Forcing yourself to finish a series even though it’s horrible

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Anonymous wrote:I had to quit watching Feud the Swans or whatever it was called out of secondhand embarrassment for all the actors. Unbearable. No way could I finish it.

I couldn't finish this one either. A mishmash of performances--some excellent, some not--but poor writing and execution overall.

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I hate-watched all of the recent True Detective season with Jodi Foster. Horrific, but I had to see it through.

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Anonymous wrote:Finishing Game of Thrones turned out to be a chore for me.

I got to season 3 and then just read weekly recaps so I wasn't out of the cultural zeitgeist but had no desire to continue with actually watching. It happens.

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There are shows that I watched religiously at one point that I just lost interest in before they ended. Like Revenge- I think I had like 3 episodes left, but I just didn’t care anymore.

On one hand, I think “I should just finish”, but on the other I just think “what’s the point?”

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Outlander was only goodish the first two seasons. I found myself ffwding some episodes after that. I know everyone loved Schitt$ Creek but I gave up in Season 5. While Dan Levy is a very likable guy, he doesn’t seem to have much range and the other characters became so grating.

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The Walking Dead. First 3 seasons were good, but then it just became too torturous and dragged out. I think I stopped after they moved to Alexandria.

Jane the Virgin. Loved it at first, but realized that I'm not into lengthy soap operas.

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I never feel the need to continue. I just read up on what happens and that is enough for me. Too many good things to watch what doesn’t make me happy.

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"Swans" did get better in the end, IMO. I almost gave up on it. The costumes and Naomi Watts was worth it for me.

I may be giving up on The Walking Dead. I've been watching it on Netflix but it's gotten tedious. I think I'm in season 8.

I did give up on Outlander -- more because I couldn't stream it anymore. But once I could again, I wasn't interested enough.

Virgin River -- just too much drama all the time.

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I’m in this right now with the 3 Body Problem. It was fascinating, but now we have figured out what is going on and it slowed way down and got boring.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate-watched all of the recent True Detective season with Jodi Foster. Horrific, but I had to see it through.

I was so frustrated by all of the unanswered questions.

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I remember the moment I realized I didn't have to finish a book if it wasn't keeping my interest. So liberating. I abandon shows all the time. Movies too. Zero guilt.

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No. Actually, I've quit couple of shows mid-episode, like 'Girls' and 'House of Cards'. Both had grown increasingly annoying for a while and then there was that one scene that was the last drop.

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We watched a couple of episodes of Yellowstone and then just stopped. It wasn't the way I wanted to spend my time. A few others we've just lost interest in. We had to force ourselves to finish season 2 of White Lotus only because we wanted to see what happened. I did not enjoy the show at all and in fact found it disturbing.

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Anonymous wrote:There are too many good shows to waste your time on one that doesn't suit your tastes.

+1 I will abandon ship in a heartbeat.

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sometimes, I will keep watching something because I know so many other people seem to love it even if I am not loving it. So I probably give most of those shows more time than they deserve, but sometimes they DO get better and others, I just quit.