>ITT: "that" story arc
The Sopranos
>lol fagshenanigans in New Hampshire
The Wire
>lol fake serial killer
Oz
>aging pills
This shit
>>67162807
Dexter
>anything once Julia Stiles shows up and after
>>67162864
and what was so wrong about it? It gave us a closer look at Talyn and Crais, a great two parter about wormholes where John throws a sun at a dreadnought, and finally got that sexual tension to go somewhere
Newsradio
>Lauren Graham arc
>Brad arc
>Johnny Johnson arc
the writers said NBC pressured them into the multi-episode arcs, but they preferred self-contained stories. it showed.
>>67162896
>just me
>and you
>together
>forever
>just me
>and you
>together
>forever
>Blacklist
>ever arc they ever tried
OH SHIT GUYS ITS BERLIN, oh he'd dead
OH SHIT GUYS ITS NOT TOM, oh he's de- nowait, wait, okay for real he's not dead
OH SHIT GUYS ITS THE CABAL, oh they're nothing now
>>67162864
I don't know, I thought it was a pretty interesting idea.
>>67162807
>fagshenanigans in New Hampshire
what story arc is this? Pine Barrens?
>>67163589
Vito. Underrated arc, really.
Breaking Bad
>season 5
Arrested Development
>the Marta arc
>the Charlize Theron arc
>everything with Oscar
>>67163607
>>67163589
"I love you johnny-cakes" is hilarious enough to redeem the whole storyline tee bee ach
Dexter - Deb's many failed relationships.
>>67163632
I want to disagree with you so bad but I can't
House
>black guy is now in charge arc
>>67163828
alternatively the "trying to make Paperheart girl a thing"
Why didn't Amber Tamblyn come back? Why didn't they let Olivia Wilde come back?
>>67163679
That and philly coming out of the closet to kill vito. Personally I think the worst sopranos story arc was chris making his dumb fucking movie.
>>67162807
Entourage
>Vince goes crazy and starts dating a pornstar
>How do you vandalize a swimming pool?
>>67162807
Lost
>zombie Sayid
>any Kate episode ever
Rome
>black womyn poisoning pregnant eirene
>>67162807
lol aging pills
>>67163109
>someone else here tried to watch the blacklist
>imminent thread of nuclear annihilation
>oh fuck if the fallout doesn't get kim, that mountain lion sure will!
>>67164406
>tried
Still watch it for James Spader cheesiness. Everything else is trash
>>67162807
They should have turned Paully going to the Psychic into an arc
>FUCKIN QUEERS
>>67164487
? that would have been so out of place
>>67164484
The blacklist turned me insane and i paused and screamed and vomited at the climactic reveal ofwait! berlin said he cut his hand off...no, no! it's a LEXICAL AMBIGUITY. he cut HIS hand off
I haven't continued past that
>>67163632
Oscar gets my vote, except the Pop Secret scene was gold
Marta herself wasn't funny, but Michael and GOB were funny in the storyline.
>not loving Mr. F
Skins, when Kaya Scodelario's psychiatristliterally fucking murdered her boyfriend with a baseball bat for no reason.
Way beyond the scope of that show.
>>67162896
>tfw you just kept hoping he'd crash and die
>>67163971
this was my favorite arc, it was something different on the show finally. It shook things up.
I was hoping the downward spiral would continue into the final season and have him burn out and return to Queens a nobody, end on a down note.
Eric and Sloan's on-and-off again bullshit every one of the last several seasons was the worst AND THEN THEY FUCKING DID IT AGAIN IN THE MOVIE.
Every show:
>A character is pregnant
The fake serial killer arc was good.
>>67164852
with one exceptionfriend
>Breaking Bad
Gus arc does absolutely nothing to progress Walts character development. S5 starts more or less in the same place 3 could have
>The Office
Saber printers lady
>>67162896
Every time I see TP fanboys defend S2 and claim that this is the only bad arc, I feel like punching a fucking wall. They're all shit.
The only scenes post-S02E10 I found remotely watchable were the main story and the ones withCatherine/Pete/Andrew Packard.
>>67164854
agreed
less far fetched than hamsterdam
>>67162807
>Aging pills
That was the stupidest plot ever introduced in a show. What the fuck were they thinking?
>>67164888
Is that lightning boy?
>>67162807
Mad Men
>???
I honestly can't think of a bad subplot from Mad Men, the most "soapy" one was when he was caught cheating by daughter but even then it was fine.
>Abed's got serious issues/Dreamatorium bullshit
>Troy being pulled into the AC repair school by John Goodman
>the entirety of season 4
>>67163925
Bravo Chase!
>>67165036
>>Troy being pulled into the AC repair school by John Goodman
I remember thinking this was fucking hilarious
>>67164794
ah fuck I forgot about that. Thanks I guess.
Homeland's Brodywife sideplots made me want to turn off the tv.
I almost said Claire's art school season, but nope, Federico trying desperately to reconcile with that cunt Vanessa was the worst.
>it's a mole secretly working for the terrorists arc
>>67165022
anything involving the directors stupid kid
>>67164914
>first time Walt kills someone who isn't trying to kill him
>first time Walt endangers the innocent to further his plans
>first time Walt cooks to make money beyond what his family needs
>Mike
>Cartel stuff
No
>>67165022
The whole fucking arc with that single mother kid. Can't remember his name right now, but it lasts the whole series and serves no purpose at all other than to show Betty might possibly be attracted to teenage boys
>>67164036
>zombie sayid
What's this?
>>67166284
Sayid was shot in the 5th season finale and was near death in the 6th season premiere.
They took him to the temple, where Lennon and Others drowned him in some baptismal water to "save" him. Later his body woke up and he's all "Wha happen?"
But he wasn't the same, he was totally unfeeling, unafraid, etc and started following Locke.
>>67162807
i liked vinny cakes gayness and mcnulty's wild ride arcs
come at me
>>67165022
I guess the waitress subplot in 7B? I think Glen was a fine character, the actor was just creepy.
>the entire show
I thought the fake serial killer shit was entertaining though.
Dutch killing the cat
Juice snitching because he's half black
>>67168055
>turns out that nobody cared he had some black in him
Nobody in that show was more JUST than him.
>>67167793
McNulty's reaction to the FBI's profiling was pure gold.
Vito and serial killer arcs had thematic meaning and funny moments. The age pill shit however cannot be defended.
>Roseanne
>they win the lottery
>>67163925
wheas my arc paulie?
>GoT
>jaime and bronn in dorne
The shows had its share of dumb shit but what the fuck were they thinking
>Sopranos
>Not "Muh top fuckin earner is causing me personal problems"
>>67167542
>Daenerys
>Arya post-Hound
>Dorne
>Bran
>Tyrion post-Tywin
D R 0 P P E D
>>67165227
I grew to hate Nate towards the end
All the Gloria Trillo is a nutcase bits.
>>67164484
I remember this one interview, where one of the female actors (don't ask me who, I don't know them) was gushing what a privilige it was to watch Spader work and what a mega star he is.
Watched a couple episodes of the show and found him unconvincing, faggy and boring.
>your son is autistic
>your daughter is, too
>>67167542
There were like a couple of good story arcs left after season 4. Stannis and ... wait only one.
>>67164406
I watched all of season 1. It was passable.
Dexter
>LaGuerta and Batista romance arc
>>67163624
>we just had Walt face off against someone who could be considered his intellectual equal, what do we do now?
>Neo-Nazi prison gang
>brilliant!
>>67163632
The Marta arc was fun as fuck
>Just two adults getting a stew on, man
>>67166821
Ah ok don't recall that but I think the temple is literally where I stopped watching on my Netflix rewatch since it aired. Shame. I remember Claire and someone in a tent and Claire is all Rambo mode. Man why did that show have to go so downhill at the end, granted the last few episodes are good, but so much retardedness shoved in at the same time
>>67168151
I must have blocked that from my mind. Assuming it isn't just one episode
>>67169359
Dexter
>anything after season 2
You guys keep hating on aging pills, the total runtime of it is actually pretty small and forgotten about real quick.
There's something much worse though if you ask me,a story arc that spans several seasons and that I skip everytime, and that's pic related whenever he is on screen, especially the scenes with him and Peter Marie
>Peter peter marie, hurr durr
>>67162807
GoT
>Bronn and Jaime on an adventure to find bad bussi
>>67168055
>Dutch killing the cat
It's so weird because it's never even mentioned again. I get that the point was Dutch wanted to "feel" what it was like to be a killer, to gain some insight into their way of thinking, but we never see a payoff for this directly.
>>67163925
>Personally I think the worst sopranos story arc was chris making his dumb fucking movie.
the whole ''struggling writer'' is the entire story about him and is shit.
>>67164844
>>this was my favorite arc, it was something different on the show finally. It shook things up.
but he does this whole public hedonistic life after being scared of death, once he jumped with his car. it is really cliché
The office: any romance
>>67165615
>OH NO, IT'S CHARACTER THAT WAS INTRODUCED THIS SEASON, I'M SO SURPRISED
The Sopranos
>muh beach house
>>67169629
Fuck you, Big Girls Don't Cry is among the GOAT episodes.
>>67164645
I watch it because my gf literally gets horny listening to James Spader. I'm not even kidding, she gets fired up and always ALWAYS wants to fuck. Tried it with Boston Legal too. I'm not even sure she's aware of it.
The only way I can STOP getting my dick sucked regularly is to, literally, become the Teminator.
>>67169529
S4 was good
Lithgow carried it hard
>>67169909
shut up, cunt
>>67169807
choosing to provide for a woman in 2016 is degenerate.
dump her
>>67168055
I thought whole juice thing was ludicrous. They fucking did business with black guys.
>>67169616
>It's so weird because it's never even mentioned again.
Dutch was going to be revealed as a serial killer but fortunately Sutter was kept on a leash during the Shield unlike in Sons of Anarchy.
>>67170213
provide what? jizz?
>>67163632
>All of Season 4
Just fuck my shit up.
Trailer Park Boys
>Every time Donna is on-screen
>>67169411
I don't care what anyone says, the Carl Weathers subplots were always the best.
>>67169239
ditto
I grew to hate everyone.
>>67171471
Kurt Sutter is a hack.
>>67169271
but that was great
everything with melfi and the psychiatry really
show would be so much better without it
>>67172318
the sole reason tony is such a well developed and explored character is because of the psychiatry without it the show would lose the only thing that sets it apart from other crime dramas
>>67164852
Bonus points for 'baby is special and factions have to fight over it like there wasn't any better reason'.
>BSG
>Dr Who
>can't remeber but quite certain there's more
>>67172808
>it's a WE SAY FRAK INSTEAD OF FUCK episode
>>67162807
>10 years later
>closet fanooks still madMeadow goes to college was worse, but they had to since the actress who played tony's mom died unexpectably
>>67169239
You were supposed to.
>>67169616
>that cat still keep keeping you up at night
>no
What were they supposed to do, have a multi-episode arc of him going undercover in an animal shelter to destroy the evidence linking him to a cat killing? It was supposed to show how hunting and catching serial killers affected his own psyche
>>67169396
>who is Tuco?
It showed how many different groups were connected through the meth-trade, though they were very weak final villains
>>67164914
The Gus arc is the most solid storytelling outside of the first three episodes you delusional anus
>>67164917
Hamsterdam was a great storytelling device/thematic microcosm though, the serial killer plot didn't justify its ridiculousness.
>>67163632
You forgot
>season 4
>>67173354
That wasn't nearly as bad asAJ banging a poor brown lady
>bsg
>Adama is fat
Yawn
Fagshenanigans in NH happened because 6.1 was supposed to end with the Sacrimoni wedding episode but HBO ordered more episodes fucking up the flow and adding a bunch of filler between that episode and the beginning of 6.2.
>>67162807
The Pacific
>Everything before Sledge
Chasing Kilgrave
Mad Men:
literally anything with glenn
>>67162807
>Aging pills
I literally stopped watching Oz after that because it was so fucking retarded. I was watching 3 or 4 episodes a day before that, then that came up and I realized the show was shit.
After that episode they had something like an animal cage in the middle of the prison for punishment? So fucking stupid.
>>67176577
Yeah that's where I gave in too.
I tried a couple episodes past it but the old retard plot just drained all I loved from the show.
>>67163091
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPyhlybViJw
lubby chudder
>>67169540
Gyles was so annoying. I did the same thing
>>67162807
ANY EPISODE RELATING TO MUH ABEL OR IRELAND IN SONS OF ANARCHY
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>67162807
the Vito arc in Sopranos S6 isn't really that bad and it ties in very well thematically
>>67169239
He was an indecisive fuck who had no idea what he wanted.
I still think he would've been okay if Lisa didn't die. Before she died, he seemed like he was ready to turn around his life.
>>67164794
I'M COOOOOOOK
>>67164915
i just found basically all the scenes with James Hurley that weren't directly relevant to the death of Laura/her cousin awful
like i could barely stand the James/Donna/cousin scenes but i stuck through them
any scene that is just James or James and Donna is near unwatchable
But also Audrey's love arc. She was meant to be with Cooper but Donna's actor (who was seeing Cooper's actor at the time) complained that she wasn't gettin as many lines.
oh and the mayor/press proprietor marriage arc
>>67163632
idk i think oscar had some good scenes
like when he suggests Buster should cremate his turtle that ate his stash
i think season 4 was pretty average, especially the Fakeblock plotline (mainly because of how stupid Fakeblock was)
>>67169312
lol
this and pretty much anything julian related
>>67173503
>>67163624
>>67169396
i feel like the neo nazis should have come earlier to serve as a villain in the mid-seasons only to get mostly cut down and make peace with mike and later on helping walt/whoever take out the big bad that was obviously Gus
>>67173354
>>67175190
>>67162807
not so much an arc but the christopher columbus episode was way out of place and the character's behaved so weirdly
but i think the worst arc was Janice's various lovers
>>67175024
He was the cringiest part of the show.
>lets take out the best character and replace it with a female yolo
>>67179978
this really pissed me off.
People make too big a deal about aging pills on Oz. It was only a single episode.
>>67179999
I wonder if just the actor didnt have time or the writers just wanted to fuck their shit up
>>67165022
>not joan in 7b
Was fucking ridiculous, she meets an awesome rich dude, and he wants to do awesome shit, and she dumps him for her company, that and shes hardly even a main character and she gets a sizable chunk of the final part of the series.
Thst russian shit and pretty much all of season 3
Also peter Russo
>>67180442
>russian shit
>not the homocuckoldry
>>67172318
care to explain why?
>>67175024
yeah as soon as he started shooting people with nonlethal bullets of his own invention I started feeling like I was watching a completely different show
>>67180108
>>67179999
>>67179978
the dude who was originally playing holly came to the start of filming for what series (3?) with like dyed bright orange hair or something. idk he must've refused to change it or something. pretty dumb
Homeland
>It's a Dana episode
why they took away time with Brody/Carrie/Saul to focus on such a dull character is beyond me
>>67180642
>nonlethal bullets
What the fuck? Were they 9mm or something :D
>>67169674
The show ended when Pam and Jim get married. Seriously thats the best part to never watch the US Office again.
>>67169629
The fuck are you smoking? Youre basically saying the character sucked and should have been more one dimensional. Him wanting to create something us a good 50% of the character development that went into making Christopher one of the strongest characters.
>>67180796
>>67169674
>watching US office
>>67180841
Its a good show to watch when doing arduous things in vidya.
>>67179393
Yes exactly.
I don't know much about the behind the scenes but I guess they were supposed to stop after season 4.
I mean s5 feels like a mini-serie in itself it's weird.
As much as I love the series, the only negative point would be the fact that the nazi gang comes up after Gus as main villains.
>>67168151
>JK I MADE IT ALL UP ALSO DAN IS DEAD BECAUSE JOHN GOODMAN WANTED TO LEAVE THE SHOW SO FUCK HIM
any episode with lucifer in the most recent season of supernatural, fuck really anything after when they threw him back into the cage in the first place. God this show when to shit after that, but boy this season is showing us how bad it can get.
the fuck happened to the discussion?
>>67182089
Did this thread get "SHUTDOWN"?
The Sopranos
>black gangster wants to cuck Chrissy and also threatens to sue Hesh
>is never seen or mentioned again
>its a johnny cakes episode
>>67183095
>Bobby's train is about to go into the tunnel
>suddenly jumps scene to Jonnycakes' shaft viciously pounding Vito's rectum
>>67180959
I know that sounds stupid but in a way Walt is the villain in season 5 (except in the last 2 episodes ofc)
>>67175190
Almost everything with AJ was shit
>>67179869
This.
Hunter x Hunter
You should know what this arc is
>It's a Busmalis episode
>>67162807
Sam + S4 RubyI'm not counting anything post Kripke
>>67172318
>everything with melfi and the psychiatry really
>>67162807
The aging pills wasn't a fucking arc. It was brought up in like 4 scenes and was forgotten right after
The Sopranos
>A side character gets really into the movie "Gladiator" blinds a guy with a chain and then punches a pregnant whore to death
Oh wait thats the best story arc in TV history
>>67184017>all that shit has been piling up in Tony against Ralph
>Pie-O-My burning
>Tony finally explodes on Ralph
>>67183095
R.I.P. cakeman
>>67184017
>it's a character gets out of prison and immediately starts throwing his weight around episode
>>67172318
What the fuck did we even watch the same show
Everything involving Dewey's family in Season 5 of Justified.
AKA the entire fucking season.
>>67184258
i liked the character, he brought in much needed tension again
>>67184258
Veal Parm sandwhich? Fuck...YOU.
Why do shows go full retard in season 5?
It's what got the show cancelled.