Tv programs that took too much of a turn to be enjoyable

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Everyone has their own personal views so I don’t expect mine to reflect yours, but what TV programs took such a strange turn that it made it almost hard to enjoy?

Once upon a time:- I loved this program. I thought it ended perfectly with Emma defeating the wizard and everyone happy together. They then started it all over again with Henry’s daughter. Tried really hard to get back into it but just couldn’t. I now enjoy the series and finish it without watching the newest one

The 100:- I still really enjoy this but I did think it took a bit of a stupid turn with the whole ALIE parts. It did redeem itself in the end but then had to have it with Octavia going power mad and the strange stupid worm things. However it did end rather bittersweet with Monty and Harper’s son and I am looking forward to the newest season with them finding a new planet.

The walking dead:- now I really enjoyed this but once the introduced Negan, it was no longer fight against zombies but fight against your fellow man. I have actually given up watching this though is know it still has a good fan base

Fear the walking dead:- I’m really sad to see this is going the way of the walking dead. With Nick and Madison dead, it’s left Alicia, Strand and Luciana alone fighting against the other group who caused the death of the other two. They are also no longer the man characters and Morgan seems to have taken over. I will try watching the new season when it’s released but if it carries on this way, it might be another abandoned.

The Man In The High Castle. Started off okay then seemed to segue into a 'who can smoke the most' competition and near 'Allo 'Allo plot.

YY to True Blood, I only watched two series, but it was so different from the books, which I LOVED.

Also, Westworld, Banshee (got even more violent which I didn't think was possible), Blindspot, The Following and probably loads more that I can't remember right now!

Coronation street. I haven't watched for over a year. The Barlow lad (I can't remember his name) and the virginity storyline, and then the absolute nonsense that was pat phelan made me stop for good

Last Tango in Halifax.

The Archers - when Hayley moved to Birmingham.
Coronation Street - Richard Hilman, how many murders in one street before families move out and it turns into bedsit land and drugs dens. About the time of this storyline.
Emmerdale - I miss the farm, so many affairs it's only a matter of time before they forget a storyline and someone sleeps with their brother and it's not in the plot.
All - can someone just plan to get pregnant, have the baby and be happy. No abortion/whose the father drama.

Killing Eve?!!!!???????!!!!!!!

But truly have stopped watching Dr Who. Used to like it as teens with my cousin, but turned into a constant messiah complex thing of saving the world AGAIN again again... oh we’ve discovered this new alien/ cryptic clue again that spells the end of the entire world and not just that the entire universe!!! Couldn’t care less, got so bored by them telling us to care.

Breaking Bad. Everyone else I know loved it, but for me, it just got too dark when he dissolved the body in acid. I like feelgood TV, and that wasn't it!

I totally agree Killing Eve.
It was gripping but then just got silly and lost its intelligence somehow.

To be fair Breaking Bad was never meant to be - or advertised as - feel good TV. It's one of the series we stuck with. I do agree it's very dark though and if that's not the kind of tv you like it's very uncomfortable viewing.

The first series of Heroes was brilliant and it had so much potential. But it just went downhill rapidly and the end was dire.

I really hated Killing Eve

House of Cards - when his wife became president I gave up. The plots were getting too ridiculous.

Breaking Bad - over rated imho.

Eastenders - so predictable and incestuous.

True Blood seemed to go really off piste and I lost interest.

Breaking Bad wasn't worth the hype. DH loves it though.

I'm waiting for The Good Doctor to start getting boring and predictable.

Breaking Bad and True Blood. Both could have been two seasons long and been excellent, but they flogged a dead horse.

I'm annoyed at myself for watching them all the way through but my brain wouldn't let me not.

Yes to Negan killing my Walking Dead erection. I've a pretty strong stomach but even I was disgusted at the gratuitous violence and the unrelentingly nauseating arrogance.

I wonder about the Walking Dead. It seems to be a theme that series get more and more nasty and gratuitously violent. And I think (with no evidence) that it's based on male viewers and male writers. Viewership wanes and they think 'more violence, make it sexual if possible' and half the viewership turns off.

I find myself watching the character development and playing with my phone during the dreary action/violence. Then it gets to a point where I can't be bothered any more as the violence gets worse and worse.

Could be wrong.

Holby City, when the dishy doc got back together with a surgeon called Sam, after she'd practically ruined his career.

I know, I'm old.

Our Girl - first season was brilliant, but then they brought Michelle Keagan in who got herself kidnapped, repeatedly, by disobeying orders and somehow never seemed to be punished by the army. It became unbelievable in the end.

Dr Who, sadly. Never in my Dr Who viewing career, starting with John Pertwee, have I ever not watched it (not even when Sylvester McCoy was the Dr!), until now.

I was so annoyed with TWD and Negan. It ruined the whole show. I gave up on it and still miss it.

I expected to like Breaking Bad and persevered through many episodes but did not get the hype at all. It seemed faintly ludicrous.

Years back, I used to like Nip Tuck but that just went weirder than weird and I stopped watching.

The Strain. Yes, it's about vampires so it's a bit silly, but it should have stopped after one series.

House of Cards, but much earlier for me. I think it was early in the third series - maybe it was even the second - when that businessman was having two prostitutes suffocate him. I found that very deeply shocking, I just don't expect a TV series to go that extreme. I'll admit we did watch a few more episodes but I stopped when Frank Underwood was watching porn at home some time in his front room. He wasn't even masturbating. It was as if these extreme things, that would have ruined careers only a few years ago, are now ho-hum things that you tell your MIL about over Christmas dinner or something. And maybe that's true, and OK, and maybe it's not. But I can choose whether to spend time in a fictional world or not and I don't want to spend time in that one.

I’d forgotten Dr Who. My family were all huge fans (range of ages from 8-75), but none of us watch it now.

Person of interest
True blood
Walking dead
Sopranos
Dexter

All went on way longer than needed imo

empa Yes, I felt exactly the same about that episode.

The Mentalist

When he killed Red John in the cafe and I cried so much and then the writers etc obviously realised they could make more money by continuing. So it was all a mistake but he didn't have to go to prison etc and then married the soppy police woman he worked with and had a baby. Yuk.

Dr Who when Matt Smith came in. I haven't watched it since.
True Blood went very peculiar which is really saying something. I kept watching for Eric though...
I used to love Neighbours but it started getting ridiculous few years ago. Tried again recently when the fake Dee was in and it was just too silly.