When did you stop watching a particular show?

The Late Late Show · 01-12-2018 06:29PM

Taken Down after 3 episodes. Nothing in it and typical tame RTE drama afraid to offend by being gritty. Sadly, RTE listened to all those who gave out about violence in Love/Hate, The Handmaid's Tale and other good drama.

The Late Late Show · 01-12-2018 06:36PM

pixelburp wrote: »

I dropped Game of Thrones and Walking Dead around the same time; both shows just left me feeling sh*tty, and certainly the latter's well documented poor writing left me equally flummoxed as to why I was wasting my time with something I fundamentally didn't enjoy and left me feeling worse.

Same with Game of Thrones, walked away after season 3 and the same, cynical trick being played over and over. Both shows an endless loop of nihilism and misery (with that in mind it has been why I've stayed away from the Handmaids Tale; it has always looked like Misery Porn taken to extremes).

In a general sense, if my net enjoyment outweighs the flaws however, visible or narrative, I'll keep watching. Something like The Flash I'm skirting close to dropping due to its shamefully lazy writing but still go back cos of its peppy energy. But life's too short to waste time watching garbage you don't / can't enjoy.

The Handmaid's Tale is very good. Walking Dead or Game of Thrones I have not watched so far.

Wanderer2010 · 01-12-2018 06:41PM

Stopped watching The Walking Dead after season 4- up to that point it was actually a fantastic and well acted show but the storylines got massively dragged out and lost all sense of logic to their actions that I skipped it. Cant believe its still going..

I used to really enjoy Family Guy too but the last 3 years its been awful, and it went from something very funny to painfully unfunny in the space of one season- the show became packed with songs, always a bad sign. Plus jokes that went on for ages just to fill airtime. Shame as it was a great show in the day.

Stoner · 01-12-2018 06:55PM

lertsnim wrote:

I stopped watching Lost when I saw a polar bear in the woods. I never went back to it.

I watched season 1, when they showed the guy at the end of the tunnel pressing a button as the reveal I know then that the whole thing would be a load of rubbish, I knew what the set up was and am delighted I didn't waste anymore time on it.

Gimme A Pound · 02-12-2018 04:08AM

Mr. Robot a few episodes into season one. I tried to like it as so many people whose tastes I usually share were so adamant about how brilliant they found it. And while it's not without good aspects, it was too much of a teen "capitalism is evil" self indulgent whinge-fest for me. Rami Malek is great but his character in that show - I really could not warm to. He has friends, a lover, a great job, nice place to live, is handsome and is supposed to be believable as a downtrodden, lonely misfit?

Westworld - similar to above. Tried to like it - and I'd watch Anthony Hopkins, Jeffery Wright and Ed Harris reciting the alphabet, but I found it tedious and kinda pretentious.

Game Of Thrones - gave up on that very early on as I just found it too violent. But I'm gonna start it again as I feel like I'm missing out on too much.

Only for the fact that I love the book so much, I'd likely have quit The Handmaid's Tale in season one, because it's just too bleak and upsetting (far more violent than the book - in which much of the punishment is left to the reader's imagination) but it's brilliant, and my love for the book and Offred keeps me hooked. I know a number of people who had to throw in the towel though, and I can understand why.

NIMAN · 02-12-2018 05:08AM

I quit Breaking Bad after about 4 or 5 episodes, can't remember exactly. Last thing I remember about it was them with the acid in the bath.

It just wasn't speaking to me, and countless people since can't understand why I lost interest.

Unfortunately I wish I had quit Lost earlier. My bro stopped near the end of series 1, said it was crap and going nowhere. I stuck with it, worst thing I ever did. Due to that, I often quit shows now without worrying too much if I am missing anything.

Life's too short to waste it watching and worrying about TV shows.

Kirby · 03-12-2018 09:41AM

NIMAN wrote: »

I quit Breaking Bad after about 4 or 5 episodes, can't remember exactly. Last thing I remember about it was them with the acid in the bath.

That happened in the second episode man.

Moghead · 03-12-2018 10:13AM

I should have stopped watching Sons of Anarchy after season 2, got worse and worse with each following season. First 2 seasons were enjoyable despite the dodgy accents.

I nearly gave up on Breaking Bad during season 2, felt it started to drag. Really happy I stuck with it though.

I'm considering giving up on season 2 of the Expanse, just not finding it as good as season 1.

Wibbs · 03-12-2018 10:58AM

Cadence Obedient Yachtsman wrote: »

Mr. Robot a few episodes into season one. I tried to like it as so many people whose tastes I usually share were so adamant about how brilliant they found it. And while it's not without good aspects, it was too much of a teen "capitalism is evil" self indulgent whinge-fest for me. Rami Malek is great but his character in that show - I really could not warm to. He has friends, a lover, a great job, nice place to live, is handsome and is supposed to be believable as a downtrodden, lonely misfit?

Ditto for Mr Robot. I liked the first series, thought great, second series coming and then... nope. Lost all interest in it. For me it was one of those stories that was just one note. Extremely well made and acted which covered up that lack of depth, but by the second series that was it.

Moghead wrote: »

I'm considering giving up on season 2 of the Expanse, just not finding it as good as season 1.

I'd stick with it M. I had a bit of that early on in the second series but got back into it.

somesoldiers · 03-12-2018 12:48PM

Only Fools & Horses- ep Time On Our Hands, when they became rich and went into the Nags Head in their fancy clobber, Mike The Barman said "What can I get you sir" total change of tack for me....( I didn't actually stop watching then but wish I had)

Mr Robot struggle through s1, never went back.. not for me
WestWorld- same, gave it a chance because of the big names
Handmaid's Tale- too depressing
the Left Overs- did not get this at all

I suppose shows like this are not for me

gimli2112 · 03-12-2018 12:53PM

Dexter was brilliant, then it got a little weird and morphed into truly awful by the end.

California Dreamer · 03-12-2018 01:02PM

Gave up NCIS at the end of last season.

Less Gibbs. Less Ducky.

Abby gone.

03-12-2018 01:12PM

All Arrowverse shows, mid last season. Flash melodrama and Iris, Arrow's stupid fecking B-team, Supergirl is ****e to be fair.

Legends is the only exception, especially with Constantine coming in.

Unearthly · 03-12-2018 01:57PM

Arrow after like season 2 I think it was. Watched 1 episode of the flash. They feel like shows that should have aired in the 90's as their storyline methods and cgi is so dated looking.

Seem to remember the most cheesiest moment ever in tv history when arrow and flash said 'cool!' when they saw each other's powers

Arne_Saknussem · 03-12-2018 02:07PM

Wesley Important Cherry wrote: »

I loved it’s always Sunny in Philadelphia until they hit season 10 and it went downhill after that. I had to force myself to watch season 12 and 13 because of the hype and Christ almighty they should of known it was a complete flop. Seasons before 10 were decent. Seasons before 5 were perfect and amazing. You could tell they were running out of ideas after season 10 but didn’t want to end the whole idea of always Sunny so they continued to make episodes that just weren’t funny anymore. Granted Danny DiVito pretty much made always Sunny when he was casted and if it wasn’t for him, the show wouldn’t have made as much of a fan base as it has now but they should of stopped completely after season 10. I do love the gang and I find myself playing the older episodes when I’m getting ready or just taking it easy at home but they have to make the final episode. “The gang says goodbye”

Edit: I forgot to add in Trailer Park boys as well. Their earliest seasons were brilliant. Their newest seasons, Christ on a bike. It was awful. Again with always Sunny, both shows knew they should of stopped but tried to keep the name going. Bubbles stopped being funny when they hit the later seasons and Randy and his ever expanding gut started to get on my nerves. The earlier episodes of trailer park boys with bubbles and conky were too funny. The best lines always came from Ricky’s mouth and bubbles never failed to deliver with his responses but Randy started to put me off the show

Should have finished after Season 7 with the Swayze Express.

The Late Late Show · 03-12-2018 04:27PM

Cadence Obedient Yachtsman wrote: »

Only for the fact that I love the book so much, I'd likely have quit The Handmaid's Tale in season one, because it's just too bleak and upsetting (far more violent than the book - in which much of the punishment is left to the reader's imagination) but it's brilliant, and my love for the book and Offred keeps me hooked. I know a number of people who had to throw in the towel though, and I can understand why.

The Handmaid's Tale is excellent and is bleak and violent but is unafraid to show its world unlike a lot of these RTE dramas of late! Gilead is of course very real in dictatorships like Saudi Arabia where Christianity is taken to the extreme and where ironically Jesus' teachings are written out of the equation. The depiction of religious dictatorships and the hypocrisy that goes with it are excellently portrayed here.

Wibbs · 03-12-2018 04:47PM

The Late Late Show wrote: »

The Handmaid's Tale is excellent and is bleak and violent but is unafraid to show its world unlike a lot of these RTE dramas of late! Gilead is of course very real in dictatorships like Saudi Arabia where Christianity is taken to the extreme and where ironically Jesus' teachings are written out of the equation. The depiction of religious dictatorships and the hypocrisy that goes with it are excellently portrayed here.

Eh.... Only in some fantasist's minds. OH and by the by, Saudi Arabia is a Muslim nation. If you're making such blindingly obvious errors maybe you might want to watch a few documentaries as well as drama shows.

03-12-2018 04:50PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Eh.... Only in some fantasist's minds. OH and by the by, Saudi Arabia is a Muslim nation. If you're making such blindingly obvious errors maybe you might want to watch a few documentaries as well as drama shows.

I took that as missing some punctuation and using Saudi as an analogy for a brutal religious regime

The Late Late Show · 03-12-2018 04:52PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Eh.... Only in some fantasist's minds. OH and by the by, Saudi Arabia is a Muslim nation. If you're making such blindingly obvious errors maybe you might want to watch a few documentaries as well as drama shows.

Read the Koran and you will see Islam mentions Jesus as a prophet and has a lot of the VERY SAME stories as the Bible. It is based on the very same rules as the Catholics are (the ten commandments) and are all breakaways from Judaism.

Magdalene Laundries, fiction! No. Just another example of how REAL The Handmaid's Tale can be.

Wibbs · 03-12-2018 04:53PM

Unearthly wrote: »

Arrow after like season 2 I think it was. Watched 1 episode of the flash. They feel like shows that should have aired in the 90's as their storyline methods and cgi is so dated looking.

Seem to remember the most cheesiest moment ever in tv history when arrow and flash said 'cool!' when they saw each other's powers

Now I gave up reading comics in my teens and that was a fair while ago, but I do remember even then thinking the DC stuff was, or appeared to be aimed at a slightly younger audience than Marvel(Or the UK stuff). Including Batman back then, before he went all croaky voiced and broody.

Having caught a couple of episodes of the Flash and Supergirl the impression I got was both were aimed at the younger tween market. Supergirl in particular comes across as aimed at tween girls. It almost has a "No Boys Allowed!" sign on the door.

Which is cool, but I could see why older types would grow tired of it.

The Late Late Show · 03-12-2018 04:55PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I took that as missing some punctuation and using Saudi as an analogy for a brutal religious regime

Saudi Arabia is a Wahabbi Sunni Muslim absolute theocratic monarchy and Gilead is based on a self styled old Testament heavy version of Christianity. Jesus exists in both nominally but hatred and oppression not love dominate both regimes. Christian? Muslim? Whatever label, both are oppressive dictatorships one being fiction and the other real.

Wibbs · 03-12-2018 04:59PM

Deleted User wrote:

I took that as missing some punctuation and using Saudi as an analogy for a brutal religious regime

One would hope Ce, but...

The Late Late Show wrote: »

Read the Koran and you will see Islam mentions Jesus as a prophet and has a lot of the VERY SAME stories as the Bible. It is based on the very same rules as the Catholics are (the ten commandments) and are all breakaways from Judaism.

I have read the Quran and Hadith and it is not based on the "very same rules" as Catholicism. Seriously, read more.

Magdalene Laundries, fiction! No. Just another example of how REAL The Handmaid's Tale can be.

Eh, no, best I leave it. There aren't enough hours in the day to elaborate or explain the level of nuance required.

The Late Late Show · 03-12-2018 05:08PM

Wibbs wrote: »

One would hope Ce, but...

I have read the Quran and Hadith and it is not based on the "very same rules" as Catholicism. Seriously, read more.

Eh, no, best I leave it. There aren't enough hours in the day to elaborate or explain the level of nuance required.

It has the very same rules as the Catholics and adds to it. The source material is all Jewish and elaborated then by Christians and Muslims. Abraham, Moses, Noah and all that is there as are the 10 commandments. Things get different after that but the fact is those 3 faiths who are always fighting against each other in the world are closely related and share a lot.

Magdelene Laundries were essentially prisons for so-called 'fallen women'. Their role was more akin to that of a Martha than a Handmaid. Dismissing The Handmaid's Tale as mere fiction is a disservice to Margaret Atwood's intentions and inspiration. She as well as being a writer is a history teacher. A dark episode in American history called the slavery era is of course another huge influence on the novel's world.

razorblunt · 03-12-2018 06:12PM

LOST - before the final episode. Not sure why, but I just got fed up during the penultimate one and though "that's it, I don't care how this ends" and never went back.

Last Chance U - end of Season 2. The coach is an absolute gobshíte and I had enough of him. Apparently the season 3 coach is a new guy so may have to revist.

Breaking Bad - Season 2. I just hated the wife, Skylar so, so much.

The Walking Dead - I can't remember what season, I think it was the one with the dodgy CGI deer. I really should have given up after the dumpster incident as that made me really hate it but, the CGI deer (which was a convenient deus ex machina to help a main character survive), Negan leaning back on his knees, A-Team esque shootouts with no one being hit.

Sons of Anarchy - the one with the 'RA lads. Just gave up 10 mins into an episode.

Wibbs · 03-12-2018 11:11PM

razorblunt wrote: »

Breaking Bad - Season 2. I just hated the wife, Skylar so, so much.

I so wanted to like Breaking Bad, but yeah after the first season...

The Walking Dead - I can't remember what season, I think it was the one with the dodgy CGI deer. I really should have given up after the dumpster incident as that made me really hate it but, the CGI deer (which was a convenient deus ex machina to help a main character survive), Negan leaning back on his knees, A-Team esque shootouts with no one being hit.

It's an odd show that one. For me after the third season I was mostly bored, with the odd bit of "oh this is good" with an equal level of WTF am I watching here? But still I watched. I dunno why. Maybe because the first two seasons and the premise itself had sucked me in and I needed to keep watching hoping for that first buzz?

Sons of Anarchy - the one with the 'RA lads. Just gave up 10 mins into an episode.

God, that was cringe central alright.

The Late Late Show · 03-12-2018 11:26PM

Mostly shows I stopped watching were RTE dramas but also Eastenders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street. There was a time I used to love the soaps but found they are all going over ground already covered.

The A Team. This was a show I used to love as a child. Just before Christmas 2016, I picked up a DVD set of this series and found it boring and repetitive. I had it ready to watch on Christmas Eve and had been looking forward to it but it was such an anti-climax. The shootouts I used to enjoy as a kid were tame and contrived. The series did not age well at all and it is a lesson to remember what you liked as a child in that time may not be to your taste now.

The Crowman · 03-12-2018 11:39PM

I've never gotten round to watching the Walking Dead and after reading this thread I don't think I'll bother.

Blazer · 03-12-2018 11:41PM

Walking dead.
When Rick was supposed to die and was carried off in a helicopter.
Nope I said. That’s the final straw. Deleted the entire show from my NAS, removed it from my RSS feed and never looked back

AllForIt · 03-12-2018 11:53PM

Gave up Game of Thrones multiple times. Let me explain.

I watched the first 3 episodes. I though the acting was utter shyte most of all, which I was surprised about cause someone told me the acting was fantastic. No.

Ppl kept banging on about it so I tried again.

I watched a few more episodes in the 2 and 3rd series thinking it might be better later on in the series. I though if I happened across what seemed like a really good episode 'i'd get it' and watch it in it's entirety. Didn't happen. Same feeling as first time.

I tried again a third time cause more ppl including friends this time kept banging on about it. Still no go. Three strikes and it's out.

Edit: That medieval style of acting either works or falls flat on it's face. It shouldn't seem forced. Rather in the same way if you compare that awful Downton Abbey in comparison to the wonderful Upstairs Downstairs.

The Late Late Show · 04-12-2018 12:01AM

AllForIt wrote: »

Gave up Game of Thrones multiple times. Let me explain.

I watched the first 3 episodes. I though the acting was utter shyte most of all, which I was surprised about cause someone told me the acting was fantastic. No.

Ppl kept banging on about it so I tried again.

I watched a few more episodes in the 2 and 3rd series thinking it might be better later on in the series. I though if I happened across what seemed like a really good episode 'i'd get it' and watch it in it's entirety. Didn't happen. Same feeling as first time.

I tried again a third time cause more ppl including friends this time kept banging on about it. Still no go. Three strikes and it's out.

Edit: That medieval style of acting either works or falls flat on it's face. It shouldn't seem forced. Rather in the same way if you compare that awful Downton Abbey in comparison to the wonderful Upstairs Downstairs.

I am a latecomer to Game of Thrones and will be watching it at or after Christmas. People are always talking about it and have decided to give it a go. Downton Abbey was one show I could not get into at all. But one has to be into that kind of a show to like it and I guess it does what it does well but one has to be into it.

When did you stop watching a particular show?

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