# What's the fastest you've gone from really liking a new series to hating it/abandoning it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [October 26, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966 "2020-10-26T18:45:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/241 "2021-01-22T13:53:12Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > > > I thought “GIMMICK TO COVER UP POOR WRITING” and that was it. > > Well, that was always a feature of Enterprises, including Kirk’s. It just didn’t get used too much. > > Sorry you missed **7 mostly great seasons**. Six good seasons and one hilarious episode where Data and Tasha Yar got it on ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/242 "2021-01-22T14:00:15Z")
I don’t care at all about the nature of celebrity and that’s my favorite show in the last 10 years. I was the opposite basically, didn’t care for it until the 8th episode. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/243 "2021-01-22T14:57:01Z")
Yep. Bojack is a sort of show that doesn’t reveal itself until late in the first season. There are hints of it early on, but it originally just seems like a silly comedy. And then the mental health and addiction stuff just smacks you on the face. At some point in later seasons it gets a bit repetitive (Bojack swears to become better and then falls off the wagon and disappoints everyone in his life again), but I hear that is common among addicts. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/244 "2021-01-22T15:45:58Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Six good seasons and one hilarious episode where Data and Tasha Yar got it on Yes, I knew people would question that assertion. Season one, unlike Data, was not fully functional. Although it gave us The Naked Now (reruns? In the first episode past the pilot?) and Code of Honor and Justice, it did also give us The Arsenal of Freedom, 11001001, We’ll Always Have Paris, Conspiracy, and maybe I’d put Skin of Evil in that group, too. ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/245 "2021-01-22T17:36:55Z")
You have a good chance for a good episode if Riker has a beard and it has Dr. Crusher. The chances go down with no beard or Dr. Polaski, but there are still a few good ones. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/246 "2021-01-26T00:32:46Z")
When I started watching the British ITV police procedural drama Broadchurch, I was very sympathetic to the central family who were shattered by (not a spoiler) the sudden death of their young son. By the start of Season 2 I was only regretting that the rest of the family wasn’t dead too. Beautifully shot show with fantastic performances, but the gimmick of (also not a spoiler) the screenwriter not deciding what he was going to do with the plot until he saw how the actors were realizing their characters, and then keeping the plot twists secret so the actors wouldn’t “telegraph” information about their characters’ innocence or guilt, just made it too half-assed AFAIAC. Listen, Ibsen, you’re supposed to decide what happens in your screenplay, and the actors are supposed to portray their characters in a way that doesn’t spoil the ending, because they’re, you know, actors? Pretending to be somebody else with a different assortment of knowledge and beliefs is, like, what they do for a living? Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/247 "2021-01-26T00:46:02Z")
Not that fast, I guess but after two seasons of “House of Cards” I realized I hated every one of the characters. When there’s nobody to root for, and all that’s left is to hope that all the villains finally meet their comeuppance, it’s just teeth-grinding and not enjoyable anymore. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/248 "2021-01-26T01:08:35Z")
When Pawn Stars sent Chumlee out to get an autograph on a record so they could improve the value, and he had the guy sign it, “To my biggest fan, Chumlee”, that’s when I lost interest. There’s no _way_ anybody can really be that stupid. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/249 "2021-01-26T01:21:50Z")
Under the Dome took me maybe three episodes. The acting sucked ass and the scripts just got to be too ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/250 "2021-01-26T06:45:12Z")
Same here. We really loved the first season of “House of Cards”, and made it through the second. But when the third season came out, we said to each other, “If X, Y, or Z happen, I think I’m done with this show.” _All three_ happened in the first five minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/251 "2021-01-26T08:54:15Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > Last Man on Earth. One show and done. You missed something very good. Clearly he wasn’t the last man on earth. Otherwise, the show would be very boring. He was annoying, but the supporting characters were superb. I love the character Gail, who drinks all the time, and when questioned about it she says “I’ve been drinking, BUT I’M NOT DRUNK”. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/252 "2021-01-26T10:48:48Z")
_American Gods_ has really gone off the rails. The first season was excellent and then the further it gets from the story in the book the less coherent it gets. Laura and Sweeney go on a road trip. Gillian Anderson and Crispin Glover get replaced for vague reasons, but Technical Boy doesn’t. Bilquis…does random stuff and occasionally gets naked. This is straying into _Lost_ territory - “we’re doing weird shit because we can!”. Right now I’m pretty much just left rooting for Salim to find happiness. Everyone else is just farting around aimlessly. ---
**Author:** ![wjChia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wjChia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wjChia)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/253 "2021-01-26T12:01:03Z")
The original showrunners for American Gods (Bryan Fuller and Michael Green) have a very distinct style and after they left, the show isn’t the same. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/254 "2021-01-27T06:53:36Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Not that fast, I guess but after two seasons of “House of Cards” I realized I hated every one of the characters. Yep. I started out liking the protagonist, aftyer all the new president fucked him, so revenge was sweet. But then it turned out he was super evil himself. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/255 "2021-01-27T06:54:48Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > _American Gods_ has really gone off the rails. I must most sincerely disagree. It is still great. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/256 "2021-01-27T11:52:15Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I must most sincerely disagree. It is still great. I’m not going to try to convince you that you shouldn’t (disagree or consider it great). But the loss of Chenoweth, Jones and Anderson is noticeable (I believe Glover will be back at various points) and the story just feels very loose to me. I hadn’t realized the showrunners had left after Season 1 but that would explain it. _Preacher_ went much the same way - a tight and fascinating first season and then off on lots of little side quests (interesting ones, but not necessarily ones that furthered the story) until it pulled itself back together at the end. I’m all for world-building but I’m also all for coherent story arcs. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/257 "2021-01-27T12:34:00Z")
I’m on very small company when I say I loved Dr. Polaski. She was the only character who seemed real, grounded. She just wasn’t the whole “we’re so good, we’re so advanced, kumbaya”. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/258 "2021-01-27T15:46:37Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > I’m on very small company when I say I loved Dr. Polaski. She was the only character who seemed real, grounded. Yea, down a turbolift shaft, I wish! 🙂 The only real trouble with her character was she was borrowing McCoy’s. She was a gruff curmudgeon with a hint of racism who hated the transporter. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/259 "2021-01-27T18:01:40Z")
I really _wanted_ to like WandaVision, and I very quickly realized I did not like it. I begrudgingly watched the first two episodes, and still haven’t watched the 3rd, days later. Never thought that would happen with an MCU show. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966/260 "2021-01-27T18:31:37Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > But the loss of Chenoweth, She was in only one epi, which is all she was supposed to be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966.md?page=14)