Bad season- every series has one....
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, August 17, 2008 03:49
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I'm holding off commenting on shows that are still running - the jury ain't done yet. And I can agree with some of the seasons listed above:
Dark Angel - Second season of course.
Angel - The trip to Pylea.
Blackadder - Season 1 (how a change in character can make such a difference).
But to add some new ones:
Miami Vice: Season 5. Some may say that it went before but the last was definitely the worst.
Due South: Final season. I actually liked the new Ray, but he wasn't the old Ray.
Northern Exposure: Final season. The town was the show but replacing Joel with weak characters just didn't work.
The Dead Zone: Season 5. The one that ruined it. Virtually no Nicole deBoer all season and some weak stories. They were given a second chance with season 6 and they should have wrapped up the story, but they got greedy. Now we'll never know.
Auf Wiedersehen Pet: Season 3 onwards. The magic had gone and with no Wayne so had the lads that started it all.
Airwolf: Season 3 wasn't brilliant but season 4 was just....words cannot describe it.
Babylon 5 Crusade: Okay techincally a spin off but still a major blotch in this universe. If not allowed then season 5 of the main series will do.
On another note what's MST3K. I figure it stands for something but what?
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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
LOST-Season 2-3.5: Aside from the whole Desmond/Penny plotline, the entire second and first half of third season was just navel gazing through their asses. No dramatic momentum whatsoever. It was only when the characters and the show decided to move forward in actually getting off of the island, as opposed to sticking around to figure out it's metaphysical meaning, that it actually got me excited.
Agreed. So, many plot lines and episodes from season 2 through those first 6 of season 3 seem like they've been totally trashed now. Eko's last words "you're next" a season and a half later and "next" still hasn't happened. Come on.
Angel Season 4 - First half started out like it was building to something cool and then it went all to hell after Orpheus.
Buffy Season 4 - Pretty much the whole season was awful. Hush was decent but Riley and Tara still dragged it down with their awful characters.
Deep Space Nine Season 1 - Maybe I'm just crazy but I rewatched the first season recently and it was pretty awful. I remember the show being good but maybe I've lost my mind.
Voyager Season 3 on - I liked the first two seasons but after that it just kept getting worse and worse.
Alias Season 4 - I haven't even gotten through the whole thing it's turned me off so much. Season 3 had enough issues but this one is gross. I don't know if it recovers in the last season but I doubt I'll ever care enough to find out.
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Originally posted by lwaves:
Northern Exposure: Final season. The town was the show but replacing Joel with weak characters just didn't work.
Quote:Actually, I pretty much wrote that series off after the brilliant first season- everything after that was a letdown for moi.
Airwolf: Season 3 wasn't brilliant but season 4 was just....words cannot describe it.
Stringfellow Chrisisall
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So I decided to watch the pilot for Airwolf on netflix, sort of to while away the hours that I am in night job hell......anyway LOVE Jan-Michael Vincent but jeezus this music is cheesey!
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On another note what's MST3K. I figure it stands for something but what?
Mystery Science Theater 3000. Often imitated, never duplicated. A true gem.
And I thought it jumped the shark when Joel left. :P
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Babylon 5 Crusade: Okay techincally a spin off but still a major blotch in this universe. If not allowed then season 5 of the main series will do.
Okay, I confess... I haven't watched all of B5. I couldn't get through the first season, which I'm assured is the absolute worst. I refer to the Captain as "Captain Woodenhead" because of his *stellar* acting abiliy. ;) I understand he was replaced after S1, but I haven't been able to bring myself to watch.
Adding to the list:
Invasion - all of it. From the first terrible minute on.
Threshold - ditto.
Technically, they don't really count, because they didn't even get a full season to try to pull out of the nosedive.
The 4400 - I'm not sure when, but somewhere around S3-S4, I just kind of lost interest. A brilliant concept, but it seems to have gone off the rails a bit...
Mike
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Oh, and Angel - the whole Conner/Cordelia thing just really creeped me out. BUT - they pulled it out for S5 and absolutely nailed the series finale, I thought.
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Angel season 4 was the worst ever. I really disliked that whole Jasmine thing.
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With the exception of "Once More with Feeling", Buffy season 6 was absolute garbage. Good ol' Joss left that year(most of it) to bring us Firefly, and for that I guess we are all in his debt.
But season 6 did bring us these fine gems:
-Big bads consists of three nerds....whatever!
-Bad Willow=boring. Alyson Hannigan couldn't play an evil character to save her life. She's just too sweet!
-Doublemeat Palace. 
-Spike, and Buffy. NO!
-Anya, and Xander's never ending soap opera.
I'll post again when I think of more reasons season 6 sucked so bad.
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-Bad Willow=boring. Alyson Hannigan couldn't play an evil character to save her life. She's just too sweet!
Ah, but I disagree - I *loved* Evil Willow the alternate-reality vampire queen! That was the first Buffy episode I ever saw, and I just couldn't believe I was watching that same geeky girl from "American Pie" - only now she was evil, cool, and hot -all at the same time.
I loves me some Evil Willow.
Buffy and Spike? Yes. It had to happen. She loves a bad boy, and he can be the baddest...
But The Trio were certainly nothing compared with Glorificus or The Master.
Mike
"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence[sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions
I can't help the sinking feeling that my country is now being run by people who read "1984" not as a cautionary tale, but rather as an instruction manual. - Michael Mock
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