Shows that were a let down after the first season

[cassafrass]

What shows were you really into for the first season and let down by in subsequent seasons?

Brought to you by my disappointment in Crazy Ex Girlfriend season 2. The first season was so funny and on point, then they just went nuts in the second season and tried to shake things up too much. I'm bummed.

[spooko]

Revenge

Also thought HTGAWM and Scandal jumped the shark after a few seasons.

Quite Dexter in like season 5, maybe?

Did a season and a half or so of OITNB and lost it.

Made it to the "big reveal" in PLL before quitting when they did the time-hop.

I am not a loyal show follower, apparently.

[bunnyfungo]

Not after the first season, but both Alias and Bones made me ragey after season two.

Alias had this great format where they ended every episode with a cliffhanger. So instead of seeing all of episode 2, you were seeing the last half of episode one, and the first half of episode 2. Or whatever. Plus they started to go off the deep end with the Rambaldi story line and it was less spy drama and more tinfoil hats.

Bones upset me because Brennan was an actual relatable human being in the first two seasons. She cried, she laughed, she wouldn't have understood the blinds thread, but she that was because she was an academic. Then they wrote her into this weird robot person that was very clearly on the spectrum but without acknowledging that or exploring that in a meaningful way. Instead they just pretended she was quirky and I would cringe every time she spoke.

[silverspoon]

ONCE UPON A TIME- WHY DID IT GET SO BAD???? I still want to love that show, but I can't make it through anymore.

Pretty Little Liars was incredible (IMHO) and now is... yikes, but I will see this through to the end.

[silverspoon]

I quit Scandal once I started to love Mellie. It got too weird.

Leverage - I loved the first 2 seasons, but then it lost it's groove. I just wanted to see con people doing con things to bad people. Why is that so hard?

I know there are more.

[emma]

Prison Break
Revenge
PLL

I can't remember if it was season 1 or 2 but i got bored of Arrow fairly quickly

[rachydc]

After First Season:
Sleepy Hollow
Grimm
Once Upon a Time
The Following
Heroes

Few seasons down the line:
Parenthood
Buffy
Weeds
LOST
Chuck
Pretty Little Liars
The OC

[ArielMermaid]

Ugh, Once Upon a Time.

[jubilantsquirrel]

Jun 13, 2017 12:02:43 GMT -6 silverspoon said:

ONCE UPON A TIME- WHY DID IT GET SO BAD???? I still want to love that show, but I can't make it through anymore.

Pretty Little Liars was incredible (IMHO) and now is... yikes, but I will see this through to the end.

I'm with you on both of these. We're so close to never having to suffer through another PLL episode again.

I'm still working on Once Upon a Time. I've got like, 9 episodes on my DVR. It needs to end soon though.

[spacecadet]

I remember loving Heroes the first season and then for some reason lost interest right before the finale and never went back.

[jubilantsquirrel]

I can't remember what seasons I gave up on most of these, it was probably after the first though. It takes me a while to ditch a show.

Switched at Birth
The Fosters
Arrow
The Originals
The Vampire Diaries. I think I skipped an entire season or two, but I did watch the final one.
Hart of Dixie - I eventually finished this one, just not in real time.
The 100
Hell on Wheels - I finished but it took some time to get through the final season.

I'm sure there's more.

[grumpycat]

First Season: True Blood (far too much deviation from the books and crazy shit), Once Upon a Time (I will still watch it if there's nothing else available)

cassafrass, I'm still holding out hope for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. She went off the deep end in season 2 and they had been doing a somewhat decent job at discussing mental health issues. She seemed manic to me for most of the season and I am hopeful that they will get back into the narrative from season 1. However, the ending of season 2 does not bode well in terms of being in a healthier space. Just my two cents. I'll still watch season 3 though.

[cassafrass]

Jun 13, 2017 12:02:43 GMT -6 silverspoon said:

ONCE UPON A TIME- WHY DID IT GET SO BAD???? I still want to love that show, but I can't make it through anymore.

Pretty Little Liars was incredible (IMHO) and now is... yikes, but I will see this through to the end.

YES Once Upon a Time just fell right off the fucking deep end. I don't get it.

[hardlyluck]

Jun 13, 2017 12:00:19 GMT -6 bunnyfungo said:

Not after the first season, but both Alias and Bones made me ragey after season two.

Alias had this great format where they ended every episode with a cliffhanger. So instead of seeing all of episode 2, you were seeing the last half of episode one, and the first half of episode 2. Or whatever. Plus they started to go off the deep end with the Rambaldi story line and it was less spy drama and more tinfoil hats.

Bones upset me because Brennan was an actual relatable human being in the first two seasons. She cried, she laughed, she wouldn't have understood the blinds thread, but she that was because she was an academic. Then they wrote her into this weird robot person that was very clearly on the spectrum but without acknowledging that or exploring that in a meaningful way. Instead they just pretended she was quirky and I would cringe every time she spoke.

I hate watched the last 3 seasons of Bones because I refused to give up. But yeah I really didn't like or care about Brennan by the end.
Season 1
Sleepy Hollow
Orphan Black-nothing wrong with it I just never cared enough to go back and watch the next seasons
Blindspot-started out so well and had an interesting plot but I was so bored by the way they started going with it.
It wasn't the first season (maybe season 3?) but Person of Interest. It just went way to far into the over the top secret conspiracy group out to get them.

[cassafrass]

Jun 13, 2017 12:22:06 GMT -6 grumpycat said:

First Season: True Blood (far too much deviation from the books and crazy shit), Once Upon a Time (I will still watch it if there's nothing else available)

cassafrass , I'm still holding out hope for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. She went off the deep end in season 2 and they had been doing a somewhat decent job at discussing mental health issues. She seemed manic to me for most of the season and I am hopeful that they will get back into the narrative from season 1. However, the ending of season 2 does not bode well in terms of being in a healthier space. Just my two cents. I'll still watch season 3 though.

I'm totally going to watch season 3. I love love love the music and song writing. But I'm just so sad like it got really weird and I miss Greg! I wish he hadn't left.

[cassafrass]

Jun 13, 2017 12:10:37 GMT -6 rachydc said:

After First Season:
Sleepy Hollow
Grimm
Once Upon a Time
The Following
Heroes

Few seasons down the line:
Parenthood
Buffy
Weeds
LOST
Chuck
Pretty Little Liars
The OC

Yes. The Following!!! I forgot about that one. It was so well done the first season and then took a giant shit.

[silverspoon]

Jun 13, 2017 12:20:37 GMT -6 jubilantsquirrel said:

I can't remember what seasons I gave up on most of these, it was probably after the first though. It takes me a while to ditch a show.

Switched at Birth
The Fosters
Arrow
The Originals
The Vampire Diaries. I think I skipped an entire season or two, but I did watch the final one.
Hart of Dixie - I eventually finished this one, just not in real time.
The 100
Hell on Wheels - I finished but it took some time to get through the final season.

I'm sure there's more.

I will one day finish the Vampire Diaries, but I'm still in the middle of season 6 and I'm so annoyed by every character. 

The first 2-3 seasons were epic and then it just lost it's way. 

[moutonrouge]

I loved The Following for one season. It lost me in the second season, though I did try. Same with Justified. Also The Man In The High Castle.

I think more often I love season 1 and season 2 is good/decent, and then season 3 is almost unwatchable. The OC was good for 2 seasons but that was all. I can't stand House of Cards past season 2. Same with OITNB.

Dexter was an interesting series because I loved season 1, I was there for season 2, and then I wished season 3 had never aired, but season 4 was possibly one of the best seasons of any show I've ever watched. After that...eh.

[grumpycat]

cassafrass I love the music too. DH is always like wtf are you watching?!

[ArielMermaid]

I had to quit the Vampire Diaries after they went to college. I did watch the finale and had no idea what was going on. But was glad I gave up based on what I saw.

[hardlyluck]

Oh I remembered another one.
Covert Affairs-maybe season 3?
I used to watch for shirtless Augie, because lets be honest it was always horrible but I just couldn't handle the over the top cheesiness from "Annie" anymore.

[bobyn]

I will agree that True Blood got really ridiculous, but it started a little ridiculous.

[jubilantsquirrel]

Jun 13, 2017 12:29:45 GMT -6 silverspoon said:

Jun 13, 2017 12:20:37 GMT -6 jubilantsquirrel said:

I can't remember what seasons I gave up on most of these, it was probably after the first though. It takes me a while to ditch a show.

Switched at Birth
The Fosters
Arrow
The Originals
The Vampire Diaries. I think I skipped an entire season or two, but I did watch the final one.
Hart of Dixie - I eventually finished this one, just not in real time.
The 100
Hell on Wheels - I finished but it took some time to get through the final season.

I'm sure there's more.

I will one day finish the Vampire Diaries, but I'm still in the middle of season 6 and I'm so annoyed by every character. 

The first 2-3 seasons were epic and then it just lost it's way. 

Yes! I think I got bored with it after the Originals storyline. 

[spooko]

YES! to Blindspot, Switched at Birth, and now I'm adding Blacklist.

[hardlyluck]

Jun 13, 2017 12:42:55 GMT -6 spooko said:

YES! to Blindspot, Switched at Birth, and now I'm adding Blacklist.

Oh I haven't watched Blacklist but I was thinking about it. Don't bother?

[Deleted]

True Detective season 1 was amazing. Season 2, not so much.

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Jun 13, 2017 12:30:36 GMT -6 moutonrouge said:

I loved The Following for one season. It lost me in the second season, though I did try. Same with Justified. Also The Man In The High Castle.

I think more often I love season 1 and season 2 is good/decent, and then season 3 is almost unwatchable. The OC was good for 2 seasons but that was all. I can't stand House of Cards past season 2. Same with OITNB.

Dexter was an interesting series because I loved season 1, I was there for season 2, and then I wished season 3 had never aired, but season 4 was possibly one of the best seasons of any show I've ever watched. After that...eh.

Agree with all of this 100000%

[billyhorrible]

Another vote for Arrow. Maybe not first season, but definitely after the first couple.

[silverspoon]

Jun 13, 2017 12:41:42 GMT -6 jubilantsquirrel said:

Jun 13, 2017 12:29:45 GMT -6 silverspoon said:

I will one day finish the Vampire Diaries, but I'm still in the middle of season 6 and I'm so annoyed by every character. 

The first 2-3 seasons were epic and then it just lost it's way. 

Yes! I think I got bored with it after the Originals storyline. 

There is nothing I hate more than when a show has something good going, so they spin off to a new show. 

I'm also looking at you for that Buffy. 

[cassafrass]

+1 HTGAWM and Scandal. Shonda knows how to kill a plot.