You’ve seen one episode, you’ve seen them all?

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Inspired by the ‘Vera’ thread - what are the shows you can see once, then theoretically never see again without missing anything?

My vote goes to Location Location Location. As much as I love it, the formula is eternally predictable:

‘Steve and Samantha Deluded-Twats are looking for a spacious two-bedroom apartment in west London. They love pricey Chiswick, but only have £300k to spend. They’re hoping that, with our help, they can find an area nearby with an attractive high street with a villagey feel and lots of independent shops and cafés, even though they buy everything off Amazon and get their lunch from Tesco Express like the rest of us. Today, I’ll be showing them a one-bed in need of work opposite a condemned council estate now being used as an unofficial skate park and drug den. I REALLY hope they can see the potential’.

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@Mamette :o Cross post!

Oh, I see @ThinWomansBrain beat me to it.

@BillyJoe111

Probably unpopular….. Friends.

Uptight monica, oooh look Rachel has done something daft, Phoebe has been quirky, Chandler thinks he’s hilarious, How you doin’, Joey, oh Ross is a condescending dick to someone.

On and on for YEARS.

You are not alone. But you forgot the opening and closing doors then pausing with daft grin on face waiting for audience shrieks of laughter.

@TractorAndHeadphones

Star Trek. Mysterious space thing, omg nobody has seen this before/ gotten out alive, moralising LOOPHOLE FOUND, escape found just in time, moral lesson the end

And man in red uniform gets eaten by monsteroony the minute he's beamed down!

Not a series, but every James Bond movie has the same ploy imho!

Technically you're not missing much by not watching any show.

But for content, any procedure show such as Special Victim's Unit.

For me Game of Thrones and any show like it. If it gives me Game of Throne vibes, then I won't even watch 30 minutes of it.

Geordie Shore :

The Geordies will pile into a minibus to travel to a nightclub where they will ‘get mortal’ in an area which has been cordoned off & guarded by bouncers to prevent them being beaten up. Someone will then exclaim “time to get back to the house!” at which point they will pile back into the bus & start fighting. Upon returning to the house they will proceed to throw kebabs at one another, get naked, fall over, fight some more, vomit, copulate or any combination thereof. Rinse and repeat.

I still love it, but Death in Paradise is so comfortably formulaic.

@HesterShaw1
FFS is Kevin actually impregnating these women?).

😂 Now there’s a theory!

My dad loves Columbo..... its always the one he speaks to the most.... annoys me something silly!

Keeping Up Appearances

Oh look, her husband is being nagged.
Hang on, it’s the phone, must be Sheridan.
Dusts the phone.
Oh no, the neighbour who should be getting some treatment for her anxiety is amongst the fine China cups.
Mad-cap scheme to appear upper class.
Off to visit sister and BIL. They are slobs. LOL
Garden gates falls off hinges.
Dog in derelict car barks.
Falls into hedge.
Time to slut-shame the other sister.
Embarrassing incident in front of some wealth couple.
Hilarious name mispronunciation x multiple.

@VodselForDinner

Keeping Up Appearances

Oh look, her husband is being nagged.
Hang on, it’s the phone, must be Sheridan.
Dusts the phone.
Oh no, the neighbour who should be getting some treatment for her anxiety is amongst the fine China cups.
Mad-cap scheme to appear upper class.
Off to visit sister and BIL. They are slobs. LOL
Garden gates falls off hinges.
Dog in derelict car barks.
Falls into hedge.
Time to slut-shame the other sister.
Embarrassing incident in front of some wealth couple.
Hilarious name mispronunciation x multiple.

😂😂 Love this

I feel awful for saying it, but DIY SOS.

Before it was ordinary people a bit down on their luck. Now it seems like this isn’t enough and only families completely and utterly devastated by one disaster after another will do. I know they are doing something wonderful, but it seems a bit distasteful for the family’s grief to be entertainment. I find it a bit patronising.

I’m probably going straight to hell for thinking it!

@WestendVBroadway

Not a series, but every James Bond movie has the same ploy imho!

The bad guys are always such bad shooters!! 🤣

A place in the sun

Murder She Wrote.

Oh Jessica, it’s so nice to see you randomly having a little holiday in this lovely New England Town, shall we go out for some clam chowder? Oh yes I still work in the police force but I’m retiring soon, it’s so quiet here. Let me walk you back to your guesthouse.

JESSICA! JESSICA? there’s been a murder and we need you to help us solve it. Old Eddie from the bait shop has been found dead. I don’t like the look of it. Put on your trench coat and come and write on our blackboard down at the police station and help us solve the damn thing.

Criminal Minds

In women are disappearing from supermarket carparks/jogging/garage restrooms. Profiling team get called in. Give profile - single male nondescript in his thirties lives with mother.

Garcia uncovers a shortlist of three in between 2nd and 3rd ad breaks. Reed goes off on his own bat whilst rest of team investigate shortlist. Whoops as Reed accidentally blunders into serial killer’s den in remote wooded area. Rest of team realise Reed was right all along and arrive just as Reed is about to have his eyeballs eaten.

@TractorAndHeadphones

Star Trek. Mysterious space thing, omg nobody has seen this before/ gotten out alive, moralising LOOPHOLE FOUND, escape found just in time, moral lesson the end

Yes, but I love the original series, ones on planets are more memorable as are the Tribbles

Not sure I like the digital remastering

Suits

Nothing to actually add but wanted to say OP, great idea for a thread and I love all these descriptions. Perfect

@HesterShaw1

Grand Designs. Couple design some state of the art residence full of sustainable energy technology on a hilariously unrealistic budget. Kevin delivers whispered warnings to camera just before ad break. Specially engineered glass from Germany fails to arrive and when it does it doesn't fit - just. Woman gets pregnant and thereby the race is on to get moved in by Christmas (FFS is Kevin actually impregnating these women?). A catastrophically awful winter ensues with waist deep floods on site, and in the latter series there's a countdown clock to when you, the viewer, know that Covid is about to strike and you're shouting at the telly "Hurry UP! Covid is coming!". They move in and make the inside beautiful, and Kevin delivers his closing homily about the transformative power and beauty of great architecure.

You forgot the "couple run out of money before the build is finished, by some miracle find money, complete the build and say it was the hardest, but best thing they have ever done".

Lucifer! Don't understand the appeal. Watched the first and second seasons and I can't remember anything that happened, just him being 'quirky' and very try hard

Shop Well For Less - save money by buying THIS coffee machine. Erm - that's going to COST them since they already have a coffee machine...

We've swapped your flower wall for a cheaper one! Yeah, but they already OWNED the first one do you've cost them twice!

@AntiMaskersAreTwats

Prison Break. How many times can one person and all his girlfriends, mates, family be sent to, and then escape from prison. Mind boggling

This is the exact reason why I never started watching it, because seriously, how can they have made so many series out of it?!

My vote goes to X Factor (the one with the sob story/dead gran/brother in a wheelchair is always going to go down well whether talented or not). Also, any season of The Walking Dead after around season 5 (bad guys and disappointingly few zombies) and any soap, which just rehashes the same storyline year after year.

In the Night Garden. Iglesias Piggle goes to bed. The end.