When Neegan showed up and I realized that the only fun episodes were the season opener, mid-season break, and finale and that Glenn and Maggie were the only two characters I wanted to live. Since the lame Glenn hid under a trash bin fakeout death, I knew Glenn was gotta get the bat and it wasn't worth watching Maggie go through whatever dumb storyline they came up with after that as they were becoming even more predictable and mediocre over time.
Don't regret watching it to that point or anything, that was just when I decided to spend that time watching something else.
During the season where they got to a seemingly safe place and then it turned out humans are the worst. Then zombies killed some humans and the others had to flee.
I'm sure you know which season I mean /s
It was shortly after they faked out Glenn's death, because I felt the writers were being emotionally sadistic just for shock value and not to enrich the story.
I think I also quit watching The 100 around the same time for that same reason (and because of a couple character deaths that were written very shitty. If you know, you know.)
The final straw for me was the day after the episode where Beth died aired. It was the morning after that episode aired and I hadn't had time to watch it yet, and I was scrolling through Facebook when a giant "RIP Beth" picture popped up on my main feed from the official Walking Dead account.
The official account couldn't even hold itself back from posting spoilers for 24 hours after the air date and I realized I didn't even care that the episode had been spoiled. I didn't care about the characters, or the plot or the direction the story was going.
I haven't watched anything Walking Dead since.
The Walking Dead actually died many seasons ago and we're watching its zombified corpse stumbling around.
Hershel's farm. Got to the end of that, and just never picked it back up. Every time I've thought about it, something else popped up and it just keeps falling by the wayside.
Funnily enough, that was also around the time that I fell off from Who. Just wasn't enthralled with Matt Smith, and I equally haven't gotten around to finishing his time. Seen some sporadic bits, but y'know, there's Wolfs Rain right there, and it's been a minute, so...
When they got to the prison. The entire previous season was a waste of time because the girl they were looking for was already a zombie in the barn the whole time, they killed off all the characters I liked because of contract disputes, and then they just got reset back to square one.
Which ever episode it was were the main love triangle chick flipped her car in broad daylight on a mostly empty road with no traffic.
I realized that almost none of these characters would have survived the initial outbreak.
When they had a baby or some shit. I just really didn’t want to deal with baby drama.
When the kid pet the wild deer, and then the hunter shot the kid through the deer somehow. The whole concept felt like it was written by someone who has never seen a deer or a rifle in their life.
I never even gave it a chance.
Season 1 when the incredible Frank Darabont was fired. If you’ve ever wondered why the quality dropped off hard after season 1… that’s why. In a show that was ostensibly a character driven drama, the show lost a showrunner that directed The Shawshank Redemption. This is the same guy that directed and wrote the screenplay for the movie adaptation of The Mist, and wrote an ending so good that Stephen King preferred it over his own ending.
I loved the first episode. I watched S1 out of hope and then gave up.
Episode one. Not my bag, baby.
the word is fuck
Right about here...
The farm season. Fuck that entire story line.
When I started rooting for the zombies to just end the crew's suffering and by extension mine.
The whole Sophia arc could have been 2-3 episodes not seasons. Nothing against her character or the actress, but they were already really dragging stuff out back then.
But really, I fucking gave up on it because Carl is supposed to kill the non-zombiefied version of Shawn.
I got pretty far, I think the end of season 7. When Carl got bit I realized I did not give a fuck about him or the show.
I sat there after that for bit and thought about how much time I spent watching this show and thinking I should just finish it. But nah, I'm glad I haven't watched the rest.
Middle of the prison arc in season 2 or 3. One day turned it on and realised that it just bored me. Never finished it.
The start of the second season where they were at the prison and had brought in a bunch of new people who were just doing a bunch of dumb shit to almost get each other killed all the time. After a couple episodes I missed a week and realized I didn't care enough to go back to it because it would just be more of the same. Too much of the conflict was just due to the characters being dumbasses and not communicating. I can see that being an issue at the start but after surviving as long as they had that shit should be figured out.
S01E05 ish
Too much drama, too unrealistic. I accept the premise of zombies but this is not how people would respond.
Gave up watching a couple eps before the S3 finale. I just couldn't do it anymore. Even by S3 the show seemed like it was repeating the same beats over and over again. The survivors made decisions that anybody in a similar situation would never make ("realism" be damned if it ruins the immersion), and it just became tedious viewing (how many times are we going to travel between Woodbury and the Jail?). What was awkward were my friends that remained invested and kept inviting me over to viewing parties on season premieres or half season finales, and I just have to pretend I'm having a good time watching a show that I care exactly zero about lol good vibes though because everyone else is super stoked so you win some you lose some.
Pretty much when I realized each season was them just taking over another town killing the leader because one of their own got captured. Plus Carl was super annoying lol
When they had the weird "school" lessons for the kids in the prison and were teaching them how to kill zombies effectively while having lectures outside sitting on the grass. It was like the worst parts of being a hippie and the worst parts of being a violent fuckwad all thrown together. I get that they were trying to show what life might be like for the next generation but teaching violence in that pseudo innocent context felt so incredibly wrong
When the old man died (a little after that)
Attempted to watch through season 4 a few times, then finally got through it. Watched 2-3 episodes of season 5 and quickly realized that the show wasn't building up to anything and did a lot of rinse and repeat. So I quit watching it then.
Saw like 3 episodes of the show, thought “Yeah, I’ve seen this ‘the real monster is your fellow man!’ treatment before, what else you got?”, heard the graphic novel was better, took two steps into that thing and found myself drowning in a vat of misogyny and toxic masculinity, and decided the whole IP is shit.
how many series of walking dead they have done actually ? I never watched it or understood why all these seasons/series, and how many people do follow it. I watched supernatural until season 5, because after that it didn't worth.
I legit thought the show ended after season 4.
At what point did I give up on The Walking Dead?
About the time I couldn't keep up which streaming service had it this week. I mean, it was on Netflix here at first, but after that, it was anyone's guess.
Like half way thru season 3
When the zombie was pulled out of the well. Just not worth it for me.
S0e0
I didn't even like season 1. Refused to start season 2
Like many, many, (didn't realize how many) people, I stopped at the prison.
Human: Zombies, ahh!
Zombies: eat-bite-kill
Human: Ahh, I'm dying tragically.
Other human: No! I loved/liked/admired/hated-but-respected you!
Zombies: stops-for-some-reason-then-eat,bite-kill
Rest of human group: Run away!
Or maybe it was a different episode, I really don't remember.
So they pitched this show about slow moving zombies harassing cowboys who just want to raise up their family right, got dangit boy ain't right, and I wasn't sold.
I think I finished the season that Rick "left" the show. Didn't stick around long after that, I don't really remember tbh.
Which time? First time through I stopped at season 2 because I got bored. About 3 years later, me and the misses decided to see it through and then stopped again at the infamous Negan scene at the end of 6 beginning of 7. Literally felt like I was kicked in the gut. Took about 6 months to get over that. Finally finished it but it was like a chore at the end.
Where they were in a junkyard and they had to fight some spike covered zombie.
Yeah it was around season 3 that there basically stopped being zombies, or what zombies there were ended up being completely inconsequential and everyone just had so much plot armor.
When they were "escorting" the walkers out of the quarry and everything went to shit for the dumbest reasons, as is tradition. I don't even remember what happened after that because I think I stopped mid episode.
Never cared to watch it in the first place.
I actually just started watching it a few months ago as my background show while I was working.
I thought it was pretty good and just fine at times, but the last episode of season 6/beginning of season 7 I had to stop.
This is the first show I've watched with any sort of gore since my son was born and I realised I can't take the the dark psychological stuff I used to. Watching the scene where negan is telling rick to cut off his sons arm was my breaking point before going back to curious george.
I don't have TV, so will catch shows later than everyone else of I hear good things. By the time I'd was ready to seek it out, the consensus was to not bother so I didn't.
Avoided Game of Thrones the same way (may still watch it except for the final season some day). Only watched Dexter for a few seasons and quit while I knew I was ahead. Etc.
I do the same with video games.
There's way too much media out there, so why not hold back a bit and wait for the dust to settle?
I watched season one. Having read the comic, I thought the show was very poorly made.
I never started watching it.
When Dale died?
Season 2 was such a melodramatic let down.
After that first season I read most the comic books and loved them but the TV show just became so much worse, I couldn't stomach it.
I later found out the actor that played Dale wanted out because he was a close friend of Season 1 showrunner Frank Darabont who had been run off by AMC executives. Kinda tied it all together.
The graphic novels are great, though. Seriously, go read them.
i think i watched more at some point, but i checked out when one guy chose a more direct route to somewhere through a tunnel instead of going around. and omg!!! there were a bunch of zombies in all those wrecked cars? who could have seen that coming!
i liked most of the first season of fear the walking dead, and it quickly turned terrible as well. wish that series had stayed on the initial outbreak and collapse a little longer.
I don't remember exactly when, but I remember them wandering around in a forest for like three episodes looking for some children I think? Just a streak of episodes where absolutely nothing happened. No plot development, no character development, just treading water.
I think I stopped when they just found Alexandria. Honestly the intro theme is what kept me coming back when it was getting really slow, like The Governor's arc.
First episode of the second season
It looks like I have 24 episodes that I haven't watched.
I think season 2 was the last for me.
I read the comic. I liked it. I saw that first episode. Didn't bother with the second.
Season 3 was my last season.
When Michonne punched Rick for calling out that community of people that were doing shady shit. (Season 6, I believe?) I couldn't handle any more.
End of season 1. Liked it, but not enough to keep going.
I need some info. Why are people censoring words like these and why also do it even on pictures?
The moment ot existed.
Would you believe didn't bother to start with it?
Same with Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad.
Not for edgy, cooler than thou reasons, hilariously enough. Didn't have the time between bringing my cybersecurity education up to date and learning about hacking and stuff, and never bothered going back for them.
