Failed TV Series Sequels (18 pics)
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- 6 Feb, 2026 |
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Promising returns that fizzled faster than a soda left open—beloved characters flattened, plots recycled, soul lost in translation. These sequels had hype, budget, and nostalgia… but forgot the heart. They stand as cautionary tales: sometimes, the story was perfect the first time. Let sleeping dragons lie.
“I want to say dexter but honestly I don’t remember how it ends. Something about that dumb girlfriend, something about it was not very dexter-like”
“Arrow. By like the 3rd season everyone and their mom becomes a superhero…..”
“Greys Anatomy… It’s currently on it’s 18th season. Almost all of the original cast is gone. I still watch it but it’s not very good anymore.”
“I loved True Blood but man it went wayy off the rails especially the last couple seasons”
“Once Upon a Time- interesting concept, poor execution down the line”
“Prison Break. They kept having to break out of prison every two seasons.”
“Fairly Odd Parents. The writers were fine, but Nickelodeon got too greedy. The addition of Sparky the dog, the new neighbor girl, and the whole “anti-fairy world” subplot was too much. They just kept adding stuff, but the original structure was pretty good to begin with.”
“Weeds. Once she left the burbs the whole premise was lost and s@#t went off the rails.”
“Not a TV show, but the Despicable Me franchise. The first movie was actually really good and funny, and the second one was actually pretty good also. Everything after that felt like one big minion toy advertisement”
“House of Cards – US Version. Season 1 was amazing, Season 2 got a little wacky, and the rest was garbage. Story lines just completely abandoned. I didn’t even watch the last season for various reasons.”
“Glee. The first 13 episodes are good, then somewhere in the second half of the season they started taking themselves too serious. It would have been much better as a one season show….”
“The Flash CW.. I really liked Season 1. Great cast, Great writing, and helluva a lot of great moments.
Season 2? Eh.. Not bad, but a repeat of Season 1, then they just kept repeating the trope of “evil Speedster”, and then making the characters dumb. I also got tired of the Many different Wells’es.”
“Shameless, I grew up in a rough neighborhood with a drunk dad. Then they just sorta kept pushing the characters back to where they were and not really letting them evolve.
Not to mention Debbie.”
“Game Of Thrones. It arguably crashed under the weight of it’s numerous plot lines, poor direction and self imposed time restraints.
HBO would have thrown them all the money they needed to make as many seasons as they needed and the story deserved and show runners said no.”
“Is it fair to say Heroes. I love the show, but it was wack for like the last two seasons. The reboot was just I don’t know what that was.”
“That 70s Show after Jackie & Hyde brokeup, Eric & Kelso left, and Donna became blonde. Wtf.”
“Nip/Tuck for me. Man. First three seasons were just fantastic. After that, just went for shock and trash.”
“Orange is the New Black. The show totally went to s**t when they moved to the high security prison.”
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