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Jeff Schroeck

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Re: Shows you gave up on
« Reply #30 on: September 18, 2016, 07:45:23 AM »
Mad Men - episode one turned me off

Did you get turned off by Don Draper "predicting' Xerox machines? That actually almost made me give up on the show. Thankfully they never do anything like it again.

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Re: Shows you gave up on
« Reply #31 on: September 18, 2016, 11:16:44 AM »
I don't remember that specifically, but that does sound annoying. No, mostly I was just turned off by Don Draper himself... I thought "do I really want to follow this character for a series?"


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Re: Shows you gave up on
« Reply #32 on: September 18, 2016, 04:48:10 PM »
Season 3 of House Of Cards (US) put me to sleep somewhere around episode #I don't care.

Me too and I'm a political junky. I hate the cynical view of government. I'll take my political shows in the optimistic form like West Wing.

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Re: Shows you gave up on
« Reply #33 on: September 20, 2016, 12:27:58 AM »
I used a minimum threshold of 5 episodes, because there are other shows I tried but didn't stick with but those didn't feel like enough time had been spent to count as a "drop".

There are other shows I haven't finished or stayed caught up with, but would still go back to if I had time, but these are shows I actively chose to drop. Some of them I loved at their peak, others I thought were ok at best.

Program - last season completed
The Office (US) - season 7
Parks and Recreation - season 5
American Idol - season 13
Rectify - dropped in season 1
Rescue Me - season 2
The Newsroom - season 1
Masters of Sex - dropped in season 1
House of Cards - season 2
Orange is the New Black - season 2
Homeland - season 2
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Re: Shows you gave up on
« Reply #34 on: September 20, 2016, 06:31:31 AM »
I used a minimum threshold of 5 episodes, because there are other shows I tried but didn't stick with but those didn't feel like enough time had been spent to count as a "drop".

There are other shows I haven't finished or stayed caught up with, but would still go back to if I had time, but these are shows I actively chose to drop. Some of them I loved at their peak, others I thought were ok at best.

Program - last season completed
The Office (US) - season 7
Parks and Recreation - season 5
American Idol - season 13
Rectify - dropped in season 1
Rescue Me - season 2
The Newsroom - season 1
Masters of Sex - dropped in season 1
House of Cards - season 2
Orange is the New Black - season 2
Homeland - season 2

If you didn't get a chance to watch the series finale of The Office, I would recommend seeking that out. While the last few season got increasingly terrible that last episode tied it all back together and it felt like The Office again. There is a quote Andy makes at near the end that gets me every time.
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Re: Shows you gave up on
« Reply #35 on: September 24, 2016, 10:25:35 PM »
Archer - couple of episodes

This is one I fell for in a big way. It's spoofery clicked with me. While the similar spoof show Bojack Horseman I struggled to get through the first episode.

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Re: Shows you gave up on
« Reply #36 on: September 25, 2016, 05:26:23 PM »
Honestly, I'm more impressed at the shows I finished, rather than gave up on.  I gave up on Hill Street Blues in the 80s because I no longer had access to a TV.  I gave up on Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Little House on the Prairie, Taxi (which I regret), I Dream of Jeanie, Bewitched, The Jeffersons and many more over the years.  However, I finished The Brady Bunch (really), MASH, the Muppet Show, Newhart, Lost (unfortunately), Avatar: The Last Airbender, The West Wing, The Gilmore Girls, and many more.  I'm pretty sure I've given up on more than I finished.

The Returned (English)-- I think I'll try the original version, sounds like people liked that better
Once Upon a Time-- Got bored after the first season, gave up after the second.
Jane the Virgin-- After five episodes, I think I get the idea.  Cute, but I have no confidence it will go anywhere interesting.
24-- I just couldn't deal with the torture, and by the middle of the third season, it was clear that it would be a larger part of the series.
Bones-- I watched five seasons, mostly for my wife.
Curb Your Enthusiasm-- It was funny for a couple seasons, and then the humor grew stale for me.
The Simpsons-- Haven't we all given up on this?
Daredevil-- The first season was okay, but I couldn't get into the second.

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Re: Shows you gave up on
« Reply #37 on: September 25, 2016, 05:33:19 PM »
I stand by the last season of Lost. Quality show.

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Re: Shows you gave up on
« Reply #38 on: October 07, 2016, 01:15:35 PM »
Smallville - Got tired of it never delivering
Grey's Anatomy - Started great but became a parody of itself
Every CSI-like series ever - It's always the same thing
Masters of Sex - I have no animus to start the second season
Boardwalk Empire - Season 3 was one of the best things ever but 4 became just too bad. Never started 5.
Justified - I cannot justify starting Season 2.
Oz and 24- Maybe some day ?
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Re: Shows you gave up on
« Reply #39 on: October 07, 2016, 05:13:10 PM »
Justified - I cannot justify starting Season 2.

Season 2 is amazing. I didn't love Season 1 either.