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TheBlackSwarm t1_jabflu2 wrote

How the hell did this show get 7 seasons.

In my opinion the max a show could go on for without running stale is 6 seasons depending on how good and engaging the story is.

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PetyrDayne t1_jabfv4i wrote

Show ended for me after season 2. The writers just kinda lost it after that.

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ghostcider t1_jabgllv wrote

Clancy Brown even said in an interview that to cut corners they fired the writers who made season 1 what it was.

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Captain_-H t1_jabj43v wrote

Wow, yeah I loved season 1, and then 2 was still pretty good and it kept getting worse after that

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ghostcider t1_jabo41r wrote

The writer's room also went from a complex understanding of the worlds they were writing about to just using generic tropes about the rich. Tropes are awesome, but not when used as a replacement for knowing what you are doing.

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PetyrDayne t1_jabh2rn wrote

I didn't know that. What a bunch of muppets. Knowing showtime they are gonna keep this running for 5 more seasons till they eventually cancel it when the writing gets even more god awful

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NaRaGaMo t1_jad47lj wrote

>more seasons till they eventually cancel it when the writing gets even more god awful

you mean when viewership decreases below profitable levels, it's pretty clear at this point they don't care for quality at all

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Indigocell t1_jad1efm wrote

Very reminiscent of how AMC treated The Walking Dead following a hit first season.

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loose_larry t1_jaccgwt wrote

Pretty much how I felt. Chuck motherfucking rhoades

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ebradio t1_jacqdl1 wrote

I made it to season 6 but quit half way through. The writing is horrific.

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Halo909 t1_jabpib5 wrote

In one of the seasons there was a writers strike. I don't remember which season but it was with the one of the storylines where they poison the chipotle .

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zombiejeebus t1_jabh556 wrote

Showtime will just keep milking and milking their shows until there’s literally nothing left but dust

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Loki1947 t1_jacf8s1 wrote

Showtime is the worst network outside of CBS when it comes to never letting their shows end gracefully. And they never do. They always keep going and going until Showtime just cancels them unceremoniously.

Dexter was the closest, but that was shot in the foot because they were planning for the inevitable reboot and then the reboot was shot in the foot because they were planning for a spin-off (that now isn't going to happen.)

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myassholealt t1_jadzfkb wrote

>Showtime is the worst network outside of CBS

And now they will be one! Though I'm expecting a content purge as they consolidate.

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LostInStatic t1_jadw226 wrote

I fucking burst out laughing when I saw the Yellowjackets creators touting a five season arc. They were running out of ideas at the end of season one

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zombiejeebus t1_jacqxrv wrote

I can think of at least three showtime shows where they forced me the viewer to make the call and decide to stop watching a former favorite show of mine because it needed to be put out to pasture.

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hello_goodbye t1_jabhsxl wrote

I don't know if you have heard but, in addition to Season 7, Showtime is launching FOUR spinoff shows: Billions: London, Billions: Miami, Millions, and Trillions.

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Deserterdragon t1_jad0gcf wrote

Cowardly not to do a spin off called hundreds and thousands.

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Dogbuysvan t1_jaddmlw wrote

They already made too many seasons of Shameless.

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Brandhor t1_jabmkq9 wrote

from what I recall they always planned to make 7 seasons

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EvilioMTE t1_jabtkxc wrote

People need to stop planning such long shows.

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