# TV Shows That Just Collapsed At The End **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-just-collapsed-at-the-end/464399 "2008-09-20T02:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![shellofmyformerself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@shellofmyformerself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellofmyformerself)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-just-collapsed-at-the-end/464399/81 "2008-09-24T23:58:51Z")
**West Wing** started out great then fizzled out, with Season 6 being the low point. The did somewhat redeem themselves in the last season with the election but it never got back that spark. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-just-collapsed-at-the-end/464399/82 "2008-09-25T00:56:59Z")
**Alias**. Too many loose ends conveniently tied up in what seemed like an extremely rushed final few episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-just-collapsed-at-the-end/464399/83 "2008-09-25T04:32:42Z")
> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#): > > _Newsradio_, though admittedly for an understandable reason. I think _Newradio_ gets a pass. Everyone knew it wouldn’t be the same show after Phil Hartman died, but IIRC, there were still contractual obligations to fill out. There was no intention to keep it going after that. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-just-collapsed-at-the-end/464399/84 "2008-09-25T04:54:11Z")
> [@Iggins](#): > > Sadly, I think **Arrested Development** falls into this category. The last few episodes of season three seemed desperate and unfocused, understandably. And the Rita storyline wasn’t very good. Overall, still funny, but not as good as the first two seasons. I thought it was hilarious! The video of her eating the fake display fruit, and Michael explaining “that doesn’t mean anything! Fake fruit can be very convincing…oh no, is she going for more?” and George-Michael sadly saying “yeah, she really likes the grapes. …Sorry, dad. I’m sorry.” cracks me up just thinking about it. Also, there has never been a funnier line than when the panicked guy in the fire jumped in the pool, hit Job’s trick “walk on water” glass surface, and screamed “OH GOD, WHY AM I NOT SINKING?!” ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-just-collapsed-at-the-end/464399/85 "2008-09-25T11:55:54Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > Well, I have to mention _ **Red Dwarf** _. Hilarious and fun all the way up to when Chris Barrie left and they had Kochanski from another dimension take his spot on the show. And not even the original woman that played Kochanski. It went downhill from there. I would have said the final season of Red Dwarf was a bit of a return to form, and a bit funny. One of the creators left after end of Season 5, and Season 6 and 7 were basically the scifi bits of previous seasons and repeating the jokes all over again “Oh good, the cat has buck teeth and a flask… AGAIN”… They tightened up a bit for the 8th… IMO.. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-just-collapsed-at-the-end/464399/86 "2008-09-25T11:59:43Z")
> [@Iggins](#): > > Sadly, I think **Arrested Development** falls into this category. The last few episodes of season three seemed desperate and unfocused, understandably. And the Rita storyline wasn’t very good. Overall, still funny, but not as good as the first two seasons. On another note, I still wonder why exactly the people who played the “brits” (which means english) in the second/third season seemed to be Australian to me.. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-just-collapsed-at-the-end/464399/87 "2008-09-25T12:02:47Z")
If anyone ever has the chance to watch all the series of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, I’d really recommend never watching the fourth and final season… Cleese had left, and with him, a lot of the quality control over Chapmans role had gone and thus the show became surreal unfunny nonsense… It really ruins the classic status of the previous three seasons… ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-just-collapsed-at-the-end/464399/88 "2008-09-25T17:11:55Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > I thought it was hilarious! The video of her eating the fake display fruit, and Michael explaining “that doesn’t mean anything! Fake fruit can be very convincing…oh no, is she going for more?” and George-Michael sadly saying “yeah, she really likes the grapes. …Sorry, dad. I’m sorry.” cracks me up just thinking about it. > > Also, there has never been a funnier line than when the panicked guy in the fire jumped in the pool, hit Job’s trick “walk on water” glass surface, and screamed “OH GOD, WHY AM I NOT SINKING?!” Don’t get me wrong, those episodes were as funny as anything has been on TV, but the last season wasn’t as “tight” as the first two, IMHO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-just-collapsed-at-the-end/464399.md?page=4)