Can we talk about that new fantasy show everyone was hyping up?

I gave in and bought a whole month of that fancy streaming service just to watch it, cost me $18. The first episode was okay, but by the third one the plot just fell apart. I kept waiting for it to get good and ended up wasting a whole weekend on all eight episodes. What's a show you started that totally wasn't worth the time?

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hannahsingh4d ago

What if you just missed the good parts?

milacraig4d ago

But what if the good parts are hidden in the quiet moments everyone else skips? You might turn it off right before a side character has a line that changes how you see the whole story. Sometimes the plot needs to build slowly so the payoff actually means something. Jumping ship early means you never get that click when everything finally makes sense. It's like leaving a puzzle half-finished and saying it's broken.

val_williams4d ago

Honestly, the idea of missing the good parts is what KEEPS me watching bad shows. You sit through hours of boring stuff just in case it gets amazing. But sometimes a show is just broken from the start. The plot holes get bigger, the characters make dumb choices, and you realize there IS no good part coming. You just wasted all that time on a story that never knew where it was going.