Shows You Go Back To

[Seldon2639]

Like a battered spouse, I'm watching the new Episodes of House. I come back to the series again, and again, hoping for it to get better and stop bludgeoning me with terrible writing, heinous plots, and characters that wouldn't know development if it bit them on the ass.

First three seasons were great. House was affably mean, doing things against the rules in order to help people, making people feel bad in order to fix them. Now he's just a jerk, making people miserable in order to fill an empty void in his life. If this is some character study of one man's descent into madness, that's artistic, but do I really want to watch it?

There's only so much rehashing of "House is a jerk to Cuddy, then Wilson, then his team, then the patient, then he discovers the cure, and is made into a nice guy for fifteen seconds, then they press the reset button and he's an ass for the next episode". Not even an entertaining one anymore.

So, I'm wondering if there are people who keep going back to shows they know suck, with the glimmer of hope that they'll right themselves. Did you watch Enterprise because you figured "Star Trek can't suck this much"? Did you watch the newest Star Wars movies because George Lucas shouldn't be that terrible? Do you watch Heroes because it really *should* be awesome?

 

[sheic99]

Batman the Animated Series.

Edit: Maybe I should have read your post before responding.

 

[Inverse Skies]

Like a battered spouse, I'm watching the new Episodes of House. I come back to the series again, and again, hoping for it to get better and stop bludgeoning me with terrible writing, heinous plots, and characters that wouldn't know development if it bit them on the ass.

First three seasons were great. House was affably mean, doing things against the rules in order to help people, making people feel bad in order to fix them. Now he's just a jerk, making people miserable in order to fill an empty void in his life. If this is some character study of one man's descent into madness, that's artistic, but do I really want to watch it?

There's only so much rehashing of "House is a jerk to Cuddy, then Wilson, then his team, then the patient, then he discovers the cure, and is made into a nice guy for fifteen seconds, then they press the reset button and he's an ass for the next episode". Not even an entertaining one anymore.

So, I'm wondering if there are people who keep going back to shows they know suck, with the glimmer of hope that they'll right themselves. Did you watch Enterprise because you figured "Star Trek can't suck this much"? Did you watch the newest Star Wars movies because George Lucas shouldn't be that terrible? Do you watch Heroes because it really *should* be awesome?

To be honest I'm feeling the same way about House. The first three seasons were spot on gold... but then the writers became too carried away with trying to make the series original and clever by changing characters and throwing everything into chaos. It's a shame because the actual character of House is one of my favorites I've ever come across... but the show has been dissapointing lately.

I've counted two episodes I've liked in this 5th series, the one where House and Wilson make up and the one the guy holds up the clinic with the pistol (it was so unbelievable but I still liked it). I haven't been watching them lately because I forgot it was back on tv here in Aus and missed a few episodes, but I'll still buy the dvd when it comes out and go back to them. Maybe if they stop screwing with the formula it could go back to its former glory...

 

[seidlet]

sadly, yes, i do keep watching the star wars prequels hoping that they'll get better. or stop existing. whatever comes first.

 

[Spider Expert]

You know I'd really agree with the OP. Someone even made that image of the "generic House plot outline" and it was scary how it pretty much resembled every single episode.