Game of thrones. They should have ended it when they caught up to the books. Just leave it unfinished. That’s not satisfying but better than what we got.
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Spoilers ahoy. If you've not seen game of thrones, read on to get the disappointment out of the way now
I disagree wholeheartedly. As much as "who's got a better story than bran" sucked, I think that was likely the ending that was intended in the books as well (and the extreme backlash against it is why we'll never see the last books). GRRM stated on multiple occasions that he was working closely with HBO and that they knew the general shape of the story he was trying to tell.
I feel like the majority of the problem with GoT was Benioff and Weiss. GRRM wanted at least two more seasons in which to tell the story (and, knowing what we know now, to delay the revelation that he didn't really have a way to untangle the story he tangled), HBO made it clear that they would keep riding the money train no matter how far the station, but D&D wanted to wrap the series up ASAP so they could work on producing some Star Wars films. That's why Jon goes from Dragonstone to the wall in a single cut. That's why the entire war with the nights king that was central to the whole series was over in an episode. That's why Dani went psycho in her moment of victory. That's why cersei's death was so predictable that it's a cliche in ttrpgs, that's why cleganebowl was ultimately disappointing, that's why the resolution to dragons being in westeros was "idk he just left lol", that's why the resolution to aryas story was "idk she just left lol" (even after several seasons developing her character as someone who believes that if Starks don't stick together they'll be destroyed), that's why the resolution to the war in the north was "idk the north...won? but also surrendered? lol", that's why LRJ didn't matter at all, that's why the spider went from being the most politically adroit character on the show to doing a whole musical number entitled "Do You Wanna Do A Treason?", that's why littlefinger's whole trial was "we know he's a dick just kill him", and the fact that House of the Dragon is being made by people who want to make it is why its almost as good as the first 5 seasons of GoT
It all comes down to the fact that they wanted the show to just be over, and now it is I suppose.
I personally think of it as “seasons 1-5 happened, then there was a huge, mysterious time jump, and the last 2 episodes of season 8 happened”.
I can see the ending happening, it’s just… Dum&Dumber couldn’t figure out how to get there, and GRRM was too rich and lazy to do what he was supposed to do to get them there.
Actually I think many people agree with you. I can see the ending happening, it’s just… Dum&Dumber couldn’t figure out how to get there, and GRRM was too rich and lazy to do what he was supposed to do to get them there.
I personally think of it as “seasons 1-5 happened, then there was a huge, mysterious time jump, and the last 2 episodes of season 8 happened”.
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Scrubs.
I understand that they were trying to create a spinoff. But to continue with the same name and then teasing us with the previous main characters just destroyed what was the perfect series ending.
Original Scrubs was one of the best shows ever made in my opinion - great cast and chemistry, genuinely funny whilst also bringing in the drama and tragedy of a hospital and it's patients, great writing, kept up momentum until the end (the original end not the crap that come after), great acting, one of the most faultless TV shows ever made.
Westworld. First season was perfect and it concluded perfectly fine.
still can't believe they changed season 2 because someone guessed it online what a bunch of morons, have lost all interest once I learned about that. have never watched season 2
Arrested Development
I was so hyped for season 5. I had really never had a show affect like this before. It felt like it was made for my generation. I watched a full nevertwo episodes and quit watching all together. What ever the chemistry the show had was almost completely gone. You can see some sparks smoldering when Tobius comes home in a rock suit and is mistaken for a pedophile. That was all that was left of a once great show. FOX is a POS for what they did to AD.
The Simpsons is still going.
It hasn't been good for over a decade or more at this point.
The Simpsons
The definitive answer is Supernatural. Shambled on for another 10 seasons as the reanimated husk of a really good that was written to end after season 5.
Dexter
Edit: Weeds
Weeds -I started to think about leaving after a lot of build up between deflated after two main characters couldn't fathom celebrating Thanksgiving differently. Fully checked out and turned in my keycard when they got Snoop Dog to rap about a new tree strain. Lastly, Nancy was usually the direct cause of all their problems.
I stuck with weeds because 1-3 were just that good. But, when people ask if they should watch, I tell them that's the show. That's it. 4 and 5 were entirely their own thing. 6 was pointless. 7 and 8 felt like the right path after 1-3. In my opinion should have been 1-3, 7-8 and then 4-5 with 6 being a fever dream on how Nancy fucked up and could've done better.
House of Cards went on far, far too long. Should've ended at or shortly after he became President.
Every single reality show that went longer than the first commercial break.
Whoever birthed the genre lived too long.
Stargate: SG-1 should have ended at season 8. They beat Anubis, all the conflicts were tied up, there's a nice scene where the crew is just relaxing at O'Neill's pond. And then they ordered another season. So they did the same thing that Xena did and said "Well we ran out of ancient dead religion gods, I guess Christianity is next except they still exist so we have to be kinda cagey about it" and just kept making the show.
The Office. Last couple seasons were garbo
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Casa de Papel. The first season is its own contained story and it was fantastic and ended perfectly. The subsequent seasons were okay, but you could really tell that the writers hadn't expected the show to continue after season 1, and everything kind of felt made up on the spot and not nearly as well constructed. I watched it because I love some of the actors/characters, but when I recommend it to people, I tell them to only watch the first season.
Star Trek discovery, should have ended after the intro
Seriously folks - there can be only one and done:
HEROES
Save the cheerleader, save the world and then please - go home. But nooooo../
Amazon's The Rings of Power.
It should have been cancelled 8 episodes ago.
For me, Lost.
Writers introduced way too many mysteries that they didn't resolve. ABC should have given them less episodes so they were forced to tie up loose ends faster.
Honestly? Stargate SG1. One of my favorite shows.
The whole theme of the first seven or so seasons was teching up and gathering allies to say "you're not my real dad/god" to the evil sufficiently advanced aliens.
But then having reached the end of that arc and wanting to keep the show going, they introduced some even more godly evil aliens who weren't just sufficiently advanced but were actual magic. I felt it deflated the point made in the whole first arc, that there ain't nobody better then you, to then trot out some evil canonically supernatural entities.
I definitely disagree on that. SG1 (and Atlantis for that matter) were top quality till the end imo.
The point with the Ori was imo that you shouldn't follow evil gods EVEN if they have magical powers and a nice message. It made the arguments far more tricky, because they couldn't just reveal their false godhood and automatically win. To me it felt like a very natural progression of the underlying theme, kinda like the next level of difficulty.
Person of Interest
First two seasons were phenomenal. From that point forward it was a battle royal between the writing team, with each one trying to push their personal perspective on the series to the point it was like watching three different series mashed together.
Spartacus
The lead actor died at the end of season one. That is it. Pack it up and go home.
Prison Break
You had one good season. It was the concept. The moment the actual break is done, there is nothing to go on.
That's enough for now.
Grey's Anatomy
Because just how long can that thing go on for?
Law and Order
Any of its iterations. Same as above.
House M.D.
Good show until you start to put in and take out characters just to maintain the pulse of the thing.
Now I'm done!
I agree with everyone but Spartacus. The new Spartacus fit in well and the story was actually decent
The last season of Scrubs. They basically switched out the main character. Should have been a different show.
the last season of scrubs was amazing.
Scrubs: Med school sometimes misattributed as season 9 was okay
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Scrubs: one of the best medical shows ever made. The last season was just a waste of everyone's time.
Frasier: After Niles and Daphney got together the writers were stalling the inevitable end.
The Son: Two seasons was two too many. Who TF thought it was a good idea to have Pierce Brosnan play a Texan?
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- The Office (US) could have ended at the proposal in the rain.
- The Office should have ended at the wedding in Niagara.
- Dear god why didn't The Office end when Michael left?
Dexter.
The Battlestar Galactica reboot should have ended after Season 2; 3 was meh and 4 was terrible.
The Office (US version) went downhill in seasons 8 and 9 without Steve Carrell. But the ending of the show was satisfying. They brought back Steve for that.
Family Guy
The Blacklist. Started out great and then I couldn't even finish the last series.
Wayward Pines
Spongebob had an astounding three season run. I could probably even go to bat for a few of the season four episodes.
But thirteen seasons and counting? Other than handsome Squidward, I can't think of a single joke/scene that people love from an episode post-movie.
Rugrats after they added Dil. He was dead weight and the show went from the babies going on adventures to the babies taking care of a baby.
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