Firefly for too soon
Heroes for too long. It was a strong concept but there’s only so many ways you can write interesting stories with it before it becomes too much
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Did Heroes eventually have a proper ending, or did you also abruptly stop watching as it continued to drag on?
Not sure if it ever truly ended. They had a short comeback season, and I watched it, but I can’t remember anything about it.
Heroes suffered from lostism. It was a great show until they completely explained it. We love making wild guesses and hate it when the truth is less exciting than what we were thinking it might be.
They also had characters that were way too overpowered and it painted them in a corner. They had to keep handicapping them.
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Can you spoil lost for me? I watched the first season but it was too much of a time sink and I just wanted them to explain it to me already
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Seeing so many people mention Firefly gives me this warm fuzzy feeling inside.
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ended too soon, or went on too long
Arrested Development satisfies both of these
Show needed a season 4. Just not that one.
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Too long: The Walking Dead, Money Heist
Too soon: Firefly, Extracurricular
Too soon: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Once Upon a Time definitely went on too long.
Too soon: dirk gently's holistic detective agency.
My list:
Too soon:
- The OA
- Firefly
- Caprica (it was just starting to get interesting)
- Stargate Universe
- Jericho
- Altered Carbon
Too long:
- Game of thrones
- Dexter
- Lost
- Arrested development (they made a huge mistake bringing it back)
I am still mad that SGU didn't even get a sign-off movie on SyFy. That franchise was a massive property for that network, and the moment one of them faltered in the ratings they just dropped it like it was diseased. Those characters deserved better.
Altered Carbon season 1 was absolutely amazing. Everything from the cyberpunk aesthetic to Joel Kinnaman's acting was a joy to behold. The story in season 2 was good but Anthony Mackie killed it for me ... In a bad way.
Mackie is just such a limited actor. Why does he continue to get cast in movies?
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The last season of Scrubs doesn't exist and don't you dare try to convince me otherwise.
Im sad Norsemen got cancelled after season 3.
Profit ended too soon, Dexter went on way too long.
The worst "too soon" for me was Rome on HBO
Kyle XY. I'm still pissed off at the abrupt cliffhanger ending.
The OA and Sense8... Netflix, you suck. Those were stunning shows.
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Too soon: Stargate Universe Too long: most shows over 4 seasons, but specifically, Walking Dead, Big Bang Theory.
Stargate SG-1.
Season 7 finale was perfect… and then season 8 happened. It did get better with seasons 9 and 10, but the Ori arc was just a weird tonal shift from the original Egyptian mythos.
I love the show, but that’s my hot take. Should’ve ended with season 7 and just transitioned over to Atlantis instead of running alongside it.
Season 8 was supposed to be the end. They wrapped up both the replicator and goauld arcs. They were going to make a spin off called Stargate Command, but at some point they changed to title back to SG-1.
Too soons that I didn't see listed when I looked through the thread:
Dark Matter (I enjoyed this more than Firefly tbh)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Went on too long? Mr. Pickles. I like the show but it continued on past the third season as Momma Named Me Sheriff and it is significantly worse. It just feels like one of those generic crude humor shows by Roger Black and Waco O'Guin that Netflix pumps out.
There's also How I Met Your Mother and Two and a Half Men.
Ended too soon? Jeff and Some Aliens. A great dark comedy cartoon that I have rewatched several times.
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Too soon:
The Expanse
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Babylon 5: Crusade
I ferl you on The Expanse but I don't think anyone would have liked it if they'd adapted the last 2 books.
Because of the time jump everyone's middle aged and interested in meetings and things, Amos isn't himself, and people that fans of the show were wondering about (eg Naomi's son Filip) are just not in it, neither is Avasarala.
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Did anyone else watch Alphas? Stopped abruptly after 2 seasons.
Could not make it today with all the superhero fatigue, but in 2011 it was awesome.
The Office (US) could have ended with the proposal in the rain.
It probably should have ended with the wedding in Niagara.
It definitely should have ended when Michael left. Don't give me your Robert California bullshit either. The series was already on fumes and the last two seasons were garbage.
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Ended too soon? Too many to list. My most recent gripe is half bad on Netflix.
Too long? Most recent is nurse Jackie.
My most recent gripe is half bad on Netflix.
Netflix the notorious unfinisher, was it only truly a quarter bad by its end?
It was fricking good. At least 3/4s good.
Too soon: Counterpart. A truly marvelous science fiction thriller that explored the concept of a parallel universe and starred J. K. Simmons. I'm still fuming that Starz cancelled it after two seasons. It's not even available to stream anymore...
Too soon: The Critic. We deserved more than 23 episodes of this brilliant show. It's too bad that the first season was on ABC who didn't know what to do with it, as they put it on before Home Improvement which was a completely different concept.
Too late: King of the Hill. It should've ended when Luanne and Lucky got married like it supposed to. Few of the episodes after that were memorable, and the finale wasn't as good as it could've been.
Both: Family Guy. The pre cancellation seasons were funny and the first couple of seasons after the revival were as well, but it insisted upon itself after awhile and the characters became more mean spirited than they originally were.
How to with John Wilson. Not too soon for the usual reasons. I believe he decided he had said his piece. But god damn do I want so much more.
Kevin Spencer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250876/
It's a Canadian show and I have no idea how it lasted for more than one season.
Chop Sockey Chooks.
Ended too soon.
Even though I'm a fan of both shows 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star have both been going on for far too long, them being forced to keep the teams together and not have any major character deaths, job changes, or major new additions really hampers how much they can do with the characters.
Terra Nova, Whiskey Cavalier, The Premise, and Y: The Last Man all ended too soon as well.
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