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Better Call Saul (assuming it won't)
Mad Men
Fresh off the Boat
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (HOPING it won't)
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BroSlinger wrote:Better Call Saul (assuming it won't)
Mad Men
Fresh off the Boat
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (HOPING it won't)

If Sunny does; they've earned it for sticking around this long and staying offensive AF :love:
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BroSlinger wrote:Better Call Saul (assuming it won't)

Arguably already did a season and some change ago.
Mad Men

Definitely did. Those last few episodes were borderline, then the final scene comes along to stomp on your balls and call you names for being so stupid as to think they were ever going anywhere.

I think the precise moment I started facepalming was when they went full-blown musical.
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NFA, dude, the latest season of Better Call Saul was seriously good. Lalo is a BAAAD dude, man.

I can see an argument for Mad Men jumping the shark, but the shark jumping WAS the story. America changed. The times changed. The characters changed. None of it was for the better, but I think it was by design.
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BroSlinger wrote:NFA, dude, the latest season of Better Call Saul was seriously good. Lalo is a BAAAD dude, man.

Some of it was good. But there were some definite cringe moments and not in the good way.
I can see an argument for Mad Men jumping the shark, but the shark jumping WAS the story. America changed. The times changed. The characters changed. None of it was for the better, but I think it was by design.

I'd have been fine with that if we didn't end with the fucking Coke jingle. That finish literally made me never, EVER want to watch the show again. And embarrassed I followed it as long as I did.
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Zozobra wrote:Dark
Battlestar Galactica
Breaking Bad

On my list for got worse. That last season is garbage.
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Zozobra wrote:Dark
Battlestar Galactica
Breaking Bad

On my list for got worse. That last season is garbage.

I think I enjoyed the absurdity of it. It wasn't Game of Thrones level douchebaggery, it was just weird.
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nightflameauto wrote:
Yarbicus wrote:
Zozobra wrote:Dark
Battlestar Galactica
Breaking Bad

On my list for got worse. That last season is garbage.

I think I enjoyed the absurdity of it. It wasn't Game of Thrones level douchebaggery, it was just weird.

Yeah, I can see that. But it just doesn't jibe with the rest of the series.
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_ej_ wrote:The Expanse

Last season was so bleh.
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I'm in the liking the last season camp. It ties things together well enough. Could it have been better? Sure. It nearly didn't happen with the writers strike and a lot of other shows from that era faired worse from that.
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_ej_ wrote:The Expanse

Last season was so bleh.

Amos made it all worthwhile.

"How about now? I got time." :lol:

It WAS based on the worst book in the series, though. Next season is based on my favorite book in the series.
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Yarbicus wrote:
RyanDistortion wrote:
_ej_ wrote:The Expanse

Last season was so bleh.

Amos made it all worthwhile.

"How about now? I got time." :lol:

It WAS based on the worst book in the series, though. Next season is based on my favorite book in the series.


book 5 is your fave?

I think 7/8 are mine. Although I really like 4 so I really enjoyed season 4 :lol:
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_ej_ wrote:
Yarbicus wrote:
RyanDistortion wrote:
_ej_ wrote:The Expanse

Last season was so bleh.

Amos made it all worthwhile.

"How about now? I got time." :lol:

It WAS based on the worst book in the series, though. Next season is based on my favorite book in the series.


book 5 is your fave?

I think 7/8 are mine. Although I really like 4 so I really enjoyed season 4 :lol:

Amos on Earth is my favorite.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Vice Principals is so damned funny.

Jury's still out on Gemstones. It may or may not end up tanking, depending on what they do with the next season. McBride and Goggins together on-screen is hard to mess up though, even when they aren't directly interacting.
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