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In response to "fyi, The Following finale was god-awful." by Jovian

i just don't understand why people stuck with a show they thought was so bad

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Apr 30 '13, 11:38

i didn't find it nearly as objectionable as you did at at some point I just gave up on it.

Is there going to be a 2nd season?

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I don't get it either. It's like there's a ton of people who keep watching the shows, for the sole purpose of bitching about it. -- nm - Jim Apr 30, 12:07 3
- for the record! this is my only bitch show for the season. -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 12:15
- i barely have time to actually sit and watch the shows i *do* like. -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 12:13
- to laugh at it. laugh with someone else about it. see how it's going to turn out and how it's going to write itself out of a corner every week. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:09
I've stuck with other shows - being a completist, holding out hope that something that was good will be so again, etc. - b. Apr 30, 11:48 4
- i get stuck watching stuff becasue of hte completist thing too. Like 'Smash'. - Diva Apr 30, 11:51 3
  - it ended on saturday, I think. thank god. I hateloved that show. -- nm - amanda Apr 30, 12:21 2
    - maybe at least one more, I think. -- (link) - Diva Apr 30, 12:28 1
      - epguides lists episodes for May 4, May 11, and two hours on May 26 -- nm - Max Apr 30, 12:32
and yep, it was renewed after the 3rd episode. (its a ratings hit!) - Jovian Apr 30, 11:41 2
- (spoils) - prayformojo Apr 30, 11:43 1
  - spoils - Jovian Apr 30, 11:51
If I may, I know that on my behalf it is because I now enjoy hate-watching. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 11:39 18
- I'm a few episodes behind but I'll finish the season. I just wish the tv networks would look at a show like this and say we're going to do this show - pmb Apr 30, 12:03 6
  - limiting could be good; but, maybe even more likely would be shorter seasons, a la the UK series. - b. Apr 30, 12:11
  - writing a network show is like laying down tracks for a constantly approaching freight train - charlie Apr 30, 12:09 3
    - I imagine that would require tons of antacids. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:11 2
      - it varies from show to show. CBS procedurals keep bankers' hours because they are pure formula. more ambitious shows can be hectic-er -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 12:19 1
        
        hm. we need you to get on one the more creative/crazier ones and give us all the scoop. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:32
  - yes. I like that AHS does this but I hope they reign in it some for the next season. 'Asylum' was often unwatchable. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:06
- Which is why I continued to watch. Though I wont be back. Just wanted to finish it out. -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 11:41 10
  - I felt this way about Alcatraz -- nm - Epiphany Apr 30, 11:44 2
    - heh. yea, I reached my breaking point with Alcatraz. I jumped ship after episode 5 or 6 -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 11:54 1
      - Another show on target to write itself into a corner and have a lackluster payoff. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 30, 11:55
  - it's funny how much I liked bitching about it, but now in light of what's been going on in Boston it just makes every depiction of the FBI - Diva Apr 30, 11:44 6
    - one of the reasons I liked Die Hard 4 was their depiction of the FBI - Beaker Apr 30, 11:46 5
      - Hannibal's depiction of the FBI is pretty spot on (though unfortunately this is the 'thriller' show that will get cancelled) -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 11:50
      - pretty much. 1. Die Hard 4, 2. Silence of the Lambs...and um, um...:) -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 11:47
      - (similar to my reading, I am so sick of books with a man/woman being chased by unknown forces who meets a man/woman who needs/provides assistance) - Beaker Apr 30, 11:47 2
        
        same as the 'evil' small town, they always bump into the *one* person who knows and can help but somehow is not in danger themselves -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 30, 11:53
        
        several+ years ago, I had to stop reading "woman/girl has a horrid life but overcomes" books. - b. Apr 30, 11:52

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