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I watch quite a lot of series and enjoy some of them. TV has never been too good, and nowadays its the most obvious that write-as-you-go model has blatant flaws. Storytelling is difficult enough already, but it's worse when you don't know how many episodes you actually have to tell the story, and you have to argue with other writers to include your scenes and plot lines.

I constantly find myself enjoying miniseries the most. The ending makes the story. So, the second best shows are those where every season or series has a self-contained opening and ending arcs. Cliffhangers bore me, most hooks are lost on me. Usually when characters seem to meander and roam aimlessly is because the writers are lost as well. And plots of convenience (where magically something just happened by chance to create or resolve a new plotline, or deus ex machina) just completely bore me.

So, anyways, to answer the question. True Blood lost me completely midway second season. Awesome world, but the writers didn't know how to write for shit.

300+ posts and I only see about 13 or so, time for a new instance I think. Does lemm.ee really censor so much or is it my client.

severance. just so boring... uneventful. i just cant bring myself to care about the characters in any capacity. ive said it in other threads, its just 'depression porn'

The News. Repulsive, unbelievable main characters; insane plots; waay too many subplots; you can't understand a story without reading the fucking Wiki or going two knuckles deep on a forum to get the backstory or just picking up on the mode esoteric hints; this whole annoying multi-platform thing where you only fully understand a story if you watch it on six different platforms (I had enough of that shit with the Matrix twenty-five years ago, thanks).

The Boys. First season had raw charm with some cool punk tracks, then season two sterilised it and it seemed to become another day time TV show. Had a similar experience with Black Mirror once that got the American/Hollywood treatment. Always Sunny lost its charm when the gang went to Ireland. Aweful end to what was otherwise a good series. But I mostly dislike American TV.

The Expanse

Stranger Things

Deep Space Nine

Succession. I stopped watching somewhere in the 2nd season.

Manifest. Holy shit, I tried. But wow, just mind numbing.

One Piece - with One Pace i got through the alabasta arc. The characters all have good back stories and motivations. I mean it is well written, but with how the stakes and emotional depth are managed it just feels like a sit-com. I want to like it more, but i just don't foresee myself throwing it on again.