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Someone Asks “What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn’t Finish It?” And 19 People Share
Article created by: Ieva Pečiulytė
There are no two ways about it—we absolutely love TV shows and movies. There’s nothing quite like immersing yourself in a fantasy world or someone else’s drama and hardships. A well-crafted storyline and believable characters are worth far more than their weight in gold. Alas! A good pilot episode or even a great first season don’t guarantee quality entertainment in the future…
Redditor u/DadIsMadAtMe started up a really interesting thread on r/AskReddit after asking cinephiles around the globe about the shows that they started watching but hated so much they couldn’t muster the patience to finish them. And, wow, do we relate to a lot of these opinions. Scroll down to see what popular shows went downhill and why.
Bored Panda reached out to entertainment, pop culture, and lifestyle expert Mike Sington to get his opinion on TV shows jumping the shark, why the quality of writing falls off the cliff so often, and what a long-running series can mean for an actor's career. Read on for our full interview with Hollywood's Ultimate Insider!
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#1
13 reasons why. I’m not gonna lie when this show dropped I binged all of the first season in secrecy because I was so embarrassed that I was hooked lmao. But getting to the end of that season I was satisfied. Was not into whatever school shooter plot they were setting up for the rest so just called it quits after S1. Feel zero need to ever return.
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#2
Handmaid’s Tale. The first season starts so strong but as the seasons go on the story refuses to move forward. It was just an endless cycle of failed escapes. Or when characters finally have the chance to escape they either change their mind or go back inside. It’s like the writers were too afraid to shake up the status quo. After a few seasons I just gave up.
Binky Melnik 9 months ago
I stayed til the series finale, and it was worth it. Yes, I was terribly frustrated by some e working so hard to escape and then deciding at the last moment not to, but the rest of it was worth it. Cried quarts of happy tears when people got to safety and bad people got their comeuppances. The penultimate episode nearly killed me; I was dehydrated from crying afterwards. The finale ended up just being sort of a wrapup, but I got what I needed from the penultimate episode. Weirdly, by the final season, the show was mirroring real life too much (not the show’s fault, but rather our dictator’s fault), and I found myself yelling at characters in anger. Am looking forward to the next series, though I’ve had enough extreme closeups of Elizabeth Miss for two lifetimes; I’m not sure she’ll be in the new series, so that’s cool.
#3
Heroes.
Well, the main villain of the show was the writer's strike. When they fired it up for season 3 it's as if no one knew what had happened in the first 2 seasons. It had potential.
Binky Melnik 9 months ago
I gave up on it because at first, it was cool having some people with superpowers, but as it went in, it was revealed that EVERYONE had superpowers. When everyone is super, then no one’s special. I was sooo disappointed.
#5
The Simpsons. It was my favorite show for years and it just keeps going and it’s not funny anymore. I do like to watch the first episode when they get Santa’s little helper around Christmas and I have a DVD with some early treehouse of horror episodes I watch around Halloween.
#7
Arrow.
For five years i was stranded on an island…
No wait, i was stranded on an island, and in hong kong, and then back to the island before i actually was in new york, but then i was rescued on the island again! It became an absolute mess lol
#8
Riverdale. I think I lost it when it became fantasy/paranormal/cult horror? And I've heard that it ventures into time travel or something. Even typing this out confuses me so much lo
#9
Westworld. Loved the first season. Then it started going downhill. Haven’t seen the latest season and I don’t plan on it.
#10
Lost. Made it about 9 episodes and it seems JJ's career has done nothing since to show me he's capable of ending anything.
Binky Melnik 9 months ago
It was the lies from the show runners. They shot down everyone’s theories, which turned out to be exactly what we thought, except they did it in the most boring way they could. I came close to throwing the remote at my TV in disgust.
#11
Dexter. Trinity killer season was peak tv…but then Debs finding out about things and somehow allowing it to continue just felt weird. I stopped watching not long after that. Tried rewatching it all more recently and got to the exact same point before giving up for a second time! ha
#12
The Umbrella Academy, sort of… first season was fire, second season 2 I started hating Allison, stopped paying attention, gave season 3 a chance, realized how abysmally terrible Allison’s character is, half assed my way through the rest of the season, really only paying attention to “important parts”.
The only saving Grace for season 2&3 are Aiden, who does an overly incredible job at portraying number 5.
#13
Netflix’s Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I really liked the first season, barely made it through the second season, and refuse to watch the third
#14
The Flash.
I gave up on the entire Arrowverse about five years ago. It wasn't even like a conscious decision. I was kind of getting behind in all my shows, and I eventually realized I was about a month or so behind on Arrow and Flash and Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow, and I just didn't care. So I just never bothered to watch any of them anymore.
#15
Shameless. Just an over the top soap opera towards the later seasons. Still haven’t finished the last 6 episodes and probably never will.
#16
The Witcher.
Yes the series isn’t over (yet) but as a fan of the world just not interested after season 2
#17
every single season of AHS since Freak Show. always starts out strong and interesting. and then usually halfway through, Ryan Murphy consistently shows that he can’t finish a story and I realize what’s going to happen and just decide to quit. around Roanoke, I stopped even giving him a chance.
#18
Designated Survivor
First season was incredible, second season was fine, after that it was awful. It became something so different than when it began that the show was unrecognizable so I stopped watching within a few episodes of when it became a generic Washington DC based show.
#19
Bojack, actually. The show was really good… so much so that I found that I was commiserating too much. I have depression and the show would negatively affect my mood so much that I ended up hating it. Can’t stand how it makes me feel, so I never finished it.
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