your show's SHARK JUMP

[Mr Light]

Season 9 - "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" The first episode of season 9, which was the first season to feature very bad episodes in consecutive order. While the first eight seasons did have bad episodes and there were some great episodes in season 9 (and the seasons that have happened since), this was the worst season opener so far up to that point, and it was a sign of bad things to come.

This is my all time favorite episode of the Simpsons. The Sting music playing while the pimp chases after Homer. Homer's car parked in the middle of the WTC. Crapkalash Juice. Homer thinking he reach the pizza place across the street just by stretching his arms. The sound of Homer relieving himself. The horse cabby whipping Homer in the eye. Homer driving the car with the boot on as it slowly rips the car apart. Homer driving over the bridge as the garbage truck slowly slaps used syringes and baby diapers into his face.

 

[AliciaD496]

I don't think anyone has mentioned Gilmore Girls, maybe I was the only one who watched the show...

I guess there's a couple different places, at least, that it really 'lost the magic' that made show good.

-End of Season 4 and Rory's little 'mini-affair' with Dean after he'd been married for NEARLY A YEAR, very OOC for her and brought back a plot-line that should have stayed finished. Not that I'm complaining because it brought back the lovely Jared Padalecki as a regular for a few episodes.

-End Season 5 and the manufactured 'drama' of separating Lorelei and Rory. It never really righted itself after this, the plot-line turned around too quickly and in the mean time it was all just...weird. Then the head writers quit at the end of season 6 and the slide continued.

All in all...I've heard the theory before that the show should have ended after season 3 with Rory's graduation from high school and I think after re-watching a few times the complete series I think I agree. Once the main characters were living totally separate lives (as was natural with Rory going to college) it split the focus of the show and changed the dynamics in a bad way.

 

[Too Much Fun]

Season 9 - "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" The first episode of season 9, which was the first season to feature very bad episodes in consecutive order. While the first eight seasons did have bad episodes and there were some great episodes in season 9 (and the seasons that have happened since), this was the worst season opener so far up to that point, and it was a sign of bad things to come.

This is my all time favorite episode of the Simpsons. The Sting music playing while the pimp chases after Homer. Homer's car parked in the middle of the WTC. Crapkalash Juice. Homer thinking he reach the pizza place across the street just by stretching his arms. The sound of Homer relieving himself. The horse cabby whipping Homer in the eye. Homer driving the car with the boot on as it slowly rips the car apart. Homer driving over the bridge as the garbage truck slowly slaps used syringes and baby diapers into his face.

I'll never understand how people can ever enjoy what happens to Homer in that episode. I loved that character dearly for eight seasons and always found his adventures entertaining until this episode. I knew this was the beginning of my love for The Simpsons dwindling when this episode ended up being the first time I found it a complete drag having to watch Homer in an episode focused on him.

I found the stuff that happened to him either boring, terribly unfunny, or just plain depressing. I hate how he spent the whole episode complaining and suffering. He was so loud and obnoxious in this episode, and the things that happened to him were just horrible in a way that wasn't funny. It was the first time I really couldn't stand him or watching what he went through.

Not that he'd never been loud and obnoxious before, but in the past there was always an endearing charm to him despite his loudness and selfishness. Here he was just a shrill annoyance the whole time. I admit Homer peeing and the crab juice guy were funny, though.

 

[Broccoli]

Season 9 - "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" The first episode of season 9, which was the first season to feature very bad episodes in consecutive order. While the first eight seasons did have bad episodes and there were some great episodes in season 9 (and the seasons that have happened since), this was the worst season opener so far up to that point, and it was a sign of bad things to come.

This is my all time favorite episode of the Simpsons. The Sting music playing while the pimp chases after Homer. Homer's car parked in the middle of the WTC. Crapkalash Juice. Homer thinking he reach the pizza place across the street just by stretching his arms. The sound of Homer relieving himself. The horse cabby whipping Homer in the eye. Homer driving the car with the boot on as it slowly rips the car apart. Homer driving over the bridge as the garbage truck slowly slaps used syringes and baby diapers into his face.

I agree. I love that episode, but that season (from what I remember) did have a lot of bumps in the road.

 

[Warp Coil]

I don't think anyone has mentioned Gilmore Girls, maybe I was the only one who watched the show...

I guess there's a couple different places, at least, that it really 'lost the magic' that made show good.

-End of Season 4 and Rory's little 'mini-affair' with Dean after he'd been married for NEARLY A YEAR, very OOC for her and brought back a plot-line that should have stayed finished. Not that I'm complaining because it brought back the lovely Jared Padalecki as a regular for a few episodes.

-End Season 5 and the manufactured 'drama' of separating Lorelei and Rory. It never really righted itself after this, the plot-line turned around too quickly and in the mean time it was all just...weird. Then the head writers quit at the end of season 6 and the slide continued.

All in all...I've heard the theory before that the show should have ended after season 3 with Rory's graduation from high school and I think after re-watching a few times the complete series I think I agree. Once the main characters were living totally separate lives (as was natural with Rory going to college) it split the focus of the show and changed the dynamics in a bad way.

I respectfully disagree - there were too many great little moments and scenes during seasons 4-5, and I loved them. One of my favorite Lorelei scenes takes place in season 5. But the series should have ended there. Luke and Lorelei were together and the show could have gone out on top. Season 6's contrived drama between mother and daughter was bad, and season 7 was a train wreck.

 

[WHF]

I did watch the finale, that is why I put cured in quotation marks. It's easy to kill characters in the final episode (Enterprise did it and that wasn't a show known for being on the cutting edge), killing a popular, important character during a series raises the stakes for the remaining characters for the rest of the series.

I don't think they needed Roslin to die to raise the stakes. The stakes were pretty high to begin with and they certainly did kill off a number of characters along the way.

Unimportant characters or characters they were not using. Did you ever feel like any of the main characters would permanently die before the final epsiode?

 

[barnaclelapse]

Season 9 - "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" The first episode of season 9, which was the first season to feature very bad episodes in consecutive order. While the first eight seasons did have bad episodes and there were some great episodes in season 9 (and the seasons that have happened since), this was the worst season opener so far up to that point, and it was a sign of bad things to come.

This is my all time favorite episode of the Simpsons. The Sting music playing while the pimp chases after Homer. Homer's car parked in the middle of the WTC. Crapkalash Juice. Homer thinking he reach the pizza place across the street just by stretching his arms. The sound of Homer relieving himself. The horse cabby whipping Homer in the eye. Homer driving the car with the boot on as it slowly rips the car apart. Homer driving over the bridge as the garbage truck slowly slaps used syringes and baby diapers into his face.

That's one of my all-time favorite episodes as well. The Bart/Lisa/Marge b-story is a little weak, but Homer's main story is hysterical.

Of course, I'm of the opinion that The Simpsons STILL hasn't jumped the shark, despite a slight decline in quality.

 

[beneldon]

Season 9 - "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" The first episode of season 9, which was the first season to feature very bad episodes in consecutive order. While the first eight seasons did have bad episodes and there were some great episodes in season 9 (and the seasons that have happened since), this was the worst season opener so far up to that point, and it was a sign of bad things to come.

This is my all time favorite episode of the Simpsons. The Sting music playing while the pimp chases after Homer. Homer's car parked in the middle of the WTC. Crapkalash Juice. Homer thinking he reach the pizza place across the street just by stretching his arms. The sound of Homer relieving himself. The horse cabby whipping Homer in the eye. Homer driving the car with the boot on as it slowly rips the car apart. Homer driving over the bridge as the garbage truck slowly slaps used syringes and baby diapers into his face.

That's one of my all-time favorite episodes as well. The Bart/Lisa/Marge b-story is a little weak, but Homer's main story is hysterical.

Of course, I'm of the opinion that The Simpsons STILL hasn't jumped the shark, despite a slight decline in quality.

I love the Simpsons and agree it hasn't jumped the shark but I was disturbed when I watched him in the episode where he became Mr. Burns' "Prank-monkey". I shudder when I think of that Panda suit...

I mean sure, getting smacked in the face with syringes and diapers while leaving his nemesis-city is one thing; he was obnoxious and boorish and deserved a good smacking but My God! Panda goo? uhhhhh!

 

[Karnbeln]

I think Heroes jumped the shark at the start of season three/ end of season two. Sure, season two was rather boring, but it still was the same show with the same feel. Too much, actually. The writers tried to do the exact same speed progression as in season one, going from slow to fast. They were going somewhere, and it got cut short by the writers' strike. When everyone reacted poorly to season 2, they went all whiz-bang over the top, with the story changing focus every other episode and big events that really changed nothing. Someone lost or regained powers every damn episode in volume 3. Volume 4 was better in that regard, but still isn't the same show I signed up for.

(Still, I love Heroes and plan to keep watching. I can see all the problems, I can shout, "Oh, come on!" at the TV all I want, but I still am entertained and still want to see more every week.)

 

[Tom Hendricks]

For me, ER. When Dr. Green died. I hated the entire story line. It was totally unnecessary. I hated them putting him together with Corday. They should have left her with Benton.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I think Heroes jumped the shark at the start of season three/ end of season two. Sure, season two was rather boring, but it still was the same show with the same feel. Too much, actually. The writers tried to do the exact same speed progression as in season one, going from slow to fast. They were going somewhere, and it got cut short by the writers' strike. When everyone reacted poorly to season 2, they went all whiz-bang over the top, with the story changing focus every other episode and big events that really changed nothing. Someone lost or regained powers every damn episode in volume 3. Volume 4 was better in that regard, but still isn't the same show I signed up for.

(Still, I love Heroes and plan to keep watching. I can see all the problems, I can shout, "Oh, come on!" at the TV all I want, but I still am entertained and still want to see more every week.)

If Heroes has jumped the shark, it was What They Did in the S3 finale. But I don't care, the absurdity just makes me want to find out what happens even more.

I really can't think of something that a show has done that's made me say, "That's it, I'm DONE!" If I like the characters and the premise, I'll stick around. If I don't like those things, I don't watch anyway.

 

[sidious618]

Unimportant characters or characters they were not using. Did you ever feel like any of the main characters would permanently die before the final epsiode?

Yes, I did.