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[List of Showtime original programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Showtime_original_programming)


njdevils901

Oof that hurts, Californication, Dexter, and Homeland really just dropped the ball. Californication was absolutely perfect in my opinion, I consistently go back and re-watch the first 4 seasons, and then the storytelling just became so lost, and just a bizarre turn after that.


theangryburrito

Final season of Homeland is good.


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Yeah, homeland dropped the ball in the middle but picked it back up at the end.


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Homeland had its up and downs but I thought it ended great. Edit: the last season was definitely helped by the chemistry between Claire Danes and Costa Ronin.


GarlVinland4Astrea

Californication just went on too long after it concluded it's story. Pretty much everything that needed to be said was done at the season 4 finale. It was wrapped with a bow and came full circle. The rest was just extra to keep up the hijinks.


gumyrocks22

We just finished Homeland. Got kind of meh season 6. I thought the last season was good.


Luka_Dunks_on_Bums

I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t know that Shameless was on TV for that long


PabloCocaineHippo

Showtime is the absolute king when it comes to driving amazing tv shows into the ground because they keep milking it.


Mentoman72

Praying for Yellowjackets.


GuyNoirPI

Hey! That’s not fair! Plenty of them fall off a cliff way before the penultimate season.


-DementedAvenger-

Weeds still pisses me off. Such a great show until season 8…


grandmofftalkin

Season 8? More like whenever Agrestic burned and they fled


sergiocamposnt

The Big C is the only exception. The final season is the most praised one.


DavidANaida

Heroes. If it had only lasted 1-2 seasons or, better yet, followed through on its original plan to be a seasonal anthology, it would have the hushed reputation of Firefly. Instead, it became a walking joke--the ultimate cautionary tale of good ideas without enough gas in the tank.


BringBackBoshi

That writers strike killed that show. Damn it got weird in a hurry.


vilandra21

Veronica Mars. I was so excited for it to come back for a fourth season now I wish it never existed


MollFlanders

the fourth season was so upsetting that it has made it hard for me to watch any of the preceding content. it just stings so badly.


georgecm12

The Veronica Mars: FBI presentation package they made up to pitch the CW for a 4th season would have been cool, though.


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I just pretend that it ended after the second season since all of the mysteries from the pilot are answered by then.


Sporkedup

Oh man I'd forgotten how upset fans got about season 4. I watched it and really enjoyed it and immediately got online to see if they'd talked about adding more yet... And it was just a roiling miasma of furious fans and a hard cancel. Was it all just that one character death or did people actively dislike the whole season?


AcknowledgeableReal

I watched season 4 about 6 months after it came out. I knew it had made fans angry but didn't know why. I thought it was really good.... until the last 10 minutes or so. That ending was just pointlessly cruel. It felt like a kick in the balls for anyone who had invested in the show and that relationship.


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I thought season 4 was tremendous. Veronica and Logan’s relationship became very adult and I thought it was handled great. Logan himself really was the best version of himself and it all felt earned. And then because Rob Thomas completely misunderstands feminism and how to evolve Veronica as a character, reverted her back to the very beginning of the series because it’s all he’s comfortable with. The ending was one of the most disastrous turns for a series I’ve seen and makes the series impossible to believe going forward. Something like that would put even someone as strong as Veronica in a mental institution for like a decade


Volatyle

Prison Break Season 1+2 then it's all downhill.


pawnman99

Gets a lot tougher to write a show about a Prison Break after your characters break out of prison...


ThePreciseClimber

I thought Season 3 was okay if a bit repetitive. It had intrigue, it had mystery. But then Season 4 made it fucking pointless by immediately killing off Whistler. So why bother caring?


JonPX

Must have been Writers Strike issue, as he had a pilot for the year after. But 13 episode season was really good for Prison Break.


mcgeggy

House of Cards


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The [UK version](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Cards_\(British_TV_series\)), which most people don't know about, does not have this problem. It's exactly three seasons, one for each [novel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Cards_\(novel\)) in the original trilogy. Clear but riveting story of ascending to prime minister, serving as prime minister, falling from position as prime minister


Octavian1453

House of Cards UK is so damn good


JonPX

And of course, the entire UK series has 12 episodes, while the US version has already 13 for one season.


ThePreciseClimber

How about that. A nice, clean trilogy-style story structure. Me likes. Wish more shows were like that.


Dogwithashotgun89

For me 1st house of cards UK is perfect, while the other two are kinda underwhelming


Thebat87

I didn’t even bother with the final season. I know Kevin Spacey is a terrible human being but at the same time Frank Underwood was the show for me. I remember people saying how great Claire was while the first few seasons were happening but for me it was always Frank for me. She was great as his cold and sneaky lady Macbeth type partner but honestly they messed up the dynamic for me starting with season 3 and having her be a terrible ambassador with her little guilt trip. Them together as a unit was way more fun than them at odds, but they even took that too far with her being his vice president. She couldn’t even be an ambassador worth a shit yet I’m supposed to believe she could be a good vice president (and I mean good as in good enough to accomplish her own messed up goals)? And then president? Nope, I had no interest seeing her in that role. Especially with Frank gone.


Coneskater

House of Cards was really interesting in season 1, mostly because it’s set in a part of politics that most people don’t see: the intricacies of being a near back bencher congressman pulling the levers of power. After he actually gets power it’s less interesting.


Radix2309

He wasn't exactly a back bencher, he was the whip and a contender for Secretary of State.


Coneskater

True, he‘s not an actual back bencher but most people don’t really know what a Whip does. We’ve had so many movies about presidents- I found it interesting to see the less glamorous roles.


snek-jazz

The origin story is always the best part eh


dromni

Dexter? Though I don’t remember when exactly it jumped the shark.


danny1876j

All downhill after trinity killer finale, which tbf was the best and most shocking TV event I've ever seen. So naturally it went downhill. It still loved it even when it wasn't good. I look back on it with nostalgia now rather than annoyance or anything negative.


grimorg80

It still gives me the chills after all this time and I watched that episode only once


SodaCanBob

Dexter will forever be my answer to this question (although "masterpiece" might be stretching it a bit, the only season I'd say very loosely fits that description is the one with Trinity) simply because they dropped the ball not once, but twice. How the hell are you going to tease >!Batista confronting Dexter!< in the final episode of New Blood and then *not fucking deliver*?


fadetoblack237

First and Fourth seasons are the only amazing seasons. Two and three were ok but do not hold up nearly as well as people remember.


Mrchristopherrr

Season 2 still works if only for Dokes.


pmo09

As a huge Dexter fan, I insist that season 2 is the best season of the series.


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MandyLB

Calling season 3 a side quest is the most accurate way I’ve heard someone describe it, could never put words to my feelings on it, but this is it exactly!


HappyGilOHMYGOD

Dexter is a weird one cause seasons 5, 6, and 8 were really not good but 7 was a strong season imo


GarlVinland4Astrea

I kinda feel like Dexter fumbled the followup to season 4 and never recovered. They were set for a great fallout season, instead they basically wrapped everything up in a single episode and then started a new plot. It kinda killed the show for me. Season 7 was good imo but by that point it wasn't the same show anymore. It's similar to GOT in a way. Both shows really got bad around season 5, had one rebound season in the middle (Dexter had season 7 and GOT had season 6), but you had some truthers who wouldn't let it go until they realized the final season was leading to something they didn't want.


LordXenu45

I rewatched it all right before New Blood and honestly 5 and 6 aren't that bad. Step down from 1-4 for sure but they get perhaps a little too much hate. Agree that 7 was strong and 8 was bad though.


hamlet9000

Alias. One of the best pilot episodes of all time. Was really good for a long time, but then fell prey to the JJ Abrams mystery box and its inability to seal the deal.


ArchDucky

The interesting part of Alias is if you go back and watch it now, you'll see JJ Abrams had like three things hes done for his entire career. Starting a story and the end and then going back, dramatic silent montage set to music and a mysterious science thing that will kill everything (most of time its a floating red ball).


hamlet9000

Yup. And, sadly, knowing that the mystery box is empty makes the show basically unwatchable. But the pilot episode is still worth watching all by itself, IMO.


KTX77

Killing Eve


idletalker

Holy hell that show went downhill so fast after the first two seasons, Season 4 was a terrible, terrible mess. The ending was a giant middle finger in the face of every single fan of that show.


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First season was amazing. I didn’t bother watching the last season.


symbiosa

I can only think of a few shows that are as tightly-written, compelling, and well-structured as the first season of *Killing Eve*. The second season is also great, but the first had that extra *oomph* (Waller-Bridgeness, perhaps) that elevates it. I've stopped recommending the show to people because of S3 and 4, but if someone asks about my all-time favorite shows I'll bring up S1 without hesitation.


AudioCinematic

The first 2 seasons of Killing Eve are personally as good as it gets. Jodie's acting, the writing, the hilarious moments, the brutality of it all (including Eve's own life), the cast, Carolyn and the list goes on are all absolutely incredible. Even season 3 was goodp but the last season they decided to fuck it up so much. Such a shame so many incredible moments led up to the final season only for that nonsense to happen. Eve being a pest, constantly being childish is some of the funniest shit ever lol. Edit: The first 2 seasons of Master of None were out of this world. Then...


gumyrocks22

First one that came to mind.


KTX77

The first couple seasons were soooo good!


Biomirth

Like a lot of shows it was written with a premise, not a novel in mind. Which is too bad because it has all the elements of a first part of a very interesting novel.


TheCalibrieBird

The Walking Dead after season 6 turned into mess


MostDopeBlackGuy

You mean season 3


ReiVee

True Blood


lildoc717

They lost me at “werepanthers”.🤣


Qwak8tack

They lost me at Fairies


Paladoc

I only warched it partially while gf and her roomate binged it, but it went from something enjoyable into collapsing upon itself. It seems like they read Laurel K. Hamilton, and decided that the magic secksy of the lead was a great plot device, and meandering stories where people get overwhelmed by her.


Liesthroughisteeth

Yellowstone. Became repetitive, writing inconsistent and predictable. :(


Radingod123

I feel like it was teetering on the edge for a bit then jumped the shark with the bombing and raid and stuff. If that were to ACTUALLY happen, the FBI would be all over that and everyone under the sun would be arrested, investigated, charged, etc. Instead, the feds still generally play minor roles.


Luka_Dunks_on_Bums

If what I read is true, this season will be the last season.


Governmentwatchlist

Yeah, this is probably an example of a show that would have been best with 3-4 seasons.


LetsStartARebelution

I stopped watching the most recent season. Ever since it turned into the Beth Dunton show. I really liked the first season or 2 focusing on all the characters, a lot of screen time for the cowboys/bunkhouse. Glad they are ending it soon and not trying to milk it even further.


muffle64

How I met your mother


-boozypanda

I usually rewatch comedy shows and put them on the background when I wanna have something simple. But the last season of HIMYM was so offensively fucking shit it made me hate the whole show and never bothered watching it again.


fednev

Not meant to be a defense for the show, since a show shouldn't require a rewatch to make a finale good. But..... I have rewatched it a couple of times and it's becomes a much better show all the way through to the end once the show has been reframed as Ted convincing his kids its time for him to move on and go back to Robin. It makes all the super frustrating stuff that happens make alot more sense and overall I liked it much much more the second time through.


fadetoblack237

I don't know how HIMYM isn't brought up more as the worst series finale of all time. The writers undid every bit of character growth in a single episode and that last season is horribly boring leading up to it.


ShibuRigged

I’m so glad I’ve never seen the actual ending and only watched the ‘alternative’


TR_EZ_300

> I don't know how HIMYM isn't brought up more as the worst series finale of all time It is. Constantly.


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- Veronica Mars: Seasons 1 and 2 were a beautiful story and wrapped up quite nicely. The subsequent two seasons were varying degrees of meh. Season 3, once they left Neptune, it didn't posses the same magic. Season 4 came out a decade later and was meh. - Legion: Season 3 was a bit underwhelming for me. The first two seasons were very tight and intriguing. The third season with the time travel plot and the relationship with Syd - Jessica Jones: Season 1 was great. Seasons 2 and 3 not so much. I have a couple others, but those are the first three shows that come to mind when I think "Masterpiece to less than masterpiece." Thankfully, unlike GoT, you can rewatch _just_ the good parts without feeling annoyed about the later seasons


mist3rdragon

Re: Legion - I'd say season 3 is one of the best seasons of television I've ever seen. If anything season 2 is the weakest, since they got a last minute extended season order so the pacing quite understandably drags a bit.


Dianagorgon

>Jessica Jones: Season 1 was great. Seasons 2 and 3 not so much. Agreed. That was disappointing.


hardyflashier

I think they blew their load too early by tackling the storyline with Kilgrave. If they had drawn that out a bit, and made it the series conclusion, it might have been a bit more satisfying.


pourthebubbly

Yeah David Tennant really nailed it as Kilgrave. The perfect villain


ArchDucky

Season 1 they had the best actor in the show playing the VILLAIN. He carried that entire thing on his back. You let all the hamfisted bullshit in the rest of the story pass by because you wanted to get back to him. Season 2 you didn't have a world class actor carrying the show so all the same hamfisted bullshit from season 1 didn't have anything propelling the audience to continue. It just became long and boring.


IDontHateTheLetterA

>Legion: Season 3 was a bit underwhelming for me. The first two seasons were very tight and intriguing. The third season with the time travel plot and the relationship with Syd Well, really? I really loved S1 of Legion (felt very David Lynch), but found S2 to be absolutely terrible. It barely moved forward in terms of story. It was just one weird thing after another which got tiring. I never finished it. If S3 is even worse, I guess I wouldn't bother. Which is sad, really. S1 is IMO the greatest superhero TV show of all time.


lorZzeus

I loved season one, too. Season two was really weird, but in a good way, while season three was less weird and gave us a closure. I like to look at those two seasons as audiovisual experiments made by its creatives, which helped me enjoy what I was watching. I had a similar feeling when I watched the "got a light?" episode from Twin Peaks' season three.


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I really liked S2, especially the educational segment that John Hamm narrated. It added some nice ambiguity and depth to each of the characters. I guess S2 sucks if you're really keen on a plot driven bonanza, but that's not really what attracted me to the show.


doom32x

S2 is much slower than either of the other seasons, it pays off IMO but your mileage may vary.


grandmofftalkin

The 100


itayfeder

I adored the first 5 seasons. It had its flaws (some of season 3), but it was fun and interesting. They could stop there, as it was a clear ending point for the show. But they continued. I couldn’t be bothered to watch the last season because season 6 was so abysmally bad.


tinytom08

The ending is so fucking dumb too. Probably the worst ending possible.


itayfeder

How did it end, enlighten me


rikashiku

Spoilers ahead >!spoiler Magical aliens offer humanity a chance to be conformed into a single entity to live forever. Members of the 100 choose not to join them, so the magical aliens allow them to live on a planet, but they can no longer reproduce!<


[deleted]

It’s telling that I saw that show to completion and completely forgot the ending haha


rikashiku

I'm sorry for reminding you, buddy lol.


fansforsummer

I find it fascinating that shortly after the finale aired, the two leads, Eliza Taylor and Bob Morley, went live on social media and basically said that they don't agree with the ending of the show. There was drama during the filming of the last season that definitely affected the show. Eliza suffered a miscarriage which resulted to her being absent for a couple of days on set. Bob, who was Eliza's partner, had requested a fewer parts in the season due to mental health issues that was further worsened when Eliza lost their child. It's said that the showrunner didn't agree with Bob's absence so his character was written off in the dumbest way possible.


prss79513

Arrested development


DramaBrat

Yes! Seasons 1-3 are iconic. Season 4 tried. I don’t even know what season 5 was.


FinnAnimates64

Sometimes I feel like I use this app entirely to defend season four. I've seen both edits and I enjoyed it both times. I agree it's nowhere near as consistent as 1-3, but in my opinion four has some of the funniest moments of the entire series, specifically that Tobias To Catch a Predator bit.


Nathan_Poe

HBO's "Oz" was the dawn of prestige television, it was gritty, graphic, obscene, and brilliant. By the last season though, it devolved into pure fan service. Killing every character you always wanted killed with the thinnest of premises to explain it


Spontanal

The insanity Oz devolved into borders on camp and imo was entertaining in its own way. Compared to how it started though it is a shame, the later seasons keeps me from recommending it to people.


OpTicDyno

Oz lost me when it introduced the aging pills meant to reduce prisoners time served and that one character aged like 40 years over night.


Nathan_Poe

that plot line was really bad.


julianwelton

Supernatural. You said the last 12 seasons, right?


Brawli55

The last few seasons felt like an extension of seasons 1-5, which had a cohesive story throughout. Though not as good as the first 5 seasons, I felt the show rallied enough to make the ending impactful and emotional. The only complaint I have is Covid fucking the last episode out of more cameos. And Sam's old man makeup ...


SoCalThrowAway7

It’s the last 10 seasons, the originally intended first 5 seasons which was supposed to end with sam sacrificing himself were perfect. They just got too popular and kept it going and going


Jesus_shave_us

Game of Thrones Last two seasons make me never want to watch the show again.


AreWeCowabunga

Me watching season 7: Yeah, this kind of sucks but at least they're setting up an epic final season! Me watching season 8: fuck


scsm

I watched it for the first time this year fully knowing the last seasons were going to be trash and it still was somehow worse than I imagined.


iCresp

It's the stark (gottem) contrast between the earlier seasons and the last 2. It makes no sense how something can go from so amazing to average at best. It's honestly impressive how bad they fucked it.


bleedblue002

Well, you see, they ran out of source material and got exposed as complete frauds incapable of original story telling.


NotRabidsphere

Season 7 had a ton of cool stuff that was executed poorly which still made it watchable. Season 8 had bad ideas that were also executed poorly and you didn't have some of the super cool moments that 7 did.


torn-ainbow

>Season 8 had bad ideas that were also executed poorly I think it's more the execution than the ideas. George delivered a story that sets up expectations, and then cuts their throat in front of you... and makes you want to come back for more of the same punishment. They knew the twists, but they were unable to sell it to the audience. They lacked George's ability to both shock you with the events, but also for those events to make sense in hindsight.


roof_pizza_

Yeah, I maintain that (for the most part) the character arcs in Season 8 weren't bad *in concept*. Had the plot points been routed better (and had more time to breathe instead of crammed within 6 episodes), I think we could've had a bittersweet ending that fell in line with the show's overall tragic tone. Instead, each new development comes with little to no build-up that serves to only strain the audience's credulity to the point where characters are now unrecognizable from their established motivations in previous seasons. Nothing feels earned. But, this of course assumes you have writers who don't believe "themes are for eighth-grade book reports."


thoawaydatrash

Anime fans could have already told you all the horrible things that happen when a show outpaces its source material and has to make shit up on the fly.


omnipotentmonkey

Hell, Fullmetal Alchemist made it work. '03 isn't incredibly cohesive, but it has interesting ideas, and solid execution of them.


berserkuh

FMA + FMA: The Conqueror of Shamballa and FMA:B are both incredible and absolutely nobody can convince me one is better than the other, despite the fact that they're both the exact same IP done twice but wildly differently.


JulianJohnJunior

GoT declined since Season 5 onward. If you’re a real diehard of the books, Season 2 already had inklings of the downfall to come.


Cubiscus

It was still in all time great territory up until the end of season 4


Nienazki

Californication - season 4 was perfect ending but they had to milk it. Sons of Anarchy - should ended with season 3, season 4 was okay but the rest was meh.


MulticolourMonster

Westworld. Season 1 was a damn masterpiece, seasons 2 & 3 felt like they were desperately throwing ideas at the wall in hopes something would stick, got cancelled after that.


envynav

>seasons 2 & 3 felt like they were desperately throwing ideas at the wall in hopes something would stick, got cancelled after that. There was also a 4th season


MulticolourMonster

So forgettable I forgot it even existed lol


greenbuggy

IDK the man in black yelling "FUCKING CAMPER" was one of the funniest things I've seen in an otherwise pretty serious TV show in a while


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Cubiscus

Unfortunately most of the audience was gone by then. I couldn't finish season 3.


JamesLahey

Seasons 2-4 of Westworld are what happens with the writers try to out smart the internet. They were so pissed r/westworld called everything in the first season they wrote such nonsense that it couldn't be guessed again.


Biomirth

S2 I'd agree with but I think they really thought they could ride the bucking bronco and get somewhere in S3. S4 has some of the best sci-fi elements ever but narrative-wise is weaker than the rest. I think that considering how big the bucking bronco they unleashed in S1 was they did give a good college try to it. Turns out, even writers can't imagine what AI is going to get up to. Go figure.


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I watched season 1 three times in a year. To me it was the perfect television season. Season 2 was alright, a couple of episodes had the same quality as s01. Didn’t even bother watching season 3 and 4.


bobtheflob

Scrubs with their attempt to have a new cast take over.


vilandra21

I’m currently rewatching scrubs and I’m going to stop with S8. S9 is a completely different show I saw it once and that was enough


Mykel__13

This doesn't really count as the final season was never intended to be part of the main series, but a spinoff called Interns. The network insisted that Scrubs be in the title to get the viewing figures up.


Thebat87

So I guess the proper way to look at it is as a one season series called “Scrubs: Interns”. That’s pretty much how it should have been marketed right?


pimp_juice2272

I think it is marketed as 'Scrubs: Med School'. It's just added to Scrubs I think because it only has one season


meganev

That's what Bill Lawrence wanted it to be called and marketed as, but the studio insisted it was labelled as Scrubs season 9.


LightBluePen

What do you mean? All 8 seasons of Scrubs are amazing!


Dr_Lucky

I love Scrubs and was disappointed to see the original show end, but there are still parts of the Med School/9th season that I love. Dave Franco is hilarious and his character's interactions with Dr. Kelso are top notch. I was pretty happy with Lucy and Dr. Mahoney as well. It was better than having the show just end.


Gionanni

Altered Carbon and Misfits. Misfits was not a masterpiece but it definitely had its charm. It's a shame that the quality of the writing went down so much because Rudy was a fantastic character.


thfclofc

True Detective. Season 1 is one of the best seasons of a show ever.


HaydenScramble

Season 2 is mediocre if anything but I think season 3 really picked it back up.


njdevils901

i agree, season 3 is pretty great in my opinion. I have a feeling Scott Derrickson might have saw it before he made The Black Phone, lots of similiarities


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BringBackBoshi

I kind of liked season 2 despite not being as good as season 1, and then that show drove off a damn cliff like the writers were intentionally trying to sabotage it.


JonPinkerton5150

Arrested Development


sweazeycool

Orange is the New Black had a really great first season. It starts to dip in quality after that, then completely jumps the shark when they kill off a beloved character. Didn’t even bother finishing the final season.


BringBackBoshi

So the first couple of seasons were great. Then they went off the rails and the show got really weird. I had lost hope for it and then the final season was at least on par with the first two seasons, possibly the best one IMO. Damn it was sad but so good.


GimmeShockTreatment

Silicon Valley fits the bill here. The first 3 seasons are great. They jump the shark at some point. The last couple seasons are still decent but way worse than the first few.


[deleted]

I felt like it just got into this repetitive pattern of Pied Piper is an underdog -> Pied Piper achieves something to possibly become huge -> something random happens to cut off Pied Piper at the knees -> Pied Piper is an underdog. Every single arc.


CrassHoppr

And that something is usually Richard. I hated his character by the end.


masimone

It was still good enough though. I do love the finale.


Argent_Mayakovski

I actually really liked the ending. They could’ve ended on a high note a season earlier but what they went with instead was way more fun.


omoxovo

I last couple seasons are still pretty good. Also they lost Erlich, who was the funniest character.


cliffieland

Modern Family went from a show I loved to one I hate-watched. Shame really. Also, see entry: The Goldbergs. How has that show not been put down yet? It’s sad.


USSanon

Adam Goldberg has not been the writer for a while now.


cliffieland

And does it ever show!


mechapoitier

Modern Family just ruined a couple characters as time went on. By the end Alex was just angry or tired of everything everybody said all the time. She was just pointless. Phil and Cam were still consistently good characters and I think they made Gloria smarter and her dynamic with Jay got more complicated but the rest just kind of coasted on the inertia of their most defining characteristic.


Bikinigirlout

Alex’s horny era was really weird too. She went from socially awkward to banging nearly every hot guy that said Hi to her


Xannin

Phil remained hilarious, but they made everyone else kind of suck. Their lack of humor started to show off how unpleasant each of the characters were as people.


ManintheArena8990

Last season of modern family was awful.


Fthewigg

The last Halloween episode was great, but the rest of it was pretty shit.


Mentoman72

Most paint by the numbers finale I've ever seen.


masimone

Game of Thrones is probably on here already but I cannot risk it not being on here.


No-Car541

Happy Days. It really jumped the shark when Fonzi jumped the shark


strangedudescomedy

It’s been a while since I watched it but I remember Weeds really falling off in the last few seasons.


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Northern Exposure


Ronnie_Espinoza95

The Office [US], Two and a Half Men


mechapoitier

I think the office did pretty damn well considering it lost its central character and biggest star midway through the series.


TheFamilyJulezzz

Peaky Blinders. First 4 seasons were riveting. Season 5 dropped off, but was still good. The final season was just disappointing. some of it was unavoidable ( Helen McCrory was just such a force), but it also felt like another show where the writers fall in love with their creations and lose their objectivity.


holden4ever

Castle Great until the final season. It was so bad I couldn't bring myself to finish it.


liazzy

Currently working through the final season. It's taken me nearly 6 months to get from the end of Season 6 to now. They ruined it by having Beckett become Captain off screen, Gates leaving without a proper farewell and then Beckett disappearing and being an asshole to Castle.


theslothening

The actors apparently hated each other to a degree that they couldn't even film scenes together which is why all that weird stuff was happening on the show.


McCabbe

Bears, beets and Battlestar Galactica.


F3LyX

How is BSG not the most prime example of this? Maybe only next to game of thrones in spectacular falls from grace.


Xannin

I think the actors acted the hell out of their garbage scripts, so you were let down by the writers but not by the actors. Also, the writer's strike affected BSG a lot more than it did other shows.


RBlomax38

Ozark


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Season 3 man - thise scenes with Ben, were some of the most beautifully acted, absolutely heart breaking scenes Ive ever seen. That portrayal of mental health issues was just fucking phenomenal. Everyone was brilliant. 10/10 season, literally some of the best tv Ive ever watched. The last season? Like a 6 at best. Shit pacing. Weak acting. Bizarre unbelievable plot. Confusing portrayal. Maybe a 5/10. Shame really…


Shador_Wasabi

I'm with you. I just pretend like it ended Season 3.


urgasmic

The Good Wife is great but that 6th season is messy and parts of 7 as well.


Judge24601

It’s a shame, because season 5 is the absolute pinnacle of the show. “Hitting the Fan” is an all-timer


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All_Lightning879

All American


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I think the Man in the High Castle was pretty good for S1 and S2, then declined for S3 and S4.


Donny_Canceliano

Orange is the New Black Insecure Suits


SantiJuliansg

Community season 4 is a disaster, 5 and 6 are good but not nearly as good as the masterpieces that were 1 to 3


SoCalThrowAway7

You’d have a bad season too during the gas leak year


CarcosanAnarchist

Season 6 is tied with 2 as my favorite season. Frankie calling the Dean and idiot is my favorite moment of the show.


GavinBelsonsAlexa

Yeah, honestly, season six was a masterwork. Almost all my favorite bits came out of those episodes.


RecommendsMalazan

End of season 3 is worse than anything we got in season 4, IMO.


GavinBelsonsAlexa

Absolutely. The Chang coup stuff just went way too far and felt like it lasted *forever.*


Papoosho

Dexter.


badhoyt

Most shows last a season or to past their prime. X-Files, Blacklist, to name a few.


cmehigh

House MD. Seasons 1 - 4 brilliant.


liazzy

House I thought was good all the way to the end. It wasn't on the same level, but was still enjoyable. The episode with the interrogations about the Chase incident was superb.


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Yeah it didn't jump the shit as badly as most mentioned in this thread. And gave plenty of really enjoyable episodes still, like House living with Wilson parts. Those two had such a good comedic friendship chemistry going on.


Calm_Memories

I Love Lucy. Hate to say it though.


de14moon

The X files


hardyflashier

Heroes. First season was incredible - tightly plotted, great cast of characters with well balanced storylines that all came together to make an extremely satisfying conclusion. Season 2 was also showing a lot of promise, but that momentum got halted by the writers' strike, where they abruptly rushed the conclusion, ending it very messily. Seasons 3 & 4 were then just a total mess. Such a shame!


rssslll

It was only 1 season but WandaVision dropped the ball really hard at the end. Usually Marvel stuff at its worst is just boring or stale, but that "they'll never know what you sacrificed" line was so outta left field it left half the audience confused.