X-files, the John Doggett era just didn’t land for me, and even some of the later Mulder/Scully era got tired of
Thinking this post and its comments over, I’m glad Mr. Robot had four seasons.
Bonsoir, Elliot.
4 seasons is usually the sweet spot for me.
The Simpsons
It’s a darn shame that Scrubs ended on season 8, but on the other hand imagine what a disaster a 9th season could have been…
Peaky Blinders. And if that wasn’t enough, they’re making a movie too. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great show. But you can only up the stakes so much until it becomes too grand for its own good.
Severance, if they go over 3 seasons. The show is already a slow burn and holding on to a single mystery to move the plot forward. It doesn’t make sense to make it go over 3 seasons with its current pace.
Shogun and Squid Game has/had no business getting a second season.
Californication, Weeds, orange is the new black, the walking dead is the ultimate answer for me.
Well it’s probably due more to the writers strike than length, I’d say Dexter.
Dexter was already bad in the 4th season
They never said how long it had to be bad for.
Was that the Lithgow season? That was both creepy and transcendant.
Shameless, American
Weeds
Sopranos
Killing EveI never watched sopranos. I was living kinda wild back then. I just started the pilot today.
It’s in my top 5. It’s epic. But a redo would be 5 seasons…
12 Monkeys for sure. I loved it at first, but after a while it just seemed to be basically the same thing over and over. I also got sick of all the fighting and shootouts. It became a real slog towards the end.
Rick and Morty and Stranger Things for sure, especially as these had their absolute hype eras
Boardwalk Empire and Sons of Anarchy.
Letterkenny. It started having way more drama and lost its charm for me.
The new Doctor Who. I’ll get hate for this, but it jumped the shark when living, breathing, deus ex machina River Song showed up with the eleventh Doctor, I was done.
Two and a Half Men should have ended with Sheen’s exit.
Letterkenny. It started having way more drama and lost its charm for me.
Now that you mention it, the disconnected episodes that seemed a little formulaic - farm, town, skids, farm, modeens, fight, farm - and completely interchangeable were kinda good. I think Mr Keeso writes better when it’s not a big drama arc. Shoresy is /good/, and better than Letterkenny for arc writing, but it’s not without warts.
I’m biased toward Mr Keeso for his luck in getting a part in the best episode of TV since “Henry Blake was shot down”, fair disclosure.
Newsradio was great for 3 seasons. 4th was ok then Phil Hartman was killed and that sealed it.
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Star Trek. No more iterations, ever. No more Klingons, Vulcans, Borg, Ferengi, Trills, or Romulans.
Go back to the original concept and do completely new shows with none of the current canon/mythology.
No more six foot tall, five fingered aliens with funny chins.
That’s basically what The Orville is
No more six foot tall, five fingered aliens with funny chins.
I want alien looking aliens. Things that scare xenomorphs.
Stranger things. Community. The office. Letterkenny. Rick and Morty… Actually i think most of them that reached the 4 season mark
Letterkenny
You take that back right now! If it wasn’t for Shoresy I’d be inconsolable
Edit: The more I think about it, the more I think you are probably right. I just have a really hard time letting go