# Terrible episodes of great shows. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934 "2020-03-04T18:47:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![LadBible69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/76d3ee/32.png) [@LadBible69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadBible69)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/61 "2020-03-05T13:22:48Z")
_ **That 70’s show** _ last season was just not good, at all. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/62 "2020-03-05T13:26:26Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > The Twilight Zone was inconsistent, and there are definitely some stinkers mixed in with the gems. The Bard was not only awful but is one of the one hour episodes from the 4th season. Maybe there’s a decent 5 minute sketch in there, but it’s painful over an hour. “Mute” is an hour-long TZ episode and it is awful. A little girl who is a telepath is mistreated until her powers fade - and this is treated as a happy ending. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/63 "2020-03-05T13:35:09Z")
“Sweet Dreams” from Roseanne, s2e8 was painful to watch and listen to. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/64 "2020-03-05T13:42:45Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I haven’t watched the most recent season, but so far “Free Churro” is easily my least favourite episode of Bojack Horseman. Many would argue that it is one of the best, at least for that season. (Okay, _I_ would argue.) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/65 "2020-03-05T13:55:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Gotta disagree. “Smile Time” was one of the best episodes they ever did on **Angel**. If your problem was “suspension of disbelief” while watching a show about vampires, demons, werewolves and such, well… Concur _in toto_. If you’re going to start worrying about suspension of disbelief on _Angel_, start with how a guy with no neck gets turned into a vampire. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/66 "2020-03-05T14:10:25Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Concur _in toto_. If you’re going to start worrying about suspension of disbelief on _Angel_, start with how a guy with no neck gets turned into a vampire. 😉 Knowing Darla, she probably went for his femoral while she was in the area on other business. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/67 "2020-03-05T14:11:46Z")
Thank you, that is now my headcanon. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/68 "2020-03-05T14:22:42Z")
Pretty much any Ferengi-centered episode in _Deep Space Nine_, with “Profit and Lace” being a particularly painful example. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/69 "2020-03-05T14:25:45Z")
Personally, I thought “Code of Honor” was (unintentionally) funny because of the racial stereotyping in this day and age, but to add to the discussion. . . . One ep of “TNG” that stuck out to me was the one where they encounter. . . what were they? Some spaceship with aliens that might have needed some kind of help, and they communicated as though they were three- or four-year-old humans. Don’t recall the title, and don’t care enough to try digging for it. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/70 "2020-03-05T14:47:04Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Personally, I thought “Code of Honor” was (unintentionally) funny because of the racial stereotyping in this day and age, but to add to the discussion. . . . > > One ep of “TNG” that stuck out to me was the one where they encounter. . . what were they? Some spaceship with aliens that might have needed some kind of help, and they communicated as though they were three- or four-year-old humans. Don’t recall the title, and don’t care enough to try digging for it. Samaritan Snare… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/71 "2020-03-05T14:47:23Z")
[Samaritan Snare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Snare) and the Pakleds. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/72 "2020-03-05T14:51:19Z")
“Teeth are for chewing.” ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/73 "2020-03-05T15:04:11Z")
> [@zbuzz](#): > > I’m going with an oldie here, but any episode of the usually excellent Dick Van Dyke Show that includes Buddy or Sally padding out the runtime with filler from one of their tired (real life I guess?) vaudeville acts is a pisser. I say anytime it was about any of them doing a show. Laura and Rob included. The same thing with I Love Lucy. I hated the episodes where Lucy and the gang did some performance. Blah I also agree with the MASH episode where Hawkeye is pacing around the Korean family’s hut, talking non-stop to keep himself awake. In fact, that was the first thing that popped into my mind when I read the post title. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/74 "2020-03-05T15:16:24Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I haven’t watched the most recent season, but so far “Free Churro” is easily my least favourite episode of Bojack Horseman. Dang. That’s easily one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/75 "2020-03-05T15:21:28Z")
I’ve been watching _Green Acres_ reruns on MeTV lately. There is one episode wher Oliver goes back to the city for (reason) that was completely pointless other than as a backdoor pilot for a show that wasn’t picked up. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/76 "2020-03-05T15:38:01Z")
Speaking of the lousy fourth season of hourlong **Twilight Zones** , I submit for your consideration “Valley of the Shadow,” wherein the entire population of a backcountry small town is outfitted with space alien magical ray guns. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/77 "2020-03-05T15:49:12Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Speaking of the lousy fourth season of hourlong **Twilight Zones** , I submit for your consideration “Valley of the Shadow,” wherein the entire population of a backcountry small town is outfitted with space alien magical ray guns. At least that one has James Doohan in it… ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/78 "2020-03-05T16:01:25Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I’ve been watching _Green Acres_ reruns on MeTV lately. There is one episode wher Oliver goes back to the city for (reason) that was completely pointless other than as a backdoor pilot for a show that wasn’t picked up. Then can I vote for _The Brady Bunch_ episode that’s about a completely different family? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/79 "2020-03-05T16:01:36Z")
For me **Twilight Zone’s** worst episode was **The Bewitchin’ Pool** , followed closely by any that starred Jack Klugman. \*\*Friends \*\*was the one where a very pregnant Rachel and Joey go on a date. Blecch. Closely followed by any involving childbirth. **Seinfeld** : The backwards episode. Probably the only one I’ve only seen once. **Brady Bunch** The first episode. I know they had to spend most of the time on the setup but if it wasn’t basically the only thing on for a kid to watch, I would have passed. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934/80 "2020-03-05T16:18:31Z")
**Breaking Bad** ’s fly episode has been mentioned a few times, but I want to mention it again. I _loved_ the series, but if I never saw it and watched the fly episode as my first exposure, I’d have never watched another episode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-episodes-of-great-shows/848934.md?page=5)