# What is the worst TV show decay you've seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002 "2016-02-02T23:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/121 "2016-02-03T20:53:18Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > 3 shows got walloped by September 11 and the need to worship policemen and firefighters: > > 1. The Weakest Link. They tried to soften the nastiness of the show with endless charity episodes. Also, the shtick of the women ganging up to vote the men off, regardless of performance of the contestant. > > 2. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. OK, the format was getting stale anyway, but the endless fireman and police officer makeovers got tiring. > > 3. Star Trek: Enterprise. The Xindi plot and the “You’re either with us or against us” Bush like attitude makes the last 2 seasons completely unwatchable. Queer Eye began well after 9/11. So did Enterprise. I have a feeling I do not understand what you meant. > [@terentii](#): > > After the first season wrapped, the story was over. There was no need to continue. How was Twin Peaks’ story wrapped up at the end of season 1? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/122 "2016-02-03T21:15:53Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > How about **Northern Exposure**? > > I don’t think the drop-off is a severe as other examples noted, it was a pretty great show that ended on a whimper in a similar manner to **The Office**. Mentioned upthread by me. (Post #60) ---
**Author:** ![Grsz11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grsz11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grsz11)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/123 "2016-02-03T21:20:44Z")
Homeland True Detective You’re The Worst ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/124 "2016-02-03T21:23:17Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Well Samantha and Darren were married starting with the first episode, so according to you it was never any good. It was a show with a great premise that could have yielded great shows if they’d done it as a drama instead of a fucking sitcom. And if they’d had script writers and stuff. My nomination was going to be _BattleStar Galactica_. Beaten to it. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/125 "2016-02-03T22:30:30Z")
How is **True Blood** not anywhere in this thread?! Seriously. It started out with potential and then after the second season dissolved into absurdity. That show buried the needle on the badometer. It went plaid. **Lost** was also not very good. With that one it became more and more apparent that they had no idea what to do with it. Honestly though. **True Blood** you guys. Come on. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/126 "2016-02-03T22:47:41Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > How was Twin Peaks’ story wrapped up at the end of season 1? Uhhhh … the murder of Laura Palmer was solved? :dubious: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/127 "2016-02-03T23:07:05Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Uhhhh … the murder of Laura Palmer was solved? :dubious: 😕 That happened about ep 7 or 8 in season 2. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/128 "2016-02-03T23:15:20Z")
Twin Peaks season 2 finale and the wrap up movie, tho, seemed like Lynch was giving everyone the middle finger. Weird, and not the good weird of previous eps, needlessly violent, convoluted to an extreme. Seriously, finish the series, but don’t bother with the Fire Walk With Me movie or the Black Lodge ep at the end of season 2 . ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/129 "2016-02-04T01:34:04Z")
No one mentioned sopranos yet? I thought a lot of people disliked the last couple of seasons. I was OK with them. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/130 "2016-02-04T01:41:12Z")
> [@porcupine](#): > > Dexter. Compelling through the John Lithgow season, then just got worse and worse with every season. Yep - I lost interest in the subsequent seasons and didn’t even watch the last one. I still don’t know how it ended… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/131 "2016-02-04T01:42:47Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Uhhhh … the murder of Laura Palmer was solved? :dubious: 😕 Not at all during season one. Are you compressing season 2 into 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:** [February 4, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/132 "2016-02-04T01:47:40Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Not at all during season one. Are you compressing season 2 into it? Depends on what you mean by “solved.” By the end of season one, we knew that a killer spirit Bob had possessed someone, and killed Laura, but we didn’t know who he had possessed. We learned that about halfway through season 2. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/133 "2016-02-04T01:50:36Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > No one mentioned sopranos yet? I thought a lot of people disliked the last couple of seasons. I was OK with them. I thought they went out on a high note. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/134 "2016-02-04T01:53:13Z")
> [@porcupine](#): > > Dexter. Compelling through the John Lithgow season, then just got worse and worse with every season. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Yep - I lost interest in the subsequent seasons and didn’t even watch the last one. I still don’t know how it ended… Badly. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/135 "2016-02-04T02:15:20Z")
> [@Lowdown](#): > > How is **True Blood** not anywhere in this thread?! Seriously. It started out with potential and then after the second season dissolved into absurdity. That show buried the needle on the badometer. It went plaid. > > **Lost** was also not very good. With that one it became more and more apparent that they had no idea what to do with it. > > Honestly though. **True Blood** you guys. Come on. Oh this. So much this. **True Blood** became agonizing after the second season. Brutally bad, with a side of “naked and covered in blood.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it can’t be the entire show. ---
**Author:** ![Grsz11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grsz11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grsz11)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/136 "2016-02-04T02:27:52Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Oh this. So much this. **True Blood** became agonizing after the second season. Brutally bad, with a side of “naked and covered in blood.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it can’t be the entire show. I forgot True Blood. Probably because it was so forgettable in the end. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/137 "2016-02-04T05:35:48Z")
> [@Grsz11](#): > > I forgot True Blood. Probably because it was so forgettable in the end. I’m one to watch, no matter how bad, to the bitter bitter end just because I can’t not watch. But this! The last show - just appallingly BAD…but I couldn’t have not watched. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/138 "2016-02-04T05:42:03Z")
Robert Englund’s cooking shows “Dinner Impossible” became boring after awhile simply because they ran out of ideas and always seemed to win every challenge. His newer show “Restaurant Impossible” is also starting to get stale. I really think they are running out of restaurants to save and then we find out that most of the places saved close within a year anyways. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/139 "2016-02-04T05:58:02Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Robert Englund’s cooking shows “Dinner Impossible” became boring after awhile simply because they ran out of ideas and always seemed to win every challenge. > > His newer show “Restaurant Impossible” is also starting to get stale. I really think they are running out of restaurants to save and then we find out that most of the places saved close within a year anyways. Irvine. Englund was Freddy Kruger. Rest:Imp. got stale almost right away. No variety. He did lose a few Dinner challenges. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/140 "2016-02-04T08:53:49Z")
> [@TCMF-2L](#): > > I liked **Due South** when Fraser was basically a hyper-observent Sherlock Holmes type genius using skills learned from an outdoor life in Canada but always being underestimated because colleagues mistook his exaggerated politeness for stupidity. > > By the time the original Ray Vecchio was dropped the show was in trouble. By the end of the show Fraser could ‘listen’ to radio by chewing on a wire and the show was doing fart jokes. The shame. > > * * * > > TCMF-2L CBS cancelled _Due South_ after its first season; fan pressure changed their mind. After season 2, they _really_ cancelled it; sets were destroyed & David Marciano (Vecchio #1) moved back to the USA. Then an international consortium bankrolled another season. Paul Gross was made a producer, as well as being Mountie Benjamin Fraser. (He’d already written one show–the ones with the unconscious Mounties on the runaway train.) Callum Keith Rennie became Vecchio #2–selected because he was an interesting Canadian actor. They came up with a cockamamie reason for the switch, since he looked nothing like The First Ray. So the tone of the last season of _Due South_ was quite different, mixing clever & sophomoric humor with some serious bits. Some of us liked it just fine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002.md?page=8)