Really? Damn, I mean to each their own, but the show started getting really interesting in the episode where Walter brought in the fulminated mercury...

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Some of the early episodes really show their age. It's definitely still worth watching in 2025, but it is an old show at this point.

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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah I couldn't stand it, and came to the comments because I was sure it would already be mentioned.

I stuck through season 1, pretending that the character's arcs were believable and fast forwarding through some of the brutality, then gave up.

A friend convinced me to try again, but the seconds time I gave up after the season with the shots of the pool debris at the start. The payoff on that felt cheap and vaguely a violation of chekovs gun. After that I had to tell the friend who wanted me to watch it that I was done and wouldn't be trying again.

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[–] QuizzaciousOtter@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm so with you. I don't think I know a single person who has seen Breaking Bad and didn't like it. Meanwhile I hated it.

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

the office. the documentary/handheld camera style cinematography is nauseating to watch. see also: parks & rec and similarly-shot titles.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It took me several attempts to watch parks & rec. It ended up being one my favorite. I've tried The Office a couple times and couldn't do it. Same with Sunny.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The office had to happen to open the door for the genre to the general public. So I say thanks to it, we got the more refined parks and rec. Watching the office back in the day was hilarious, but now it's clear that it only walked so parks and rec could run.

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[–] essell@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Big Bang Theory

Didn't work for me. So dull. Felt like it was made twenty years earlier than it was.

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 12 points 2 weeks ago

BBT is critically acclaimed in the same way the Big Mac is the world's most popular burger.

[–] rojo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also mostly sex jokes disguised as smart people humor. It quickly gets old.

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[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

They may as well call it The Big Gangbang Theory because it portrays nerd/geeks the same way porn portrays sex.

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[–] MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 weeks ago

I tried to watch Downton Abbey with my wife. I can appreciate the acting, costumes, and sets, but I could really not have cared less about the minutiae of the lives of 1910s British upper class and their servants

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Game of thrones, tried and failed at least twice

[–] gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey, at least you didn't have to suffer through the ending.

[–] carbs@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I only had to suffer through the ending, still makes me mad.

The story, if anyone is bored...

I was on a work retreat/hack-a-thon and the final episode was being broadcast that night. I'd tried and failed to find any part of game of thrones interesting in the past, I'd never seen a complete episode.

Everyone is there glued to the TV, I'm at the dinning room table trying to get some kind of work done, but ended up watching most of the episode.

What a massive pile of crap I thought to myself, no idea what these people are on about.

I'm glad everyone agreed it sucked, but really annoyed that is the only episode I've seen, and I will never waste my time on it.

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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

My dad is always stunned that I never really got into GoT. I tuned in for a couple of seasons at the beginning, but life just got too busy for these kinds of big shows.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I never could get into The Sopranos, and I don't think I'll ever get around to scratching it off my watchlist.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

It took me a very long time before. I finally watched that show a few years ago. I didn’t care for it in the beginning, but towards the middle it got a bit more interesting. I didn’t care for the ending. Overall, it’s not gonna be one of those shows I go back to and binge again and again. But I was glad to at least have seen it once.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

For me, The Expanse.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The first couple of episodes drag, but it picks up later. You might try the books instead. Or even the audiobooks — the narrator for those does an excellent job.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I did try the first audio book and found myself unmoved. It wasn't awful, but I wasn't as impressed as most seem to be. I'm glad it was enjoyed, but I was ready for it to be over long before it was.

That was around six years ago, though. I might feel differently if I tried again today.

Thanks for the recommendations!

[–] stankcheez@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I can understand this one. I enjoyed the series enough to go back and read the books, but the acting overall was not great

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Boardwalk Empire. I really tried.

Also, house of the Dragon. I made it mostly through the first season, but then I just couldn’t take it anymore.

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[–] TheCelticPirate@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The White Lotus. I got 2-3 episodes in and was just bored. None of the characters were likable so I just didn't care.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same, why should I care about these people?

The only character that seemed like an actual character in S1 was the manager, and...

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, that's the point of the show.... Their problems are ridiculous and petty, the entire point is to show what rich people think problems are

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[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Every reality series.

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[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

White Lotus. Just couldn't care about anything happening.

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[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

That I watched it all the way through? The Expanse.

I watched the first season and then stopped? Stranger Things.

Have no interest in? Game of Thrones

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Watching just the first season of Stranger Things was probably the right way to do it. The first season is a complete story, and all the other seasons just feel like Netflix milking its success for $$$.

Other shows where you can watch the first season and stop for similar reasons: Handmaids Tale, Westworld.

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[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

So, S1 of the expanse was my favorite season by far, mostly because I loved the introduction to the belter ethos, it set a tableau for the rest of the season which was much more action oriented.

[–] Potatisen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

S1 was so cool! The whole detective, noir thing I absolutely loved!

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[–] proper@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Arrested Development. I can’t do Bateman AND Howard’s narration.

[–] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Peaky blinders - I love this era with movies and what not but this show just didn’t hit for me

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[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Breaking bad.

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[–] dwemthy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Arcane. Despite all the writers effort to create emotional investment it was like someone's D&D backstory for their edgy rogue

[–] dgbbad@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Would you mind naming a couple shows you actually do like? As a huge Arcane fan, I'm intrigued to hear what you consider good.

[–] dwemthy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sure: JoJo's bizarre adventure, Delicious in Dungeon, Star Trek DS9, Bob's Burgers.

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[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Mad Men

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is just not a single AMC show I can get into. I don't know if it's the style or what but I just none of them work for me.

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[–] BarrierWithAshes@fedia.io 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Banshee. Went into it expecting something like Justified where it showed small town sheriff stuff but no. It was just flashbacks to before he became sheriff and constant sex scenes.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, it had some Justified to it, but you can't beat some good old Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins.

[–] BarrierWithAshes@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Good thing Deadwood exists. So far that's been able to scratch that itch.

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[–] SteveDinn@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

" Breaking Bad - I had to force myself to watch 5 episodes. Just didn't get it.
" The Sopranos - I don't like mob stuff. I didn't like the godfather either.
" The Wire - this one surprised me because I generally like cop shows. Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mr. Robot. Finished season 1 and decided not my cup of tea. Hated every single character in it. Felt same way about White Lotus too.

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[–] roserose56@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The office and Big Bang Theory. The office wasn't funny at all, more of a boring, and same with BBT, too nerdish to keep going, Sheldon was somehow funny.

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[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Almost all of them.

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