# Favorite shows, hated episodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 1999, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317 "1999-10-07T21:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/21 "1999-10-08T15:26:00Z")
- The last Seinfeld episode. What a let down! - Northern Exposure after Dr. Joel left. Well okay, I still liked it but it was never the same. - I have to agree that the X-Files is either really, really good or really, really bad. Never in-between. - Any episode of Melrose Place that didn’t involve hot, torid, sex; a fight that ended in the swimming pool; someone on the receiving end of a glass of wine; more hot, torid sex; a hair-pulling, face slapping, cat fight; an underwear/lingerie scene that evolved into more hot, torid, sex. . . . Hey, I just figured it out! Melrose Place **never** had a bad episode! Gawd I miss that show! ☹ * * * \>^,^\< KITTEN Coffee, chocolate, men . . . Some things are just better rich. ---
**Author:** ![Felinecare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Felinecare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Felinecare)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/22 "1999-10-08T16:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > One exception, Law and Order, can’t think of a single bad episode of this show. I can’t watch the one where Olivette gets raped by the gynocologist - the plot line is too nauseating for me. ---
**Author:** ![J\_String](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@J\_String](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_String)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 1999, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/23 "1999-10-09T05:35:00Z")
Various episodes of M_A_S\*H come to mind, typically the ones Alan Alda wrote and/or directed. Some really bad ones I recall: Episode with the dream sequences (Hot Lips in a bloody wedding dress, etc). Episode filmed from the point of view of a wounded soldier. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/24 "1999-10-08T21:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I agree with Flora. I hate any “very special” episode. Reminds me of Michael J. Fox’s interview after he announced he had Parkinson’s disease. Said that they weren’t going to write it into the show, so don’t look for any commercials touting a “very special” \* Spin City \*. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/25 "1999-10-08T22:13:00Z")
That episode of M_A_S\*H, “Dreams,” was co-authored by Alan Alda and James Jay Rubinfier, whoever he is. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/26 "1999-10-08T22:26:00Z")
I know I’m in an absolute minority on this (I may in fact be the only person alive) but I don’t think the Simpsons halloween specials are any good. Except for the "time toaster"one. ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/27 "1999-10-08T23:57:00Z")
Every episode of M_A_S\*H after Radar left, for me. Catrandom ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 1999, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/28 "1999-10-09T00:56:00Z")
The episode of “Beauty and the Beast”, where Catherine is tortured and murdered. That was the darkest thing I’ve ever seen on t.v., and a total betrayal of all the fans who loved the show. ---
**Author:** ![torq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@torq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torq)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 1999, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/29 "1999-10-09T01:09:00Z")
It’s interesting how many people are mentioning the final episodes of series in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 1999, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/30 "1999-10-09T02:06:00Z")
The Simpsons, the episode where Homer joins the Navy, and the episode when the kids gets stranded on the deserted island. 😛 You can tell the writers are beginning to run out of ideas for stories. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 1999, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/31 "1999-10-09T03:44:00Z")
The “Mad About You” with Jerry Lewis as the eccentric millionaire–and I’m a Jerry Lewis fan too! * * * Tim “My hovercraft is full of eels.” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 1999, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/32 "1999-10-09T06:47:00Z")
It’s been said before, but I’ll have to say that my least favorite episode of Seinfeld was the backwards episode. I hated it. ---
**Author:** ![MissTangerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MissTangerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTangerine)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 1999, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/33 "1999-10-09T16:48:00Z")
I’m a huge Simpson fan, too, but I hated the episode with George Bush (although it did have that hilarious “Disco Stu” joke that I still giggle over) ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 1999, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/34 "1999-10-13T13:42:00Z")
Last night, a friend of mine sent me a link to a website that discusses pretty much this–when good TV shows go bad. People vote on the turning point in a series. They have sections like “Same Character, Different Actor” and “They Did It,” and people can vote on the exact moment when their favorite show started going downhill. [www.jumptheshark.com](http://www.jumptheshark.com) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 1999, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/35 "1999-10-13T13:59:00Z")
MissT: I WAS a poor episode overall. But saved by the final scene of Gerald Ford and Homer heading off to watch some football and have some beer and nachos. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 1999, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/36 "1999-10-13T16:40:00Z")
What a great thread! I really hated that episode of Bewitched where Endora put a hex on Darren and then wackiness ensued! I also couldn’t stand that episode of The Brady Bunch where one of the kids had a problem, and Mike and Carol cleverly figured out a way to solve it. On a serious note, I’ll put my vote too on any sitcom that had a ‘special’ episode. Friends could be such a funny show. I have to say, I don’t care for any episode dealing with Ross & Rachel’s love/hate relationship. I used to hate the episodes where Janice was doing appearances, but now I LOVE them. Hearing that cackling laugh just cracks me up. Finally, any episode of Cheers that featured a story line around Diane. I can’t stand Shelly Long. Enright3 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317/37 "1999-10-14T15:33:00Z")
I am a diehard Simpsons fan, and can’t really say that I have ever seen a ‘bad’ episode. It is not that some episodes are lackluster, it is just that most other episodes are that much better than the rest of the teledribble out there. That being said, I must admit that there is one episode which I found quite disturbing - Bart’s Play Date. (Marge arranges for Bart and Ralph to hang out). What bothered me about the episode, what actually gave me chills, were the last lines of the episode. After nominally accepted by the Simpsons, amidst warm laughter, Ralph’s imaginary leprechaun comes back and begins telling him to light up the Simpsons. Ugh! I loved little Ralphie as a cute, slow dolt… but to think of him as a psychopathic arsonist is pretty unnerving. Thanks for the thread… * * * The utter servility of mankind comes out in his preference for a bovine existence. – Aristotle; N. Ethics [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-shows-hated-episodes/9317.md?page=1)