Comments on: The Top Five Geek TV Shows that Jumped the Shark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/ Geek Life, With Bite - Curiosities, Humor, and Entertainment Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ian http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-18415 Ian Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:24:33 +0000 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/#comment-18415 Angel jumped the shark, as the author said, in a slow steady plummet to earth, resulting into the show exploding into a ball of flame. Adding Connor was galacticly stupid, adding nothing to the story. Part of the draw to the show was the chemistry, with the right amount of tension, and great glib humor within the "Team." Than they had to start screwing with ALL of it. Wesley and Angel's falling out, Cordelia turns into a bored "goddess," than returning with amnesia, just when her and Angel's relationship could have taken a far more interesting turn. The love affair between Fred & Gunn. Angel was a story about ass kicking, good against evil, and hating, Wolfram & Hart, and great "Team chemestry," with an upcoming apocolypse. It turned into, "Days of our lives." Connor was the first step in utterly ruining the show. I found him just plain irritating. When the chemistry of the team went to hell, so did the show. Angel jumped the shark, as the author said, in a slow steady plummet to earth, resulting into the show exploding into a ball of flame.

Adding Connor was galacticly stupid, adding nothing to the story. Part of the draw to the show was the chemistry, with the right amount of tension, and great glib humor within the “Team.”

Than they had to start screwing with ALL of it. Wesley and Angel’s falling out, Cordelia turns into a bored “goddess,” than returning with amnesia, just when her and Angel’s relationship could have taken a far more interesting turn. The love affair between Fred & Gunn.

Angel was a story about ass kicking, good against evil, and hating, Wolfram & Hart, and great “Team chemestry,” with an upcoming apocolypse. It turned into, “Days of our lives.”

Connor was the first step in utterly ruining the show. I found him just plain irritating. When the chemistry of the team went to hell, so did the show.

]]> By: Ollie http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-17928 Ollie Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:48:58 +0000 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/#comment-17928 Totally agree that Buffy jumped the shark with season 6; although that season had one truly outstanding episode and a couple of decent ones, the majority of it was fairly turgid and Willow going evil and deciding (at the last minute) that she would destroy the world was wholly uncovincing. Weirdly, to my mind the show picked up massively again in season 7 but if you have to identify the point when it lost touch with what it really should be then season 6 is definitely that moment. As for Angel, for me the second half of season 4 is that point - they layered on all the Beast/Evil Cordy stuff to tremendous effect in the first half of the season (I think that was the strongest run of episodes the show ever put together), but then they RUINED it all with the frankly absurd and almost laughable Jasmin storyline. This decline was then continued into season 5 where there was only 1 really good episode - that one where Angel and Spike go to Rome - and practically everything felt forced. Having only recently (like, today) learned the meaning of the expression 'jump the shark', I'm now wondering if we're watching it happen right now to another favourite show of mine - 30 Rock. I had to turn off yesterday when watching an episode from season 5; you can't even describe how far below the standards of seasons 1, 3 and (most of) 4 it is now. (Season 2 doesn't count - the writers' strike ruined that one.) Totally agree that Buffy jumped the shark with season 6; although that season had one truly outstanding episode and a couple of decent ones, the majority of it was fairly turgid and Willow going evil and deciding (at the last minute) that she would destroy the world was wholly uncovincing. Weirdly, to my mind the show picked up massively again in season 7 but if you have to identify the point when it lost touch with what it really should be then season 6 is definitely that moment.

As for Angel, for me the second half of season 4 is that point – they layered on all the Beast/Evil Cordy stuff to tremendous effect in the first half of the season (I think that was the strongest run of episodes the show ever put together), but then they RUINED it all with the frankly absurd and almost laughable Jasmin storyline. This decline was then continued into season 5 where there was only 1 really good episode – that one where Angel and Spike go to Rome – and practically everything felt forced.

Having only recently (like, today) learned the meaning of the expression ‘jump the shark’, I’m now wondering if we’re watching it happen right now to another favourite show of mine – 30 Rock. I had to turn off yesterday when watching an episode from season 5; you can’t even describe how far below the standards of seasons 1, 3 and (most of) 4 it is now. (Season 2 doesn’t count – the writers’ strike ruined that one.)

]]> By: Sarah http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-10280 Sarah Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:49:52 +0000 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/#comment-10280 Buffy definately jumped the shark in season six. Angel lost it with the son (the Pylea episode was AWESOME) but regained composure in season five (though the very end of the very last episode was the worst Whedon dissappointment of my life!b Buffy definately jumped the shark in season six.

Angel lost it with the son (the Pylea episode was AWESOME) but regained composure in season five (though the very end of the very last episode was the worst Whedon dissappointment of my life!b

]]> By: Kimber http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-10144 Kimber Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:46:41 +0000 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/#comment-10144 Oh, BTW, Buffy never jumped the shark. Mystical death was never a show-ender. ever. Oh, BTW, Buffy never jumped the shark. Mystical death was never a show-ender. ever.

]]> By: Kimber http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-10143 Kimber Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:18:16 +0000 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/#comment-10143 I'm re-watching all of the Angel episodes at the moment. It jumped the shark when they went to Pileah (Sp?) and "demons" became laughing stock. ALthough Numfar (doing his dance of jov, etc.) was awesome, I realize Charisma Carpenter could not change her character the way the writers required. She went from airhead/bitch/rich girl to serious girl who wants to save the world. She can't do a crying scene to save her life. I don't mean to be mean, I am the biggest Buffy fan ever, but Charisma couldn't make the switch. I’m re-watching all of the Angel episodes at the moment. It jumped the shark when they went to Pileah (Sp?) and “demons” became laughing stock. ALthough Numfar (doing his dance of jov, etc.) was awesome, I realize Charisma Carpenter could not change her character the way the writers required. She went from airhead/bitch/rich girl to serious girl who wants to save the world. She can’t do a crying scene to save her life. I don’t mean to be mean, I am the biggest Buffy fan ever, but Charisma couldn’t make the switch.

]]> By: Percival Constantine http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-9006 Percival Constantine Tue, 12 May 2009 12:57:51 +0000 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/#comment-9006 Angel is one of the few shows that jumped the shark but then jumped BACK and produced its best season ever with the fifth and final one. I'm not sure why you chose to list that on here instead of Smallville, which has now developed a penchant for jumping the shark several times a season. Angel is one of the few shows that jumped the shark but then jumped BACK and produced its best season ever with the fifth and final one.

I’m not sure why you chose to list that on here instead of Smallville, which has now developed a penchant for jumping the shark several times a season.

]]> By: Pollyanna and the Jumping of Sharks « Pollyanna Rainbow Sunshine and the Needles of Doom http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-6158 Pollyanna and the Jumping of Sharks « Pollyanna Rainbow Sunshine and the Needles of Doom Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:03:28 +0000 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/#comment-6158 [...] Over at The Great White Snark (heh), there’s a list of the top 5 geek shows that jumped the huge swimming predator. [...] [...] Over at The Great White Snark (heh), there’s a list of the top 5 geek shows that jumped the huge swimming predator. [...]

]]> By: Nathan D http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-4708 Nathan D Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:57:16 +0000 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/#comment-4708 Angel almost kinda got getter after it got worse. Though, the puppet episode I just couldn't get through. Angel almost kinda got getter after it got worse. Though, the puppet episode I just couldn’t get through.

]]> By: Great White Snark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-1901 Great White Snark Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:08:20 +0000 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/#comment-1901 By complete coincidence, the 30th anniversary of The Fonz jumping the shark was last week. By complete coincidence, the 30th anniversary of The Fonz jumping the shark was last week.

]]> By: Shithead http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-1842 Shithead Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:15:16 +0000 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/09/24/the-top-five-geek-tv-shows-that-jumped-the-shark/#comment-1842 Oh, and however bad you think the actual jumping of the shark might have been, note that it's likely worse. Fonzie is on water skis, wearing some sort of belt-like lifesaving device over his leather jacket. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpraJYnbVtE Oh, and however bad you think the actual jumping of the shark might have been, note that it’s likely worse. Fonzie is on water skis, wearing some sort of belt-like lifesaving device over his leather jacket.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpraJYnbVtE

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