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What shows had awkward or otherwise poor returns from cancelations? (leminal.space)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When watching a show a while after it's released you can sometimes tell when a show was canceled because a season will end on a big (occasionally spiteful) event.

The following season after it's picked back up occasionally stumbles a bit but I'm wondering what examples can you think of that were especially bad?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The X-Files return. 2 brief seasons that felt like they were designed to make sure no one asks for any more of the show ever again.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, that one was just so so bad. For some reason, Chris Carter has completely lost the ability to write even a half-decent script. Also, the new seasons never account for the fact that conspiracy theorists have changed from leftist counter-culture nerds to right-wing nutjobs since the 90s.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I was watching it even though it was testing my patience a bit, and then they made an offhand remark about the moon landing being a conspiracy and that was the final straw that made me quit lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There are a couple of fantastic episodes sprinkled in there though. One is like a Black Mirror episode with Mulder and Scully being chased by a malevolent AI. There are a few that seem like they came straight out of the 90s monster of the week episodes too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And they completely forgot about their kid and the end of the world story didn't they?