When watching a show a while after it’s released you can sometimes tell when a show was canceled because a season will end on a big (occasionally spiteful) event.

The following season after it’s picked back up occasionally stumbles a bit but I’m wondering what examples can you think of that were especially bad?

  • @[email protected]
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    272 years ago

    The X-Files return. 2 brief seasons that felt like they were designed to make sure no one asks for any more of the show ever again.

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      2 years ago

      Yeah, that one was just so so bad. For some reason, Chris Carter has completely lost the ability to write even a half-decent script. Also, the new seasons never account for the fact that conspiracy theorists have changed from leftist counter-culture nerds to right-wing nutjobs since the 90s.

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      52 years ago

      I was watching it even though it was testing my patience a bit, and then they made an offhand remark about the moon landing being a conspiracy and that was the final straw that made me quit lol.

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      22 years ago

      There are a couple of fantastic episodes sprinkled in there though. One is like a Black Mirror episode with Mulder and Scully being chased by a malevolent AI. There are a few that seem like they came straight out of the 90s monster of the week episodes too.