My mom quit Game of Thrones because they killed the dog in the first episode
She made the right decision.
My wife quit GoT when Joffrey ordered the dire wolf killed. Same reason, kinda.
oh yeah, that’s the dog I was talking about
Same for me, except in Kung Pow.
L’s Death in DeathNote. Near was cool and all, but the entire story after L dies felt like an epilogue rather than a continuation of the plot.
Walking Dead (show): Glenn
Glenn and Maggie were the only thing worth rooting for at that point and losing one of them ruined the last thing interesting about the show.
TWD is the only show that gets shit on for that time it followed the comics.
I’m not shitting on it, and I strongly doubt it is the only show. They also didn’t follow the comics most of the time so making it a big deal for this one event, where they also killed off another character that was on a semi interesting arc, is a silly thing to focus on.
Killing off main characters can be a good thing, but the show just didn’t have any remaining compelling character arcs once they killed off the last thing that gave any reason for living to introduce yet another ‘humans are the real monsters’ villain.
Tbf, I meant generally.
Its the most common reason people seem to have for why they quit the show.
Probably because it seemed like a reversal. Glenn is nobody in the comics so when this happens.
Yes, but is their reason like mine where it isn’t the death itself but how they lead up to it with the stupid trash can fake out and that they had already ruined any reason for rooting for the other characters?
It was the last straw in a series of decisions by the showrunners, not something that came out of the blue and ruined an otherwise enjoyable show.
I hated the cliffhanger … not showing the person(s) was just cheap.
The trash can thing didn’t help, to be sure.
It already felt like the writers weren’t going anywhere before that, Glenn ended up being the last straw.
Joel’s death in The Last of Us. It was a bad idea in the second game and it had the same effect on the show.
I put off watching the last season of DS9 for a while, after they killed off Jadzia Dax in a really forced way. The worst part was that there was another episode that season where she almost died and it would’ve been a much more personal and appropriate way for her to go, but instead she’s randomly at the wrong place when the big bad shows up doing main plot stuff and that’s it. It was incredibly disappointing. Apparently there was some drama with contract shenanigans behind the scenes, so they ended up having to write it in last minute.
I did eventually come back and watch the last season and I’m glad I did, but I legit almost dropped it.
The last half of the last season of DS9 was some of the most exciting TV I’ve ever seen. That final arc was great.
Not one person in particular, but I gave up on ‘The 100’ after the space people decided to massacre the locals about two weeks after landing.
It seemed like the show was just one massacre after another at that point.
Glen in the walking dead. I was already on the posts during the governor arch. But Glenn fucking broke me.
Alex death in the expanse. Rounded off the experience and end of the series but also marked the end for me.
Shayla from Mr. Robot. I just lover her so much for some reason.
The only one for me was Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey. I don’t recall now exactly why, but reading the plot overview, I think it was because the aristocrat/commoner tension was what held my interest. The show was mostly a period soap opera with some social commentary elements. With his death, it felt like losing the drama and keeping the melodrama. (Although that plot line was mostly wrapped up by the end of the 3rd series, too.) I don’t recall being angry, or deciding not to watch further, I just never got around to it.
Same. Not an intentional drop for me but had no interest to continue after that and didn’t resume when the next season started.
Idk, but I know what character death made me watch the rest of the series that I would stop otherwise.
It’s Tuvix ofc.Woodhouse and then Malory in Archer. i actually really enjoyed the coma seasons, but they’re damn good proof that you can’t come back home after you jump the shark.
You do know that both of the actors that played those characters died in real life, right?
yes, but that didn’t force the showrunners to paint themselves into a corner and then try to walk through the fresh paint as though everything was normal.
Janice in Barry. I will probably go back to watching the series, but the finale kind of ruined the things.
If it helps, the show really deep dives the consequences of that, and really all of Barry’s actions.
Great show
Uhhhggg that one anime with the two brothers and the mechs with drills.
I could not handle when sunglasses bro died. He was literally the only reason I liked that show, which I know is kind of the point because the little bro doesn’t even like his own show when his brother is gone, but fuck!
Couldn’t do it, man.
Oh, and I almost quit Angel multiple times back when it was a new episode every week. The first one because the actor died, I understood and it was sad but not worth quitting. The next because Charisma got pregnant? (Even though I didn’t know why Cordy was killed off then) Then the character of Fred, but at least she got a new character that I grew to really like. But hated how Wesley’s death happened. Darla’s death was pretty epic though. That show was so all over the place.
