I don't mean stuff that was obviously bad on sight (to you) and so you didn't bother with, or even necessarily content you just checked out of before the first episode was done. But a series that you ultimately felt wasted your time and abandoned due to its total lack of quality.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think the show works for some people, but I have a pet peeve about plots driven forward by stupid characters making obviously stupid decisions (Jesse Pinkman in this case). It was an immediate turn off for me.

You might check out “Better Call Saul” though. Many of the better written characters from Breaking Bad show up here, and the spin off stands on its own until you get to the last half of the last season. You don’t have to have watched the other show to enjoy or follow it.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but I have a pet peeve about plots driven forward by stupid characters making obviously stupid decisions (Jesse Pinkman in this case)

Do you remember what decision that was? One of the things I really like about BB is that every character behaves fairly sensibly and realistically, so I'm a bit surprised.

[–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 14 hours ago

Also by the end of the show, Jesse is one of the only characters making sense. I'd argue he does start there (not sure of the specifics they're referring to), but his character dynamics with the world and Walt sort of flip.