was game of thrones for a while then i was massively paid off when the quality fell off a cliff and now nobody talks about it.

Battlestar Galactica.

lol. lmao, even. This one had such a strong start, but then it devolves into some kind of Mormon version of Salman Rushdie-style magical realism (magical sci-fi?) starting in the third season and just kind of spirals out of control from there. It's up there with Star Trek: Enterprise for "if you watch this in 2025, you're torturing yourself" factor.

if any of you jokers say 'the sopranos'...

seriously tho, you HAVE to watch breaking bad

The Sopranos. I’ve heard only good things about it, it’s ranked as one of the best shows of all time, everybody showers it with praise, etc etc.

But holy fuck, I’ve tried watching the first episode on three different occasions and I just throw my hands up and turn it off. I can’t stand their stupid fucking yank ass accents. Every time they open their mouths they annoy me. My eye twitches the whole episode and I just want it to be over.

And no, they’re not “Italian” accents, they’re fucking American.

i don't base my media consumption choices on spite for people, so i get to watch good shows instead of running a test against some mental list of things I won't watch because "that will show em!"

ill also watch just about any pilot/first episode, because in theory it's a team coming together to lead off with their dramatic/emotional hook and A-material for production value. so if they can't sell me on it and there's no other compelling, external reason to stick around after the first ep, i move on.

i also don't recommend shows to people unless they specifically ask my opinion on what to watch, and then i tailor it to them and what they're looking for in terms of story telling.

because a lot of people have weird hangups where they refuse to watch anything with Peter Falk because their uncle's piano tuner looked like him and he farted too much one day during hockey practice... and I'd just as soon not know any of this.

if someone even MENTIONS a show I haven't seen to me in person chances of me watching it drop off of a fucking cliff and I don't know why

I just can't seem to be recommended shows

Battlestar Gallactica

Don't bother, it's cringe and anyone who says otherwise has on rose-colored glasses if they haven't rewatched recently and bad tastes if they have.

Walking Dead

Feel like I'm kinda losing it, I thought this show was well known for botched seasons. I remember the infinite shotgun memes from that scene from the first season. Personally, I watched the first season and gave it a pass after that, not worth it.

Breaking Bad

Sorry, but your instincts are wrong on this one. It does live up to the hype. And you have to watch this to watch the spin off which somehow manages to be even better, Better Call Saul.

Andor doesn't live up to the hype

Rage bait

As for me, it's any Trek show except for Lower Decks, which was alright I guess. I tried watching TNG, but the first season was too cringe and idc if subsequent seasons are better, it's just too cringe.

i was the annoying person and my friend will never watch the wire

An old friend kept trying to get me to watch Seinfeld in high school.

I am vindicated in my decision to not watch it

Andor, already hated GoT enough for the prestige TV shock jock use of treating women terribly to be seen as a 'serious' and 'hard hitting' show. Its a truly terrible meta that has proliferated and forces many women with PTSD to avoid media and media discussions (a wide part of our culture). Its so bad that many survivors I know stick almost exclusively to children's shows, e.g. Adventure Time, Owl House, etc.

The only reason to watch Breaking Bad at this point (and I say that believing it is a good show) is to watch the superior Better Call Saul with context.

All three of those suck they're bad shows

(Andor is good though)

I know its good. I've been told over and over and over again. I simply can't!

People have lied to you. The showrunners basically admitted they had no plan and were making shit up as they went along, resulting in plot twists that rendered previous twists nonsensical.

The ones with a massive catalogue. Star wars, star trek, battlestar Galactica etc. Also massive deep worldbuilding.

Anything that got cancelled without a conclusion.

Soap operas and reality TV.

Andor. I'm done with Disney for what they did to The Owl House. No exceptions.

I will never watch the Wire.

Any MCU slop, i love superhero shit and all of this stuff has been ruining comics

Everything is a tie-in to something else, they're gonna start scraping the bottom of the barrel soon and not in a funny way, get a show about fucking Stingray before we get one about U.S.1 (that's the guy who has a super truck and metal plate in his head and he fights a madman in a blimp)

Hey, heard you liked Moon Knight, here's his new solo run which makes him more like the TV show and ruins the storyline that was already being built up! this is a writing method dreamed up by fools and appreciated only by the most craven dastards

every Marvel movie

I've met a few people who just fucking refuse to watch Breaking Bad and it's always someone who I know would enjoy it if they actually bothered to give it a shot. I don't know if it's your thing or not because I don't know ya, but I will still tell you what I told all of them: I actually fully understand being a contrarian but you're really only hurting yourself by not indulging in the most well-acted, well-written, well-shot show (including Better Call Saul) I have ever seen.

Andor (probably)

I haven't committed to never watching it but I'm a bit weary about revolutionary Disney slop.

The Curse / Nathan for you

I just can't. It's not that I don't understand Nathan Fielders quality but it's just too uncomfortable for me.

Doesn't help that the person who introduced me to Nathan for you was a former boss who looks and talks quite a bit like Nathan.

i don't think i like severance anymore, but i watched almost 2 seasons does that count?

All of them. I hate the way my brain feels when I watch TV, so I don't.