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It is astonishing how fast random opinions on the internet can ruin a person’s outlook on a given product of media entertainment.

But sometimes you don’t need some rando’s thoughts because the show beats them to it by imploding on itself through bad script writing, presentation, acting, or any combination of those three and more.

This inevitably leads to Reddit threads like this one, where folks list TV shows and series that started off very well, becoming instant hits, and then getting progressively worse for a multitude of reasons.

Scroll down to check out the best responses and answers to the now-viral Reddit thread, having over 30,000 upvotes, and why not perform all of the necessary formalities like upvote and comment and then upvote and comment some more.

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#1

Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver First few seasons were great with pretty good pacing. Later seasons devolve into telling one story at a time. They’d have a cliffhanger of a character maybe dying and do 3 weeks of other stories. By the time it gets back to the cliffhanger you have no idea what’s happening. That and it got repetitive.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Plus, it just got stupid. I used to love that show.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver I was enamored with it for the first 5 seasons. 6 only reinforced my love but I remember some cracks starting to show.

7 went downhill super fast and I refused to sully my memories with 8.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always find this equally funny, depressing and annoying. GRR martin gave the show runners a roadmap for how the book series was going to end up. This was it. So many people are upset over the fact that the "mother of dragons" who somehow became a feminist icon, despite the many, constant hints over the fact that like the rest of her family, was INSANE. Her ending was obvious. From the point where her brother was given the golden crown and she basically shrugged. The last seasons had their flaws, but people are just pissed that they invested so much into the dragon queen without really paying attention to the very loud subtext

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver Grey's Anatomy 100%. The show was great, but I just can't keep up with all the twists and turns and freaky accidents anymore. It's also a lot less funny. It should have ended seasons ago.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver bog--wizard said:
Once Upon a Time. The first 3 seasons were good! And then after that they just kept getting worse.

RittleMeThis27 replied:
I watched about that much til it got boring and too weird. I enjoyed them giving Disney characters a twist separate from their movie counterparts. Then something about seeing Elsa basically cosplaying the animated movie made me stop. It was more fun when they left us guessing who the new person was and not throwing it in our faces like that.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, it was good then got bad. I also thought the lgbtq+ relationships were forced, not that im against them they just didnt seem natural at all

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver season8branisusless said:
Firefly. Second season is literally unwatchable.

Shawn_1512 replied:
Me and Abed have an agreement. If one of us dies, we stage it to look like a suicide caused by the unjust cancellation of Firefly.

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#6

Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver Season 1 was great and fresh. Season 2 didn't know what to do with itself and just started giving everyone super powers.

By Season 3, characters were just changing motivations at the drop of a hat and it was just a huge mess of bad writing.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The show was fully hit by screenwriter strike during 3rd season...

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver Pm_Me_All_The_Feet said:
Westworld, on HBO. Season 1 was amazing! By episode 3 of season 2 I was done. Damn shame...

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This. Season 1 was a damn near perfect 1 season story. If they had had any balls at all, they would've stopped there and gone down in history as one of the best single seasons of all time. But some assholes at HBO backed the money truck up, and we all know how that ended...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ve stuck with it, but yes totally agree! Season 1 was intriguing, mind bending and quite beautiful. Subsequent seasons just don’t have the magic…don’t have Sir Anthony Hopkins either coincidence?

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver Not the worst offender, but That 70's Show tanked pretty hard once Eric left. He was sorely needed to make the chemistry of the group work.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Much like Friends they had covered every possible dating combo. Still has it's funny moments in the later seasons though.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver Spider-Gwen_ said:
The 100.

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You are onecrew or you are an enemy of oncrew - choose.

It has some really quotable stuff, but my god, the endless self sabotage by the main character just gets so old.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great show that lasted exactly 5 seasons. Rumors of a 6th or 7th season are lies.

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#10

Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver When the fairies entered the picture, I exited.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When the side characters are more interesting than the main plot, you know there's a problem.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver fefvrisketa said:
Misfits, unfortunately.

doctor_x replied:
"Let's replace the entire cast with less interesting characters and have them never use their abilities. Lunch?"

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#12

Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver HoraceSense said:
House of Cards.

usernameunavaliable replied:
The first two seasons were amazing. After that it started to get progressively worse.

IMO, it should have been 2 seasons of him reaching the presidency, and then 2 seasons of everything going downhill.

4 seasons total, 1 for each suit of cards. 2 for building the house of cards, 2 for making it fall apart.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try the UK original. 3 seasons. 4 episodes per. House of Cards. To Play the King. The Final Cut. Ian Richardson's Francis Urquhart.... Superb.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver nolaonmymind said:
I tried to rewatch it recently, remembered the last season, and just didn't want to.

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What's especially frustrating is if they had ended the show after 4 seasons like the creators wanted to the ending everyone hated actually would have made sense because they wouldn't have proven 4-5 times that Robin and Ted don't work together.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The ending was such a slap in the face after the balloon scene.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver How to Get Away with Murder. The first season had some intrigue and plot... and then they just start murdering people left and right after that.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver monoloco-plus said:
Riverdale.

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I'm not convinced the guy who writes Riverdale has ever spoken to a real teenager.

I stick this one out purely for the hilarity of it. Archie and the gang have super powers now and are fighting an evil wizard (I am not making that up).

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know it’s bad when the cast is excited it’s finally ending 😂

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver MiZe97 said:
It's what happens when you try to make so many seasons for a show meant for only a few.

Stewba replied:
Arrows first season is dope when he is murdering everyone. I wish he never discovered the power of friendship.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First season of Arrow hit the Bullseye. But it started going downhill slowly but steadily from Season two onwards.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver DiegoDynomite said:
The Flash on CW.

Somerandom1922 replied:
Flash and Arrow both got screwed by Netflix DareDevil showing how good it could be imo.

I was into both Arrow and Flash, then Daredevil came out and I just kept noticing inconsistencies and budget issues.

But I will say Grant Gustin does make a good Barry Allen.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Grant Gustin should be the Silver screen Barry/Flash as well.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver whiteoff44 said:
Vikings … I’m shocked no one mentioned it yet.

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I haven't watched anything past Ragnar. I love me Lagertha with all my heart, but I could see the writing on the wall knowing that boneless was going to go full psycho.

Also, I'm still pissed Siggy died like she did. ASLAUG CAN ROT IN HEL!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As soon as Ragnar will killed off, I turned off. His sons (except Bjorn) were nut cases

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver At first it was a fresh setting for a procedural with likeable, developed characters. But then Brennan got Flanderized hard starting around S4 and it was never the same.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was crushed when they killed Sweets off. Actually felt sorry for Daisy's character

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver So many loopholes and a never ending plot. I mean, the female hero (forgot her name) was wanted and had her pictures broadcast nationwide live, but a couple of weeks after she can do undercover work.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think you just randomly selected some long running series that you have never even seen. The Loopholes are the whole reason behind this programme, wondering who Raymond Reddington really is and his relation to Elizabeth ( the name you forgot) Keen. If you had seen the series you would know why she was exonerated

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver By the end of filming the two main leads hated each other… and you can tell! They had to come up with whacky storyline’s to keep them apart.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still re-watch the early seasons but that last bit, one of the worst endings there is. Like the whole cast was just itching to get the hell out.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver The first seasons are so good and then it basically turns into "what weird monster can we come up with in between killing off and resurrecting the Winchester boys and all their friends/family?"

Like I tapped out with the episode involving Tinkerbelle. I did watch the series finale and it sure was a finale.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver ClockNo4364 said:
I actually think that Glee was like a fun guilty pleasure show when it first came out.

Then after like 4-6 episodes there was a writers' strike and when it finally came back it just got worse and worse until it was unwatchable.

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The first couple seasons were really campy and fun, and I loved that. But eventually it felt like they got to a place where they were taking themselves way too seriously, and it just wasn't working anymore. I have not watched the last season, I got like halfway through the first episode and noped out. The season or 2 before that wasn't very good either, but I really tried, because I had loved it for so long.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well, and the singing changed, the songs were over produced and not the same as first season. and now... half of the cast is dead. very sad

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver Once Fonzie jumped the shark, while water skiing and wearing his jacket, the show just got progressively worse.

PS, I know.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone else here old enough to remember Richie's older brother?

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver toolfanatic said:
Breaking Bad. It was great for the first several full rewatches, unwatchable after I lost my phone and my computer and TV broke.

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Hahaha you got me. I was fully ready to be like WHAT Breaking bad is the antithesis of a show that goes off the rails. Just so happen to be deep into a rewatch now after several years and I literally can’t stop saying how more shows need to be like this, the story is so tight and focused. No sprawling casts of new characters or Flanderization of existing characters. The storytelling is so well done, just remarkable television.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver UgliestDisability said:
The Office limped to the finish line.

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It was not unwatchable for me, but you can definitely tell the writers lost their direction after Steve left. Characters started acting... well... out of character. The new characters were pretty weird. Story lines were getting stretched thin.

I am glad they did not straight up cancel the show after Steve left. I would have been mad if I did not see how some of the characters' lives progressed.

But watching the last few seasons you can definitely tell they knew the show could not go on without Steve. They were just using the time to figure out how to wrap it all up nicely. And maybe throw a few cameos along the way.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dwight’s shoulders were massively stronger after carrying that show the last two seasons

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Doctor Who is getting to be that way. And I know, there's all the hate for the Chibnall era on Doctor Who, and some of that's valid--but that's not what I'm getting at. It's just not much fun anymore. When it starts feeling like a chore to watch it, it's probably time to let it go. And I have to say, this bothers me...Doctor Who was a huge part of my childhood and really my whole life, ever since the mid-80s. It sucks to have it feel this way now.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We were huge fans up until Capaldi and interest just waned. I've never seen the newer Dr. Too bad really

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver It was really cool. Then later on... Jesus Christ, the protagonist is a Mary Sue, everyone always listens to her, you can always guarantee none of her friends will die and you can always feel like the trouble she gets herself and her friends into aren't threatening. What a waste

For some reason people think I'm talking about the sitcom. Why? I'm talking about the god awful Netflix adaption. The first season was insanely fun. Everything after just felt like the most below bare minimum awful writing I have ever seen in any show.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was actually pretty good to me then something happened and I got tried of watching it because I thought it was gonna end stupid

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver Was a fun watch at the start, but it just devolved into fake, staged tripe. Not sure it was ever real tbf, but at least at the start it was somewhat believable.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The original documentary movie is super cringy to watch.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver I hope this isn't too unpopular, but the last 2 seasons of Arrested Development were absolutely painful to sit through. The story just got unnecessarily convoluted and was just boring.

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#31

Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver 0rbitaI said:
Dexter was great but peaked at the end of season 4. Could not stand the last two seasons

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I wish that the last season had gone like this:

Deborah kills Laguarta and helps Dexter cover it up. Angel finds Laguerta's notes and continues the investigation into the Bay Harbor Butcher in secret, with Dexter eventually being found out. He plans on running, and when he goes to see Deborah one last time, he discovers that she killed herself out of guilt. Dexter then fakes his own death to escape and he lives with the guilt, explaining why Deborah is his dark passenger in New Blood.

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Tdawwg78 said:
I watched all the way through because Jodie Comer is brilliant in it but holy s**t the last season was so hard to get through!

girlloss replied:
Oh my father was devastated by the Killing Eve finale lmao I've never had a more in depth discussion of the bury your gays trope with a senior citizen than I did in the immediate aftermath of that finale.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

such an amazing show with SUCH a shitty ending. they could have done so much more with Sandra and Jodie together.

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CaoCaramelo said:
I was addicted to this show but it could have ended in season 2.

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It became obvious the writers had no plan, had written themselves into a corner, and they started contradicting their own canon.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver It started out very much like a modern day West Wing.

But a key plot arc involved one of the key characters deliberately withholding his HIV status from his boyfriend. That's bad enough, but the show went on to vilify the boyfriend for being justifiably angry.

Because f**k consent, am I right?

If you really want your blood to boil, the showrunners had the boyfriend apologize to the key character ***for getting angry about being exposed to HIV without his knowledge or consent*** and we all learned a valuable lesson in ~eRaSiNg ThE sTiGmA~.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was a goodish show for a minute, first few episodes, then pithy, hokey cardboard characters. The scenes between the President and his wife with sparkly sappy music, blech. Never liked Keifer as an actor, icky icky weird, pompous vibes. Never liked his father either.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver Loved the premise and first couple of seasons, but later it turned into just stupid drama between the characters and less about actual law.

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#36

Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver JollieOllieMan said:
Haven’t even finished the season Fiona leaves and I’ve heard it only gets worse.

disisathrowaway replied:
Holy [cow], yes.

While I get that it's supposed to show the cycle of poverty and how hard it is to get out of it, as the seasons went on the characters all became pretty [effin'] unhinged. The writers must've sat down and just decided that every character was going to make the worst decision every single time.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should watch the original British Version it's a million times better or worse how ever you look at the crazy storylines lol

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver TenaciousDzNuts said:
Probably Prison Break, after the first season it became immediately dull.

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Yeah. After the 3rd season it was too much to watch. I didn’t even bother finishing it. Season 1-3. Both the brothers cant even hold a gun. They cherish life too much that they’re afraid to take one. Season 4. Suddenly they’re john wicking all around panama.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I loved Prison Break, for a time. But then they just kept rehashing the same plot line over and over. If you've seen the first 2 seasons you've seen the entire series.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver I have two candidates, hands-down:

1) The Newsroom

First Season was absolutely stellar, exposed all kinds of problems with modern American news programs, and ended its first season on a high note with the promise of much more drama. How the second season managed to both fail so spectacularly and then unravel into a rushed ending remains one of the greatest disappointments even years later.

2) American Gods

The first season was *perfect.* The acting was better than anyone could have guessed, the script was beautiful, and the first season ended right on track to promise a second season with everything that made the first season great. Unfortunately, *somebody* involved in the project disagreed with where it was going, got rid of the showrunners, and many actors followed them out. It never recovered. Moral of the story: don't fix what isn't broken.

I can't stress these two entries emphatically enough.

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Falling Skies had cool things every season, but they were definitely running out of quality ideas or writers by Season 4. That finale was a joke also.

I HATED the love triangles.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really liked the fact that first episode just threw you straight into the action with the alien invasion already ongoing, most of the shows of this kind have kinda slow start, introducing characters and the back story. This was different and caught my interest straight away. I enjoyed it throughout, but I guess they could fit it in 4 seasons.

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shak_attacks said:
For one, Pikachu probably would be max LVL (LVL100) at the end of the first season, so why does he still lose battles?

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Because Ash has the skill of schoolboy Joey and his Ratata. He’s all about making friends and loving his Pokémon. If the series was about him meticulously inbreeding and hardcore regime EV training; his Pikachu might not get destroyed every other episode. Gary understands the meta.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still follow the fan theory that the whole show is just Ash's dream: He's actually in a coma from Pikachu's shock in the first episode. Explains why the kid is still 10 years old after 20 years. And why he's still as smart as schoolboy Joey.

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Person Asks “What TV Show Was Amazing At First But Became Unwatchable For You Later On?”, And 30 Folks Deliver It just got too up itself & smug & really ended up making not a lot of sense.

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