I wouldn't say terrible, but the first ten or so episodes of Fringe were pretty rough and it just felt like a retread of The X-Files.
The 100, altough the 100 only managed to go from terrible to okay/good in some moments.
The Office became one of the best sitcoms, until the last 3 seasons, but its hyperbolic to call the first season terrible.
It was a bit out of place, and it wasnt great, but it still gave me a few good laughs.
eh, I feel like it's a lot more common for good shows to turn bad than bad shows to turn good.I think a more interesting question is what shows started off great and retained that quality or fell off after a few seasons.
Its almost par for the course that the first series/few episodes are the roughest as the creatives find their footing.
I think the early episodes of Bob's Burgers are pretty awful. They're constantly going for an edge that feels inauthentic.
But later they just let the show be about love and it was all the better for it.
BB was first pitched as an adult swim show. That's why. The weird animation and the cross dressing voices remain, but the grossout humour that was so prevalent in the early season has essentially disappeared.
Yeah and I guess the gimmick was the burgers were made of people? But Fox was NOT into the idea but they kept the pilot mostly unchanged besides the ending. Which proved there was no human meat.
I've heard Person of Interest gets really good, but I've tried getting through season 1 a couple times and got bored and stopped. I know it moves from procedural to something more but man those first episodes are pretty rough.
You're impressively patient. I only lasted 5 episodes before I gave up on this "supposed" improvement over the films.The first two seasons of The Clone Wars did not do much to wash away the stink of the film either. Season 1 and 2 were both largely mediocre with a few decent episodes. Even Season 3 did not really get strong until the halfway point. And yet, when the show finally did find its footing, it created some of the most memorable and compelling stories in Star Wars. The Darth Maul arc especially was fantastic and is one of my favorite television story arcs.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Once Frank came along in season 2 the show became a instant classic. Without Danny Devito the show would not have lasted this long.
Can't believe no one's mentioned Bojack Horseman yet. No other show has the largest delta between where it started and where it ended up. Season 1 is a slow, dull endeavor with few redeeming moments outside of the Herb arc. From there it slowly evolves into the definitive movie/TV depiction of depression and features some extremely sharp writing.
Uh....the bridge arc is anything but terrible. The series goes downhill after the Pain arc, sure, but wtf at callingthe bridge arc 'terrible'uhm, excuse you? WW has been a great show the entire time.
My pick is Naruto. Most of everything up until the Chunin exams is terrible.
Then it gets amazing, then pain arc happens, then it goes down hill, then it completely drops off the planet, and then the last fight happens and its great.
Uh....the bridge arc is anything but terrible. The series goes downhill after the Pain arc, sure, but wtf at callingthe bridge arc 'terrible'
Disagree, but alright.I said most of everything before the exams is terrible.
Bridge arc has a lot of bad and little pockets of great.
I disagree. Devito is hilarious and probably is part of the reason why the show is so long-running but season 1 is still hilarious.It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Once Frank came along in season 2 the show became a instant classic. Without Danny Devito the show would not have lasted this long.
Legends of Tomorrow is the reigning champion by far. Even though I liked a good bit of season 1 it has since blown up into something really special.
ooh good one
Damn, beat me to The 100.
I was laughing SO HARD, during the first couple episodes for all the wrong reasons. I actually dropped it, but sadly every single person I've talking to about it says it got WAY better since it started. But holy shit does it start roughhhh
I'm so jealous of you. I wish I could Eternal Sunshine my mind clean and rewatch Agents of Shield for the first timeI'm watching Agents of SHIELD right now, just finished season 1, and it feels like they just flipped a switch around episode 15 and the show got good. It wasn't terrible before per se, just...aggressively boring
Huh? Westworld goes downhill after season 1 and arguably so does BB (season 2 is easily the weakest with that stupid plane crash nonsense).
Naked Now and Conspiracy are good fun and worth one's while too. Problematic episodes aside, season 1 of TNG has a lot of fun campy episodes reminiscent of TOS. It's the weakest season but I wouldn't advise skipping it in its entirety. It's just best not to take it too seriously.YUUUUP
just awful
watch the pilot and maybe the episode with the Bynars and move the fuck on
Like someone here said it's the first first season of Black Adder. It's terrible and I have no clue how they got to make another season.
Hard disagree.
Mad Men.
The first 7 or so episodes are brutal and are no indication that you're watching greatness.
Breaking Bad doesn't pick up until Gray Matter.Wow, really? I love S1. It felt so different from the other seasons. The season cutting short from the writer's strike was obvious but it's still one of my favorite seasons of TV.