What are some examples of series that only have a good first season, and should be dropped after that?

a year ago by Skavau to c/Television

qwestjest78 34 points a year ago

Westworld comes to mind for me

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Pronell 8 points a year ago

Agreed. I like the following seasons okay but the first season is nearly perfect on its own.

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Speculater 8 points a year ago

The ending of season 1 was perfect. Anything after that is an excuse for nudity and gore.

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MimicJar 3 points a year ago

Season 2 was rough, but I think season 3 was a good soft reboot. After that it's all downhill again, but it almost righted itself.

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InverseParallax 1 point a year ago

Kiksuya.

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Skavau 25 points a year ago

The obvious examples for me are Altered Carbon, The Terror (although its anthological and a third is in production) and Westworld.

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adhocfungus 1 point a year ago

The Terror had a second season!? I really liked the first season and had no idea it was going to continue as an anthology. I take it the second season doesn't measure up to the first?

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Skavau 2 points a year ago

It's considered bad. I haven't watched it. It's set in a Japanese internment camp during WW2.

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adhocfungus 1 point a year ago

Dang. Hopefully third season redeems it, but I won't hold my breath.

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vrighter 22 points a year ago

altered carbon. Season 2 was so cheap in comparison

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corsicanguppy 6 points a year ago

Joel Kinnaman. Accept no substitute.

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InverseParallax 1 point a year ago

I'm sure there could have been a replacement that worked.

But in no possible universe could it have been Anthony Mackie.

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JennyLaFae 1 point a year ago

First season stayed close enough to the books, second season strayed too far after coping with first season changes and deviating from the actual plot

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ShawiniganHandshake 20 points a year ago

Heroes. The first season wrapped up its story beautifully. The second season was an aimless disaster.

I've read online that the original plan was for each season to tell a stand-alone story with a different set of heroes but the network was insistent on keeping the popular characters from season one on for season two. Peter Petrelli's power is universe-breaking after he learns to control it, so the show ended up tying itself into a pretzel to explain why the answer to every problem isn't "get Peter to snap his fingers and fix it". There was also a writer's strike in the middle of the season, which didn't help.

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Ledericas 1 point a year ago

it got wierd after sylar went good, and then it just went in a different direction.

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wiccan2 12 points a year ago

Prison Break

The Rig

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setsneedtofeed 7 points a year ago

I actually think season 2 of Prison Break was a perfectly natural and well done (for the intended tone) continuation of the story. I know people snarkily point out the title doesn't strictly apply anymore, but I think convicts on the run from a manhunt fits. The show was from the beginning always a political conspiracy thriller baked inside of a prison story anyway.

The following seasons get increasingly absurd, but they are enjoyable in a silly way.

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MimicJar 2 points a year ago

Strong agree. I think Prison Break slowly goes off the rails with more spies and conspiracy. It's not out of nowhere given Lincoln's original crime is murdering the Vice President (allegedly), but it does eventually just get ridiculous.

I still like the later seasons for the characters, but it is wildly different from where they started.

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setsneedtofeed 3 points a year ago

The Vice President's brother!

It gets comical how the characters say that phrase so much instead of using his name, for audience benefit.

I appreciate each season changing things up with a different central conceit. As absurd as the Central American super prison and spy craft seasons were at least the show kept changing instead of spinning its wheels.

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MimicJar 3 points a year ago

Ah right the brother! It's been too long.

And yeah, it got worse but it didn't get boring.

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chase_what_matters 3 points a year ago

I couldn’t get past the first episode of The Rig because it seemed cheaply made.

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insaneinthemembrane 2 points a year ago

You're not wrong, it was watchable but barely.

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Okokimup 11 points a year ago

Jessica Jones

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THB 8 points a year ago

Gonna go with Handmaid's Tale, gets progressively worse with each season

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corsicanguppy 1 point a year ago

There's a really whackadoo cult member in there. I can't watch it.

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spicyspaceelephant 8 points a year ago

Firefly. After the first season everything that made the show great is just missing.

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morphballganon 5 points a year ago

The movie was enjoyable

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wheeldawg 2 points a year ago

He said what he said.

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Gerudo 8 points a year ago

Altered Carbon

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CompactFlax 6 points a year ago

Weeds

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teamevil 4 points a year ago

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NauticalNoodle 2 points a year ago

Kevin Nealon was the glue that held that together.

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Etterra 5 points a year ago

HEROES. It died an ugly death because of a writer's strike. It's unfortunate, but I support the writers.

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Wazowski 4 points a year ago

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glimse 6 points a year ago

You can hate on the end all you want but don't pretend like it stopped being good after the first season

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Wazowski 8 points a year ago

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Speculater 6 points a year ago

And he spoke to the truth, so they voted him down

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A7thStone 4 points a year ago

If you are counting anime, Sword Art Online.

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1hitsong 4 points a year ago

A.P. Bio. They slowly tied to normalize it and it lost all its edge.

Welcome To Flatch. Season 1 was awesome! Season 2 they tried to make it a "normal" show and it was awful.

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Ledericas 0 points a year ago

glenn howertons show, no wonder he went back to ISAIP, couldnt hack it outside the show.

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scytale 4 points a year ago

Squid Game. The Mandalorian maybe?

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setsneedtofeed 6 points a year ago

While season 2 of The Mandalorian had the distinct flavor of introducing executive producer mandated spin-off hooks, I still found it quite good overall. The finale was the perfect ending to the Mando and child storyline.

The perfect ending. We didn't need anymore after that ending.

Everything Mando related after that has gone totally off the rails by undoing that ending, and the show has become a parody of itself.

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Oka 2 points a year ago

We won't know on Squid Game until Season 3 comes out. 1 was more iconic than 2, but still good.

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boaratio 3 points a year ago

I'm going to get downvoted to oblivion, but Stranger Things. Season 1 was perfect, and in my opinion the rest have sort of been all over the place.

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FMT99 3 points a year ago

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edgemaster72 8 points a year ago

Found the Fox executive /j

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Oka 4 points a year ago

That is an unpopular opinion, but valid. I still haven't finished the Hulu run yet. It doesn't hit the same.

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jbone 2 points a year ago

While I enjoy the later seasons, I can broadly agree with your point.

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teamevil 3 points a year ago

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corsicanguppy 1 point a year ago

I just came here to say: The one scene with the crosswalk was insane. I all but spat my drink. If you know, you know.

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blitzen 2 points a year ago

Friday Night Lights

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Ledericas 1 point a year ago

i heard walking dead, and lost. most animes are pretty bad after the 2-4 seasons. hence why some japanese ones only go through 2 seasons max.

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systemglitch 1 point a year ago

List is too long.

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kandoh 1 point a year ago

The US version of The Killing.

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