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| Originally Posted by lurgee Futurama – Jurassic Bark |
Them’s fightin’ words.
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| Originally Posted by lurgee Futurama – Jurassic Bark |
Lurgee, meet me at camera 3.
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| Originally Posted by jackspades22 Them’s fightin’ words. |
Or, at the very least, retard words.
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| Originally Posted by beamish13 Duckman had a nauseating episode entitled “America the Beautiful” which violated the cardinal tenets of the show by featuring a musical number and being preachy. |
I’ll say it now: Duckman sucks in general. Always has, always will. Fuck Klasky-Csupo and their assy animation.
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| Originally Posted by beamish13 The Invader Zim episode “Game Slave 2” was intended to be a flip of the bird to Nickelodeon, but it’s just grossly insipid and lacking inspiration. |
That one was on last night. Dib’s story is retarded, but still a decent episode.
I can’t believe there is a BSG discussion in this thread without a mention of “Black Market.”
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| Originally Posted by FreeRobotSex I’ll say it now: Duckman sucks in general. Always has, always will. Fuck Klasky-Csupo and their assy animation. |
Whoa now, let’s not start saying stupid things here.
Lost - S.O.S. I really don’t need another Kate or Sawyer flashback, but Rose and Bernard?
The Sopranos - It’s a bit of a cliche, but the Test Dream did go on for several minutes too long. It did set up maybe the best two episodes of the series, though.
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| Originally Posted by Ashxking2001 I was thinking no matter how good a show is there is always one shitty episode. |
Not The Wire. Some episodes may be more subdued than others, but just plain bad or shitty? No.
Agree on the Wire, and I’d say Deadwood has also been consistently spectacular throughout its run. The middle of the seasons tend to be the slowest, but that’s just because they always open and close phenomenally.
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| Originally Posted by RathBandu Too easy, but the first four seasons of ‘The West Wing’ would have been pretty perfect (with some okay episodes, but an above average ratio of good to great ones) if not for “Issac and Ishmael” (aka the 9/11 episode). |
I wouldn’t go that far. “In Excelsis Deo” is cringingly awful, and doesn’t even have the excuse of post-9/11 trauma to justify its weirdness.
“They tied him to a tree and made him say Hail Mary while they threw rocks at his head!”
“Why are we getting ethics lessons from a hooker?”
In Excelsis Deo gets an automatic pass based on Mrs. L’s story about her kids dying in 'Nam and Richard Schiff’s performance alone.
The one that Edinburgh mentioned, “The Long Goodbye”, from season four, yeah, I’d forgotten about that one, too. That was a pretty pointless and worthless episode that should have just been titled “Alison Janney’s Emmy Reel.” (Also, Matthew Modine as 80s white-collar criminal turned French watchmaker? Whiskey tango foxtrot?)
As far as “Arrested Development”, I always skip over “Motherboy XXX”.
Yes, THE SIMPSONS has managed to suck consistently for years now, but back when it was still going mildly strong, that “Frank Grimes” episode was the real black sheep for me. I’ve heard some people love it, but as far as I’m concerned it’s the cruellest, most vile 30 minutes of TV I’ve ever seen. Just awful.
MOONLIGHTING was great, but whenever Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd were unavailable, they brought in Allyce Beasley and Curtis Armstrong as “replacements”. And holy shit did they ever suck. Their worst effort has to be the one where they investigate a poltergeist.
M*A*S*H had one particularly awful “dream” episode. I think “dream” episodes probably take the crowns in most of these Worst Ever contests.
M*A*S*H had one particularly awful “dream” episode. I think “dream” episodes probably take the crowns in most of these Worst Ever contests.[/QUOTE]
While we’re on the subject of bad “dream” episodes, I really hated the Angel episode with the dream parasite.
And yet the dream episode of Buffy (Restless) is probably in my top 5 for that series.
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| Futurama: “Where the Buggalo Rome” |
Can’t say whether or not I agree with you since it’s been a few years since I watched that episode, but I remember that the commentary track had me bent over with laughter.
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| Originally Posted by FreeRobotSex I can’t believe there is a BSG discussion in this thread without a mention of “Black Market.” |
Absolutely. What a horrible, horrible thing that was. Pretty sure Ron Moore in the commentary called that one out as a mistake.
I thought the recent Starbuck episode was pretty awful as well, actually.
There was an episode of Doctor Who last season called Love and Monsters that stands out as one of the worse things I have ever subjected myself to.
Weeks later, I’m still fuming at that Bai Ling episode of Lost.
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| Originally Posted by FreeRobotSex I’ll say it now: Duckman sucks in general. Always has, always will. |
Now them’s fightin’ words. Viva Cornfed!
In the Batman cartoon I never liked the episode with Zeus.
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| Originally Posted by KABONG As far as “Arrested Development”, I always skip over “Motherboy XXX”. |
Really? I enjoyed that one quite a bit, what with the Burger King tie ins and shark jumping and Buster’s “It’s almost time for zip-up, and that’s a really long zipper. You have to get on your knees to start it.” I skip over Ready, Aim, Marry Me myself.
As far as BSG, I didn’t really mind the Kat episode. ‘Black Market’ was certainly a stinker, as was the recent ‘The Woman King’ ep concerning Helo. Meh.
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| Originally Posted by lurgee Futurama – Jurassic Bark – I refuse to watch it because of the horribly cruel and emotionally manipulative ending where Fry’s dog dies in front of the pizza shop. The right thing to do – have the pizza owner (name escapes me - Venucci?) force the dog to replace Fry as the delivery boy – thus insulting Fry even further and still explaining why the dog’s remains were there. (Season 4 - er Volume 4 - has a number of clunkers – Kipf gets pregnant, the Sting…) |
Wow… Jurassic Bark AND The Sting are “clunkers”?!? Those are two solid examples displaying the heart and smarts that clearly elevated this series above many others. I think Futurama might not be the show for you, my friend.