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TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:13 pm
by Yarbicus
Justified
Breaking Bad
The Wire
The Good Place

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:18 pm
by BroSlinger
Better Call Saul (assuming it won't)
Mad Men
Fresh off the Boat
Chance
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (HOPING it won't)

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:20 pm
by JiveTurkey
BroSlinger wrote:Better Call Saul (assuming it won't)
Mad Men
Fresh off the Boat
Chance
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:

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:26 pm
by nightflameauto
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.
Fresh off the Boat
Chance
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (HOPING it won't)

I think the way Sunny is produced they won't. Last season with the falcon punch of infinite lift was god damned hilarious.

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:34 pm
by BroSlinger
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.

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:01 pm
by _ej_
The Expanse

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:02 pm
by Zozobra
Dark
Battlestar Galactica
Breaking Bad

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:20 pm
by nightflameauto
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.

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:34 pm
by Yarbicus
Zozobra wrote:Dark
Battlestar Galactica
Breaking Bad

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

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:46 pm
by nightflameauto
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.

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:47 pm
by Yarbicus
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.

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:11 pm
by RyanDistortion
_ej_ wrote:The Expanse

Last season was so bleh.

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:14 pm
by Zozobra
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.

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:14 pm
by Yarbicus
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.

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:16 am
by itchyfingers
Happy Days, oh wait... :lol:

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:21 pm
by Tortuga
Breaking Bad

I just started Ozark and I'm hoping to be adding it to this list. GAT DAM good start :thu:

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:04 pm
by _ej_
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:

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:35 pm
by Yarbicus
_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.

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:16 pm
by linthat22
Firefly

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:37 pm
by Ry Manchu
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Fargo
The Muppet Show
Animaniacs
Tiny Toons
Woody Woodpecker
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Curb Your Enthusiasm
I Love Lucy
The Bob Newhart Show
Leave it to Beaver
Green Acres
Get Smart
ALF
12 Monkeys
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Americans
Futurama
Sanford & Son
The Jeffersons
Party Down
Chapelle's Show
Fleabag
Black Sails
Vice Principals

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:32 am
by nightflameauto
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.

Re: TV Shows that Don't Jump the Shark

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:33 am
by Pepi
the mandalorian