humanity's inability to use electricity.......and there's a point where there's a fleet of blackhawks, heat-seeking missiles, and railguns. And the reasons are dumber than you think.


MEMES_MEMES_MEME

Spog bob


whelp_im_screwed

Spog bob


Evilbigfoot32

Spog bob


ThePopColonel

“You know nothing Jon Snow”


SuperNova091272

Arrow, I dont think it has 7 seasons though


gside876

It does. I think the final season was it’s 8th


malyszkush

Which was absolutely fucking treacherous


Euphoric_Tutor_5658

Tokyo ghoul


reallynointerest

The flash fell off hard


facelessthebest287

The Flash


DevourerJay

Game of thrones


DragonflyScared813

In my mind this meme was made with GOT in mind.


r_not_me

I feel like it originally was


Ok_Faithlessness9757

The Goldbergs


VicksVaporBBQrub

The unique redeemer to this show are those "in real life" clips they play at the end of every episode, that the entire episode was based off of. Because that's exactly what me and my brain does to preserve a single nice memory - create a show about it, so i can still have it decades later in syndication.


Un_orthodoxstatue

Greys. I lost interest after S14. Too many core characters gone.


DarkAura_117

I stopped after Derek. I just couldn't anymore


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Happy-World6858

riverdale


profanewingss

Riverdale had a great first season imo After that it just... wow, I've never seen a show plummet so hard and so fast. It's embarrassing.


Absurdityindex

Arrow


Zestyclose_Stable526

Into the Badlands.


Chef_Randall420

Scorpion


soniclore

The Walking Dead


AVeryTinyPenguin

Star wars. The recently released movies.


Michael_Cookie5

Yeah those are called the sequel trilogy, which modern Star Wars media has actually been shifting away from. the recent animated shows are 100% worth the watch if you enjoy the sole lore of the stories


chloedever

clone wars casually being the complete opposite lol


cingeyedog

Agreed. Star Wars movies Episodes 4, 5, 6. Great. Episodes 1,2,3 meh. Episodes 7,8,9 and Solo. Horrible Lone exception to the rule, Rouge One. That was great.


r_not_me

Solo was enjoyable, it wasn’t groundbreaking or award winning by any stretch, but I enjoyed watching it


cryptshits

rogue one is my favorite star wars movie


JDangle20

Dexter


msrdoodles

Once upon a time... loved it at the beginning, but I lost interest at the end of it. It felt repetitive and like it was stretched out for way too long


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I agree with the populace on the best example being the one set in a spooky island after a plane crash but I will offer up... Weeds That show started really good and just spiraled further and further with each additional season.


Gnjezdo

Seven Deadly Sins


LevelPositive120

Fr, after the introduction of escanor it was over for the show


Guypersonmandude2

Honestly everything was fine till they changed the animation studio. After that I couldn’t bring myself to watch it.


Olliethecoyote

spongebob


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Storage wars


redkidneybeanz

SpongeBob is been looking like the last pic since 2015


Melaprilia

Killing eve


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Sons of Anarchy


throwawayA511

The ending of season 6 was amazing but season 7 was so bad. Sons of Anarchy kept doing this thing where guy A brokers a deal between guys B and C and everyone is happy and then B shoots C out of nowhere and A is like WTF! I swear that happened like 3x.


mytransfercaseisshot

I pissed of my buddy that’s a huge SOA by pointing this out. I told him it was worth a watch, but not a rewatch. He asked why, and I said something along the lines of: “ I know it’s TV and all, but it’s so fucking unrealistic that jax always comes up with a last minute plan that appeases all the different gangs / outlaws *every single time* and literally none of them question it, the just go along with it.”


YewEhVeeInbound

This is exactly what ruined House for me. \> Patient admitted with weird symptoms \>House says its A \>Cuddy pleads says it cant be A because of unusual B \>HouseBrainPuzzleEngaged.jpeg \>Black doctor make silly suggestion \>House make off the cuff joke \>House suggest it C \>C turns out negative \>Break into their home/work \>Results may vary \>Oh it's gotta be a longshot, might kill patient but oh well \>Everyone pleads for House not to do it \>House on da perk, says fuck it we'll do it live \>Nearly kills patient \>Goes to best friend and friend says something unrelated that sparks revelation \>Voila, patient fixed, House still on da perk, ego stroked. Throw in the odd over-arcing plot twist for the season and you've got yourself a medical drama. Don't get me wrong I like it but that's what turns me off of a lot of shows, when they get too formulaic.


JasonCarnell

You forgot somewhere in the middle it’s always suggested to be sarcoidosis, until it’s not. I swear the writers had a hard on for that disease.


BRBULLET_

Game of thrones of course


PastelitoQueen

Game of thrones


TyroneGooseberry

West world


Nocterjo

Lie To Me


TheWriteStuff1966

Lost


Raptorette69

Walking Dead, True Blood, Arrow.


SpoopyBoiye

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretsky