Series that shot their wads the first season.
Heroes
Prison Break
Fantastic first season, then a quick decline.
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| by Anonymous | reply 26 | November 23, 2022 7:18 PM |
Homeland had a great first season then the Carrie and Brody thing went on way too long for two seasons more. In how many episodes did Carrie scream ‘Brody!’…I lost count. I bailed after they killed off the Peter Quinn character. No idea what happened the last couple seasons after that.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 23, 2022 10:44 AM |
Just just clear this thread quickly. Every Ryan Murphy series.
Done.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 23, 2022 11:57 AM |
Two teen-appeal series of the early '00s: The O.C. and Everwood. Never as good after the respective first seasons.
Everwood's Hannah character (seemingly an author-insertion figure for the female showrunner of seasons 3 and 4) was like a Mary Sue cautionary exhibit. She ticked every box: tragic back story; "awkward" but brilliant and gifted; adored by all the other characters, who would talk about her when she wasn't in a scene. The actress went on to play Sal's wife on Mad Men.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 23, 2022 12:15 PM |
Glee.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 23, 2022 12:18 PM |
Sherlock, BBC.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 23, 2022 12:49 PM |
OG Dynasty.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 23, 2022 12:49 PM |
West World owns this thread.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 23, 2022 12:55 PM |
Hacks
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 23, 2022 1:25 PM |
Twin Peaks is the founder of this thread
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 23, 2022 1:28 PM |
Resident Alien. The first season was fantastic, the second very uneven.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 23, 2022 1:31 PM |
Lost is a great pick. The questions were invariably more interesting than the answers on that show.
Disagree on Twin Peaks, though. Season 2 had a lot of terrible episodes in the middle, but began and ended strong. And The Return was awesome.
Oh! A place must be made for Desperate Housewives.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 23, 2022 1:37 PM |
Most of Ryan Murphy's oeuvre falls into this category going as far back as Popular.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 23, 2022 1:40 PM |
American Gods
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 23, 2022 1:44 PM |
The first season of Revenge was good and fun. Dreck to follow.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 23, 2022 1:45 PM |
Mrs Maisel
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 23, 2022 1:46 PM |
Downton Abbey.
Lost
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 23, 2022 1:47 PM |
Ugly Betty.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 23, 2022 1:50 PM |
Desperate Housewives
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 23, 2022 1:55 PM |
[quote] Disagree on Twin Peaks, though. Season 2 had a lot of terrible episodes in the middle
Still a decline.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 23, 2022 2:02 PM |
House of Cards Stranger Things Weeds Carnivale Damages The Affair
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 23, 2022 2:03 PM |
Definitely Heroes. I adored Season 1, but hated the subsequent seasons.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | November 23, 2022 2:07 PM |
R21 very good list! (bad formatting 😵💫)
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | November 23, 2022 5:46 PM |
The Affair and Stranger Things had nowhere to go. So expected. Damages could have sustained it.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | November 23, 2022 5:47 PM |
American Gods
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | November 23, 2022 7:18 PM |