30 TV Episodes So Bad They Almost Destroyed Their Shows

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[@devingiles6597]

Dark Harvest on Invader Zim. The episode when Zim sucks every organ from humans and replaced them with objects like a soda can, a cat, a hall pass which acts as a bomb, etc. Gross! This episode is so graphic. How did it pass the Nickelodeon censors?

[@Reaperguy67]

​@@Marty.Robins Stop spam replying

[@dhenderson1810]

Boy George guest starring on "The A-Team".

[@GermanSpongeBobVeteran01]

The SpongeBob episode "Professor Squidward" almost ruined SpongeBob for me, but meanwhile I just ignore the bad episodes.

[@supertedogpriken]

Should have had some Star wars on this list. Or a bunch of Star Wars.....

[@williamwatson4354]

How I met was destroyed retroactively by the abysmal ending. They filmed the ending around season 2 and they never, ever should have utilized it.

[@dhenderson1810]

No one wanted Ted and Robin to get together from the start.

[@hayleydouglas]

@@dhenderson1810 I didn't want them to be a couple - they do not work

[@dhenderson1810]

@@hayleydouglas Yet a guy who keeps a book on how he seduces women and goes from one relationship to another, like Barney, is right for Robin? Barney may be an entertaining character but his treatment of women is horrible, and no way could a pantsman like him remain faithful to any one woman. At least Ted seems like he is committed, and his wife dies, they didn't divorce. He only moves into Robin after a suitable period of mourning. He didn't cheat on her. Barney would be bored with married life and chase the next hot piece who comes along. Think of real life. Who would you rather your daughter end up with, a widower who wants a committed relationship and has always loved her to some extent, or some ladies' man who has a rule book of what he will or won't accept from a woman, who has never shown commitment before and is probably on a MeToo watch list? I know who I would prefer for my daughter.

[@michelledawn7446]

@@dhenderson1810There’s theories that since the story is being told by future Ted, that characteristics about Barney are exaggerated. Many times it was shown that Ted is an unreliable narrator. And he possibly painted Barney as more disgusting so he could be seen as the better choice for Robin to his children.

[@dhenderson1810]

@@michelledawn7446 Or maybe you just want to see Barney as a better guy when Ted's description may have been accurate.

[@houseofw5386]

How did Fonzie Jumping the Shark not on miss this list but not be number1? Jumping the Shark has been a pop culture phrase for 40 plus years!

[@time391]

It's Gen X, Y, and Z, not really boomer or the echo gen TV

[@beaudure01]

@@time391 Gen Xers started a site called Jump the Shark, derived specifically from that trope.

[@calmbbaer]

"Jumping the Shark" doesn't mean that a show is ruined; it's just the first solid sign that it's going downhill. For example, I'd say that How I Met Your Mother jumped the shark in the middle of season 5, not the end of season 9. "Duel Citizenship" (where Ted and Marshall abandon Lily at a romantic couple's retreat to drive 22 hours to each pizza) or "Girls vs. Suits" (where Ted dates a student at his college, violating their policy, but enabling him to eventually meet The Mother). The Barney B-plots of both of these were pretty bad too.

[@VideoKilledMyZZZ]

@@time391that doesn’t mean anything. Perhaps they should learn something.

[@exoplanet11]

Almost like that episode of Happy Days should be in a top 10 list of its own.

[@Whookieee]

I never understood why Monica's hair would be so frizzy in Barbados but not NYC. I think the California based writers forgot the east coast is very humid

[@Heathcoatman]

Totally different. First, 'east coast' is very vague, as the climate in NY and the climate in Georgia are considerably different. The average humidity in NYC is around 55%, the average humidity in Barbados is over 80%. Also, it's a sitcom......it's meant to make silly situations with jokes. Fact checking a sitcom indicates you may not be a sitcom person. Joey also couldnt eat an entire 26 lb turkey in one sitting. Not possible, even for a Tribbiani. Just silly situations for the purpose of laughs. The two main writers and creators are from the 'east coast' (Philly and NYC). They were raised, went to college and spent their early careers in the region.

[@Whookieee]

@@Heathcoatman idk man, for my (vert curly) hair, humidity is humidity.

[@nicholasstocker8864]

Fun Fact: Bendy was so hated that the show’s creator, Craig McCracken, says that he’s non-canon.

[@kaijunasan4497]

And the fact Lauren Faust had to post an apology for making him

[@keynanmartinez]

Thank God

[@RealGilbertGan]

I've suffered PTSD from that travesty of an "episode" since!

[@Beth_Alice_Kaplan]

Episodes like Bendy are usually best explained by one of my favorite nonsensical reasons for weirdness: Sunspots

[@Lyoko2516]

@@kaijunasan4497 And they originally were going for a 22 minute episode where Bendy was gonna get his just desserts at the end, but the studio said "no."

[@briandonegan8480]

I must be crazy because that was one of my favorite Futurama episodes from that era of the show. Was a great parody of what Saturday morning cartoons really were, the people who ruined them, and essentially its downfall

[@melindagustafson1832]

Same! It's one of my favorites of the anthology episodes that they have had. It's so weird to see that episode on this list.

[@trishlynwilliams6648]

Yeah, definitely one of my favorite episodes of Futurama. Mainly because it was something that was unexpected but also made valid points about how cartoons evolved when parents started using them as babysitters

[@DarkwingDoll]

Ok, I don’t think I’ve ever commented on a KZbin video. I could be wrong, but I usually watch on Smart TV and don’t know how to comment or like on there. Anyway, any Futurama ep being on a list with that terrible Grey’s episode is insulting. If someone doesn’t get it, they should just say that and watch something else. I LOVE this episode and any time they do those anthology types. Sorry for the aggression, I REALLY like Futurama. 😂

[@williamkarbala5718]

I second this.

[@samqualls1339]

“Of course! If the stadium was ruined everyone would have to go to your kabuki theater!” George Takei: “That’s not why I did it.” “Then why?” George Takei: “I’m mentally ill!”

[@nuwildcat90]

How could you not include the Pam Ewing "I dreamt that you were dead" episode from "Dallas". That episode was so reviled that the series episodes of "St. Elsewhere", and, especially, "Newhart" were made to make fun of it. Likewise, "Married … with Children" used it when Katey Sagal real-life pregnancy (that they wrote into the show by having Peg Bundy and Marcy D'Arcy pregnant) ended in a miscarriage. When other shows make fun of an episode of a show, you know it stunk like year-old yogurt.

[@dhenderson1810]

The movie "The Wizard Of Oz" did the whole "I was all a dream thing" before "Dallas".

[@thehomeschoolinglibrarian]

This is why pregnancy shouldn't be worked into shows. I do feel sorry for Katey Sagal because she was 5 months pregnant when she mis carried and that is late and means she had to give birth to a dead fetus.

[@dhenderson1810]

@@thehomeschoolinglibrarian I some shows they aren't. Julia Louis Dreyfus was pregnant twice during the run of "Seinfeld", but they didn't write the pregnancy in. They had her wear big coats, stand behind plants and other objects shoot her from the shoulders up, and she was even missing for a couple of episodes (where she was in Europe with her psychiatrist) because she was about to give birth. If you watch some eps, and pay attention, you could see that she is hiding it.

[@ki5aok]

Well, I remember Newhart took it one step further in the series finale that the entire show was a dream sequence. It works somewhat for a series finale, but not a season finale.

[@728huey]

​@@dhenderson1810 Jane Leeves was pregnant in season eight of Frasier, but instead of trying to cover up her pregnancy they used it to show her character's guilt for breaking up with her lawyer fiancee who handled Niles' divorce from his second wife. She apparently dealt with her guilt by overeating. They eventually sent her character Daphne to a fat farm when she went on maternity leave, and they cleverly revealed the birth of her child when Niles revealed that at the fat farm she magically lost nine pounds and two ounces in one day.

[@jimmymurphy898]

This probably won't be on here but I would put The Long Night from GOT. Just such an incredibly disappointing episode. The supposed big bads of the series are killed so easily and we learn nothing more about them. Plus you can barely even see what's going on! That episode still stings to this day in an absolutely abysmal season of TV.

[@thefallofranny]

The episode lost me with the amount of plot armor everyone was wearing

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

@@thefallofrannyYep. The whites can wipe out an army of Dothrakis yet a fat man with no combat skills survives. Also the most powerful and terrifying monster in Westeros is killed by a fucking teenage girl.

[@djtridium]

Fuck me this comment is perfect. I absolutely despise this episode and believe it to be the worst episode of television I’ve ever seen. Utter shite

[@josh043p6]

For me it was the episode where Jon and the gang went over the wall to get a zombie. Just a stupid episode from start to finish

I agree that was one of the worst episodes of GOT but the title of this video is episodes so bad they almost killed the show and GOT was already a corpse by the time that episode aired.

[@jm40121]

I totally hated The Timeless Children. It made me quit Doctor Who for a while, I was so disappointed. But what makes me mad is that some fans turn a bad eye to Jodie Whittaker for that episode. It's not her fault, she didn't write the episode. She was a good Doctor, but the writers dealt her a bad hand.

[@ki5aok]

I was critical of that episode, but I put it squarely on Chibnal. That one-hand hack couldn't write a decent episode if his life depended on it, let alone be a showrunner to the series.

[@truediva18]

I couldn't watch that episode. Jodie was dealt a bad hand with those scripts. What do you think of the show doing a spin on it with The Toymaker.

[@jm40121]

@@truediva18 really good.

[@mysterykiddo2167]

Not just her, the entire cast during the 13th Doctor's era was done dirty by the writing

[@slaytanicdavidb]

@loupashireThey changed the whole canon of the show. It’s not gatekeeping no one it’s trying to keep anyone from enjoying Dr. Who. They destroyed the whole show that whole season was terrible then they end it with the timeless children.

[@chrismeulen8108]

what about Married... with Children season 7? when they introduced the character of Seven, in an attempt to boost ratings. that character is basically the Scrappy-Doo of the show. later on they even joked about it with him being a "missing person" on a milk carton.

[@shldnfr]

That whole storyline was to explain Katey Sagal's pregnancy. Unfortunately, she had a miscarriage and so the writers dumped the terrible Seven character.

[@LoneLeeLuna]

Brian’s Death from Family Guy should’ve been a mention.

[@jasonrandom372]

That episode is actually called The Life Of Brian.

[@chrismeulen8108]

but that one didn't almost destroy anything though, it was just butthurt fans complaining, even though there was never any intention of keeping Brian dead.

[@ydad8946]

@@chrismeulen8108 I thought that Seth, himself, said in an interview some years ago that he had moved on from the Brian character and they only undid his death due to the fanbase's reaction.

[@booksteer7057]

It didn't mark the end of the show, but the Star Trek: Voyager episode where Ensign Paris breaks the "warp 10" barrier and subsequently devolves into a salamander is a notorious turd.

[@GrandInfernoElite]

Gotta be one of the worst of the franchise. Definetely the worse of voyager

[@MichaelTerndrup]

why is that bad

[@Beth_Alice_Kaplan]

😂😂

[@booksteer7057]

@@MichaelTerndrup The idea of him being physically altered by breaking this barrier wasn't bad. It happens all the time in sci-fi. Think Peter Parker becoming Spiderman. But a salamander? It's so boring and gross and unsexy. To make matters worse, Janeway also undergoes the same transformation, and she and Paris run off and successfully mate! 😆😱

[@Paulafan5]

There are 6 Quark episodes far, far worse (DS9).

[@hunterolaughlin]

A Pal for Gary and One Course Meal are episodes that nearly killed SpongeBob’s reputation.

[@sb14andmore50]

Really? I remember liking "A Pal for Gary" a lot, don't exactly remember "One Course Meal" though

[@rolando90s]

I really dislike those spongebob episodes

[@devingiles6597]

You really think these SpongeBob episodes are awful, try watching an episode called Ink Lemonade.

[@mr.im-a-sonic-fan6866]

I agree. I dislike those 2 episodes too. And there’s one episode of SpongeBob that I absolutely despise with all my being: The Krabby Kronicle. That god awful episode makes my blood boil. It disgusts me to see Mr. Krabs ruin the lives of other people for the sake of making more money. He kept forcing SpongeBob to keep making fake news stories that can shatter people’s lives. I’m just glad that crustaceous cheapskate got what he deserved when all the angry customers found out what he was doing & took all their money back. Alas, my satisfaction was unfortunately cut short because Mr. Krabs saw that he had one dollar left and what he did next makes my hatred for that episode and my disdain towards Mr. Krabs much more apparent. He uses the printing press to COPY AND MAKE MORE DOLLARS! NOT ONLY THAT HE HAD TO RESORT TO DOING SOMETHING COMPLETELY ILLEGAL, BUT HE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE MORE MONEY RIGHT AFTER HE GOT HIS ASS HANDLED!!! And it doesn’t help at all that episode ends on a joke, revealing that Patrick did marry the pole he was watching, like it was stated in the fake news story! I F*CKING HATE THE KRABBY KRONICLE!!! I WISH THAT DUMPSTER FIRE OF AN EPISODE WAS NEVER MADE! WHAT IN GOD’S NAME WERE THE GUYS BEHIND NICKELODEON THINKING WHEN THEY MADE THAT SH*TTY EPISODE?!?! NICKELODEON SHOULD JUST STOP AIRING THAT AWFUL EPISODE!!! 😡💢👎

[@hunterolaughlin]

@@devingiles6597 No thanks. I’ve already seen enough reviews of Ink Lemonade to know how awful it is and to fortunately be able to dodge a bullet with it.

[@indubitablysoyall]

The Towlie episode of South Park......over the Pip episode?! Errr.........

[@thereallg4587]

*I get it about how I met your mother. But Joey and Rachel in friends was such a bad idea. You can tell they ran out of ideas cause they pull an “unexpected” relationship that should’ve never happened. It didn’t even last.*

[@CyclopsWasRight616]

if it was 2024, they'd do Rachel and Phoebe.

[@tylergoodman3560]

The series finale of "How I met your mother " was the worst episode ever. 🎉

[@guyincognito9831]

Not even the worst episode of the final season.

[@StanHalen1936]

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[@Marty.Robins]

🎉

[@RyanMcKennaGosling]

Yeah! At least the Alternate Ending does exist that was on the Season 9 DVD release. But I just hope an official director's cut could get released.

[@BlackHatCinephile]

🏆🥇

[@mickeyrube6623]

I'm surprised they didn't have the actual “Fonzie Jumps the Shark" episode for Happy Days.

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

Same

[@Phoenix-MX1]

Jumping the shark means that a show did something that is farfetched for the sake of novelty, some of these episodes were just bad.

[@rustyshacklefordrefined5756]

@@Phoenix-MX1No, that Happy Days episode is where the term comes from.

[@AtalixZero]

Keyword: *almost*. The shark episode actually ended Happy Days

[@mickeyrube6623]

@@Phoenix-MX1 NO, i don't think your definition is correct. Jumping the Shark means doing something (like simple putting out a really bad episode of television, regardless of whether it was farfetched or not) that signals that said thing is in it's critical quality decline (whether that means it remains popular or profitable or not.) But even if you are right, the Jumping the Shark episode of Happy Days WAS JUST THAT BAD enough to get on this list!

[@METerrell]

I wouldn't say that the Great Divide almost destroyed Avatar the Last Airbender. I mean I know it's not a fan favorite, mainly because Nickelodeon kept reshowing it because out of the first season it was pretty much the only stand alone episode that they could put on at any time, but almost destroying the series? No. Same with Beer Bad from Buffy. There's elements of the episode that fans can still enjoy, like Willow's chat with Parker, the guy who wasn't into serious relationships. Okay, so mainly that part along with Buffy clobbering Parker over the head a couple of times.

[@patrickobrien7209]

The funny thing is that "Beer Bad" was written because the network wanted a PSA episode for tax reasons. But it was rejected because magic made everyone make bad decisions, not the alcohol

[@AlexBabbage]

The death of Robert Romano was hilarious and you cannot convince me otherwise. Great episode.

[@fjoroman]

Completely agree. I still cheer when I rewatch ER and get to this episode.

[@Buggy-su4oy]

The Simpsons' "Boys of Bummer" was just a mean-spirited jab at Bart...enough said.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

Oh, don’t get me started on how much I wanted to stop watching the show when that episode aired! Bart shouldn’t have received all that hate after missing that crucial catch.

[@mysterykiddo2167]

Not to mention the writers of that episode hate Bart and purely made it to show how much they despised him.

[@Slayde.Wilson]

The Velma show should be on here.

[@CandiceVidito]

The Velma show just sucks

[@netherfreakultima4498]

Agreed

[@FlashMovies07]

That show did get destroyed, though. Even before it came out.

[@KyleWillLivingston]

The title says "almost", every episode of Velma DID ruin the show.

[@cinnamonsun7099]

It says Almost not horrible shows that should have never been made

[@emilystiverson4439]

I'm surprised Glee or Vampire Diaries did not end up on this list.

[@princessstomper8068]

The Vampire Diaries had a satisfying ending. Its spin-off, The Originals, had an ending so bad it made me want to *throw something*.

[@bennywark3103]

I actually liked the Saturday Morning Cartoons episode of Futurama. I loved the parodies of the different shows (first time I saw a parody actually). Also that "purple heart" moment still cracks me up.

[@trinaq]

Fans might have been more forgiving towards the infamous "Lost Sister" episode if it hasn't come right in the middle of an exciting cliffhanger. Kali and her gang really weren't interesting characters, at least compared to the ones we knew and loved in Hawkins, and the whole thing felt like a cheap attempt at a potential spinoff.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

*“Lost Sister.”

[@TwilightLink77]

Hopefully Kali could return for the final season since Vecna’s action threatens the world

[@RayMcElroy50]

But "Rickdependence Spray" was what you could expect from a show like RICK AND MORTY It made me laugh my as off

[@danilonakazone386]

I don’t get why this is here. It’s just another weird Rick and Morty episode. A little more weirder involving birth control and abortion, and little bit of incest. But hey. They did a lot crazier before.

[@Ploeppsel]

@@danilonakazone386personally I found it too weird and it was the first episode where I think they mistook weird concept and plots for good writing. It's my least favorite episode but I only wathced till season 6.

[@Phoenix-MX1]

You have a weird sense of humor bro

[@CMStrawbridge]

It was a fucking hilarious episode, but the fact that it gave us a cannon offspring between Morty and Summer is exactly why it's on this list and deserves to be

[@RayMcElroy50]

@CMStrawbridge It's not like they conceived Naruto physically People didn't take issue with Friends

[@taracarroll4218]

Before A Million Little Fibers, South Park nearly caused a downfall by airing Terrence and Phillip Not Without My Anus as an April Fools joke in the middle of the cliffhanger for who was Cartman's father. Over 2,000 email complaints were sent to Comedy Central, they had to air the next episode early. Though I would pick NWMA over AMLF anyday.

[@trinaq]

I always skip the "Barbados" episodes when rewatching "Friends." It wasted two whole episodes by focusing almost exclusively on the characters' love lives, and the only decent thing was the pinball tournament.

[@LaViejaLinda]

10:25 As I started reading your comment. 😊

[@josh043p6]

Stranger in a Strange Land is apparently bad on purpose. I guess ABC wanted Lost to go on way longer than the writers intended due to its popularity, so the writers wrote this as an FU to the network and say sorry, but we don't have enough ideas to keep going forever

[@adamgrunther1367]

Absolutely disagree with the Futurama Saturday Morning Funpit being on this list. I unapologetically thought that episode was hilarious (especially the GI Zapp section).

[@GrandInfernoElite]

Same. I would have put either the episode with the whole yeti and zoidberg black-ops plotline, or the one where zoidberg finds love.

[@Flickstreetyoutube]

The third season premiere of Castle needs to be here.

[@Buggy-su4oy]

The Looney Tunes Show episode "The Float" was just Daffy being a jerk to Porky who does whatever he can to help him out and then when Daffy use Porky's credit card to buy a yacht which leaves Porky homeless was just hard to watch and even at the end Daffy takes advantage of the pig.

[@LaViejaLinda]

Agree. The other is when Daffy thought Porky was a serial killer.

[@tristankingcooldudewhite8392]

A dishonorable mention “Après Hank, le Deluge” - “King of the Hill” (1997-2010; 2024-) “No Such Luck” - “The Loud House” (2016-) “The Bros” - “The Amazing World of Gumball” (2011-19) “The Mural of the Story” - “American Dad” (2005-) “Yard, She Blows!” - “King of the Hill” (1997-2010; 2024-) “Partial Terms of Endearment” - “Family Guy” (1999-2002; 2005-)

[@rolando90s]

"Finale Word" - "RWBY"

[@jasonrandom372]

Another dishonorable mention you forgot is Life Of Brian: Family Guy.

[@grayshigami6797]

What happened in the Gumball episode?

[@RealGilbertGan]

"The Fart Fairy" - Total DramaRama

[@MichaelBlaneWalker]

Can’t The Loud House just cancel?

[@Aragorn7884]

TBH - I think _Towelie_ is funny AF

[@SpamEggSausage]

there are way worse South Park eps

[@wak773]

personally, the thing i'm most pissed about in the great divide is that we never find out the truth. aang lying feels like a giant middle finger, not because of his character (i mean looking back it is), but more because it feels like i had to endure a bunch of petty arguments for 22 minutes for absolutely NOTHING. although, if i had to point out a worse episode, at least for me, it would be the fortuneteller. it's pointless shipping fuel for a ship you know will happen by the end of the show.

[@GrandInfernoElite]

I think the fortuneteller episode redeemed itself with the volcano part. Although i feel aang stopped it a bit too easily despite not going into the avatar state

[@frankydetank5227]

Does 3 Family Guy episodes count? The one about abortion, the second one about Quaqmire's sister and her abusive boyfriend and Brian's death in 3rd one

[@chrisbinwang2119]

Make it 4 with that one where Stewie got pregnant.

[@nethanlock5008]

Make it 5 when Stewie gets herpies🤢​@@chrisbinwang2119

[@MrsCutieeCake]

Like, I am usually neutral, but the one called "Seahorse Party" where Meg goes on a rant at her family and reverts back to become their punching bag again. It ticks me off a little.

[@driley5004]

Omg yes. And agreed with the 4th.....that was questionable, to say the least

[@chrismeulen8108]

"Terms of Endearment" wasn't even aired until WAAAAAAYYYY later, even then the joke was short lived, just like the baby's life in the actual episode :) if you want to hate on characters, why not hate the episodes with Peter's kids, Peter's sister, and the one where Joe's son returned home.

[@timothymorris157]

GI Zapp alone makes Futurama’s Saturday Morning Fun Pit episode (719) more than watch worthy for me so that’s how i generally feel about it.

[@Silvervelocity1988]

This is the type of shit I hate, fans of a show that don’t know the source material and getting upset… Glenn getting his head bashed in was a key point in the graphic novels

[@whtxombi4955]

I loved that episode of Futurama! I grew up with Saturday morning cartoons and it did a great imitation, including the commercials and bumpers.

[@michaelgualtieri651]

The fact that *"The Day Will Come When You Won't Be"* is on here incredibly pisses me off. Ya, it was an extremely emotional episode, but that was always the intention. The whole episode is to show case that Negan is the most dangerous threat Rick & his people have met. Not only that, the episode title itself is a call back all the way back from the first Season. Back when Rick told Jenner he was grateful that he gave him and the others a chance at life, Jenner told him simply the day will come when he wouldn't be. And this was that day. The day Rick met Negan. As for Glenn dying, that was always gonna happen. It's honestly one of the most iconic deaths in the series, so there was no way that they wouldn't have done it. It sucks for Glenn fans, yes. But get over it all ready. Honestly, I consider this episode one of the best in the series, and I'm not sorry for saying that. It was emotional, intense, and the acting was amazing. Especially from Andrew Lincoln (Rick), and most definitely Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan).

[@calebbarrow4566]

This one surprised me too.. That episode actually revived my interest with the emotions it invoked and the sheer brutality of the deaths. I was physically sick to my stomach and that impressed me.

[@alexshayatovich8722]

I thought it was one of the best episodes of the walking dead.

[@ethanyoung8409]

Best? Possibly. Most horrifying and stomach-churning? Definitely

[@WrenFaithBridger]

I guess I'm just used to people ragging on that episode. I didn't like the way the episode made me feel, but I guess it was supposed to do that, which makes it a good episode. Will I watch again? Of course.

[@introvertsrock9843]

Next Signs that a show needs to END 1. Most of the og cast is gone (Grey's)? 2. It's been on too long (game/reality shows) 3. Characters graduated (glee) 4.

[@recycledapathy7411]

4. Overuse of clips/flashback episodes

[@Trekapedia]

Casting Lea Michele was a bad idea for Glee anyway. Sorry but she’s not a nice person.

[@mysterykiddo2167]

4. Earlier episodes have begun to rub the audience in the wrong way

[@g.mitchell7110]

"Intro to Felt Surrogacy" is one of my favorite episodes of Community. It's a musical episode that has a good in-universe explanation for the singing (they're high on magic mushrooms), the songs are fun, the musical guests (Sara Bareilles and Jason Alexander) are top quality, and despite what was written in this entry, it does give us some character development in the form of each character being able to share a secret with the group that they'd been hiding and felt shame over. I've always listed this one as one of the best Community episodes. I didn't know it was hated like this. And "Stranger in a Strange Land" is almost universally seen as the worst episode of Lost, but it had the opposite effect. Show runner Damon Lindeloff had been butting heads with ABC over the direction of the show. ABC wanted to stretch out all the shows mysteries because they had a bona fide hit and they wanted to milk it, while Lindeloff wanted to start building towards paying off the mysteries by starting to reveal answers. ABC wanted a never ending soap opera set on the island, while the creators wanted to tell a complete story. So you get the first six episodes of season 3, which were as a group terrible, not just that one. They were so bad that the show went on a mid season hiatus to regroup and the creators and ABC agreed to a roadmap of three more seasons, and Lindeloff was of course, right, and the second part of season 3 was perhaps the best run of episodes in the series. THE best episode is in season 4, "The Constant", but some of those third season episodes, especially "Greatest Hits" are amazing. I'm going to drop the qualifier: The second part of season 3 is the best run of episodes in the series.

[@YoMommazNUTZ]

Okay I am revved up for a long one! While yes the pilot of parks and rec wasnt the best but i have found that it is best to try at the least 2 episodes of a show if it is something that you think might enjoy or actors you like. The Walking Dead graphic novel does have Neegen kill Glen that way, as it is the show was already candy coated to the point it missed the reality of how some people will end up acting in end of the world as we know it situation. The fartbook episode was a great way of showing how ridiculous the majority of social media! Friends was always to over the top on the sitcome tropes. The 9th season of Roseanne was already a bit much, but the last episode was even more of heartbreak than when we originally thought Dan died. Also i still cant believe that Roseanne joined trumps cult, she made sure that people of all walks of life were part of Roseanne and made sure they were seen as the normal everyday people most of us are instead of stereotypes and then twisted into that hateful thing? I liked the episode of the great divide it shows how ridiculous things can get for such small acts that dont add up. While ERs Free Fall was ridiculous the character deserved to die that way, he was always sexist, racist and classist. Comunitys puppet episode was awesome and i love it so seriously wtf if that doing on here? Buffys beer bad episode was a good one and they had other times after that episode that drinking and sex were shown, the episode was just showing how easy it is to want revenge of jackass frat brats. GOT left out a lot of the horrific parts of the books which is good because I doubt many people would have been okay with the show running if everything was added. How i met your mother was messed up, the mom wasnt even a big part of it and is seen as not as important as Robin, like she came had his children and died, but then to add insult to injury the kids are like "thats all fine and dandy dad because its obvious you never cared about our dead mom, go get Robin the woman who you couldnt make it work with over and over, she is the best woman for you." Wtaf is that crap?!?!

[@BetoCuevasGT]

What about Jakie's and Fez relationship in That's 70 Show ? Or Lucas shooting Dan in One Tree Hill ?... Two of my favorites shows ruined by incongruences of characters

[@GrandInfernoElite]

Eric leaving was the begining of the end for that 70s show. They could have kept going without kelso, but not eric. Jackie and fez was just beating a dead horse

[@BetoCuevasGT]

@@GrandInfernoElite totally !!! But even without Erik the show felt "tolerable" to me, the ratings dropped down, but the producers somehow manage to keep going... Now, when Fez and Jackie got together it was really the end for me, i just changed the channel and thats it, i leaved it there

[@andrewhaase1826]

Dishonorable Mentions: *One Coarse Meal - Spongebob Squarepants -I've heard about being tone-deaf, but this is brain-deaf! Shock value is fine if the purpose outweighs the offense. It's supposed to provoke, giving way to a positive idea or even make people feel better by laughing at how shocking it is. But it takes a lot skill and thought to pull off correctly. When you focus too much on the negative without really exploring or understanding it, you get something that not only makes people feel dumber, but also kinda dirty. The intent to bring something positive gets lost in the need to make yourself feel important. But the same can also be said being too positive too. That can come across as mockingly condescending. Somewhere in the middle there's a balance that's hard to maintain, but can be done. *The Bicker The Better, The Champ Twins, and The Path That Leads To Goodbye - Pokemon -These 3 are in my opinion the worst episodes of the Pokemon anime. My jaw dropped they were that bad and unpleasant. Skip these ones at all cost. *Brian Writes A Best-Seller - Family Guy -It's one of the worst Brian Griffin-centered Family Guy episodes of all time, if not, THE worst. It's Brian at his worst, his most self-centered, his most arrogant, and the worst he treats Stewie. Now which should he get? Another "Where's my money?" Moment, or another scene of Quagmire beating the crap out of him? *Cleaved - Star vs The Forces Of Evil -It's a real shame because Star vs The Forces of Evil is an otherwise great show marred only by Cleaved, it's dreadful and highly controversial final episode. It's one thing to have a bad episode in the middle of the series, it's another thing entirely when an awesome show ends on a sour note. *The Girlfriend - The Amazing World Of Gumball -Easily one of Gumball's worst episodes, and that's saying a lot considering there is an episode literally titled "The Worst." And (no surprise) that episode is also terrible.

[@rpsyco]

Brian Writes A Best-Seller is a bad episode, but tbh Brian's rant at the beginning of the episode on what books are popular was both true and sad (it also helped me when I ordered non-fiction for a library I used to work at).

[@hhtptai]

There was literally four people in the room when Bendy knocked over that vase. I hated that episode so much. At least Cheese was funny.

[@fabriciolima25]

True,it’s better Cheese

[@thehomeschoolinglibrarian]

The episode in Bones where Hodgens looses all his money due to a online hacker did it for me. This just can't happen in real life because one the wealthy have money everywhere including in real estate and there are safe guards for this. It doesn't help when the show gets more into the characters personal lives rather then the crimes. I stopped watching after season 4.

[@saymynameice-zen-berg511]

The season premiere of the fourth season of The Fringe. The main character had his existence erased at the end of the finale of season 3. Now all the other established characters were changed because they never had his good influence. The first 3 seasons were awesome. Season 4 it had become a completely new show and an inferior one.

[@DarkMoon689]

It's like "we wrote ourselves into a corner, let's just hit the reset button and make everyone worse... so Peter can be a saviour again", I love Fringe but it such a choice to just undo all character development, because they didn't know how to keep the characters compeling beyond their angst, "we solved some of their interpersonal issues and don't know how to make them interact without it. So let's give them more trauma along with the old trauma"

[@LadyKattrina84]

Matt LeBlanc and Jennifer Anniston also HATED Joey and Racheal getting together, saying it made no sense. SKIP SECRET TUNNEL?! ARE YOU MAD? The song is a banger....

[@emszies8303]

I always thought joey and phoebe would of made a better couple then joey and Rachel

[@recycledapathy7411]

Grey 17 is Missing - Babylon 5 The Waldo Moment - Black Mirror Proshai, Livushka - The Sopranos Also, I'd probably go with Doublemeat Palace as the worst Buffy episode. "Beer Bad" is actually hilarious once you know the story behind it, because it's meant to satirize TV shows that throw in cheesy PSAs to get "educational TV" money.

[@Markimark151]

Downton Abbey was good until the horrible third season that turned the show into a British soap opera! Also the third season of Lost was when the producers decided to end the series with three shorter seasons. You forgot about Family Guy’s Quagmire’s sister Brenda and the infamous Brian’s death that’s when the show jumped the shark!

[@TVFlix]

Frank's Brother is hilarious, just due to it's absurdism.

[@Buggy-su4oy]

MLP Friendship is Magic Season 5 episode "All About Discord" was kinda a dud as all it was was Twilight feeling left out of her friends' fun and being afraid to admit she was jealous being a princess and thinking that she shouldn't feel that way and then to find out that Discord left her out on purpose made the episode more mean-spirited than fun to watch.

[@partytimer1776]

Ok I really don't get why some people hate the whole sister thing, thinking it was pointless, kali was pretty cool and with knowing about her maybe she can be used in the final season to help against henry

[@johnsonjae]

"The Great Divide" is one of my favorite Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes, it could do without "City of Walls and Secrets" however. I don't think I have watched that episode on a watch through in almost a decade. My kids didn't even know it existed until recently.

[@ClaudiaS_]

The Great Divide is one of my favorite Avatar episodes. It makes the case that Aang saw how stupid the tribes’ rivalry is that he makes up a story to prove that they don’t even have any real basis for their prejudices. At least that’s how I always saw it.

[@drcowbell]

Mike’s Tots should have made this list. Epsiode was so cringe it’s hard to watch the series at all

[@ravenguest]

Scott's Tots. I always skip that episode. It's horrific.

[@RossJW]

Unfortunately, that episode of Jane the Virgin was the last episode I watched. It was so sudden and unexpected that I was shook. I do plan to watch the rest of the episodes but that hurt me a lot.

[@redbossfan]

For me it was the finale of The Good Wife. It was a fantastic show throughout and in that one final episode they ruined everything. Alicia throwing Diane under the bus felt like a slap in the face.

[@BGDaddy04]

Walking Dead's ending to season 6 was good. I remember everyone was speculating who was going to be picked. The only thing that shocked me was that they killed Abraham as well, but that episode was awesome to me because they at least followed the comic for Glen's death. Futurama and Rick and Morty are GOATed so I don't know how they're even on this list!!

[@dklabratful]

The finale of Medium was a complete abomination and undermined the premise of the entire show. When a lived one dies, Alison can have no contact with them ever again until she dies herself. Really?!

[@ethanyoung8409]

I invited my parents, sister and brother-in-law, who had all just gotten into the show, to watch the TWD season 7 premiere.. I remember apologizing profusely for what they'd just witnessed as they rushed out the door

[@IlGreven]

We all know Star Trek Voyager wasn't the greatest hour of Star Trek every week...but "Threshold" was well...the threshold for a lot of fans. That would be the one where Janeway and Paris pass Warp 10 and turn into Salamanders and have babies together, and would eventually be all right in the end...while abandoning said Salamander babies.

[@niceguy169]

Totally agree on How I Met Your Mother... Watching the show as it originally aired right from the beginning, I always figured when we eventually met what would be Tracy that we'd then see the early stages of Ted and Tracy's relationship, how they ended up clicking, how things just worked, how Ted finally met his soulmate, etc. etc. Then when the final season was going to include the meeting, I figured he'd meet her in the season premiere, or maybe the first few, then the wedding and back in New York, and yeah, the rest of the final season would be their relationship. Nope. Then they stopped TIME, how each episode started like minutes after the previous, they never return to New York, leaving the meeting until the END. Then... THEN! I was at least glad for Daughter to point out the "How I Met Your Mother" story had no mother in it... They managed to establish a fantastic engaging character, then WE DON'T GET TO SEE HER! ENJOY HER! ENJOY TED ENJOYING HER! I wrote a review on Facebook which was a two sentence letter filled with swear words cursing out the writers, LOL! I kind of disagree about Rick & Morty, I kinda loved that episode. As CinemaSins pointed out, highlight being Rick knocking himself over. "What are you doing?" "Getting out of your eye line". :) Friends I'm on the fence. The foursome it felt like both matchups were about time - seemed like Ross should have been with Charlie from the get-go, and Joey's pining for Rachel was so painful. But BOTH couples ended up being too short! TOO LONG on the build up that they all should get together, pretty sure both build-ups lasted longer than either relationship! And both got stalled starting because of wanting to do right by the guys to the guys! Ugh. LOVED the eavesdropping section, was annoyed by the Monica's Big Hair aspect. And always bugged by two-parters, get it done in one, come on! Buffy Beer Bad I don't remember MUCH, but cavewoman Buffy rings a bell, I remember LOVING her in her primal instincts, :) I concur others mentioning the 3 episode arc from Family Guy killing off Brian, even extending the gag by putting the new dog (I forget his name) in the opening of the intervening episodes. Basically pranked the fans in a cruel not-okay way. Needed to include the ill-advised destruction of the time machine, such a GREAT plot device, you don't get rid of that! Then later as a middle finger to the fans they had an episode devoid of Brian and popped up "Fans lost their minds when Brian died, but he isn't in this episode and you didn't miss him, did you?" or some such. I DID love when Stewie and Brian were a musical duo Red Shirt Blue Shirt how Olivia took over and they cameo'd the other dog. :)

[@shaliseshaw9385]

The Spongebob Squarepants episodes, "The Splinter," "One Course Meal," "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful," "Spongebob You're Fired," "Pet Sitter Pat," and other bad episodes should've been included. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@HypnosTheDreamer]

Can someone plz explain to me why people hated s7e1 of TWD? I feel like “over the top “ and “gratuitous” violence are bs answers considering other deaths earlier in the show, their deaths seemed tame in comparison.

[@prosen8966]

I will never forgive HIMYM - nor do I accept their ending. I just cut it right out of the series: bc if the show wanted Ted & Robin together, they tried that in season 2. If that was going to be the case, why did we sit thru numerous other seasons, learning to love other couples, most esp’ly that last season (minus one ep)? That was total BS! I loved Barnie & Robin - why would I want to slowly watch them get together - only to see them divorced in the very last episode? Did TPTB think ppl only loved Ted & Robin and nobody else? That was excruciating and awful and heartbreaking. And like I said, wiped forevermore from my Perl memory.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

The Timeless Children is the worst episode of Doctor Who ever!

[@Twinklestar16a]

Let's forget about Bendy! I should write a crossover fanfic between the smurfs and foster's home for imaginary friends called let's punish Bendy!

[@AlexOvTheAbyss]

I feel like each time Futurama is cancelled and returns it gets worse. By the time I made it to the covid episode, I couldn't even have it as background noise anymore. It was the same jokes everyone else already made, just three years late to the party.

[@leelaa219]

When they killed off Cole in Charmed. By bar the most interesting character in the whole show. It was absolutely undeserved - he was TURNED evil and didn't chose to BE evil. But they refused to help him and vanquished him in the end. A disappointing, poor storyline because the writers wanted him off the show.

[@ki5aok]

I'm surprised "Shades of Gray" was chosen for Star Trek: The Next Generation. I would have thought "Code of Honor" would've gotten called as most everyone called that episode blatant racism. It's even hated by the actors.

[@qui-gonrick7002]

Voyager's Retrospect stands out to me. That episode is awful.

[@LaiQuen]

weird how they stopped at 29 - because I still refuse to believe the ending of HIMYM exists.

[@ThNIght]

Thought for sure that the shark episode from Happy Days would be on here. None of the episodes mentioned on this list ever coined a term for the beginning of the end of a show.

[@Dragonmaster0118]

I can't rewatch HIMYM because of how BAD the series finale was.

[@SirsasthNigam.]

Black Bolt is given two-way communicator as writers forget the basic things about main character- If he talks , he emits sonic scream, so He trained himself to not speak and communicate with sign language , How would giving him two-way communicator work ? . *Even Echo writers knew throughout the series that Maya Lopez is deaf and Mute and communicates with Sign Language hence there is not a single scene that showed her with two way communicator unlike Black Bolt in Inhumans*

[@polarboy5862]

Oh please Doctor Who was dead in about season 5, basically once steven moffit took over as show runner he reconed the show to death.

[@April7739]

I would say 7x13 of. The 100 belongs on here, except it didn’t ALMOST ruin the show. It actually DID.

[@himonightbreeze]

To be fair, Doctor Who lost the plot when they gave Moffat more creative control. Once Peter Capaldi took over as The Doctor, it felt like an entirely different show.

[@ianlove1215]

I was a great fan of The West Wing from start to finish, have watched the whole thing quite a few times. The one I tend to avoid is The Long Goodbye (Season 4, Episode 13). It deals mainly with CJ & her dad. It is a depressing episode & doesn't add anything.

[@benlevan5645]

For me, The Timeless Child's main flaw was the execution. There have been hints in the past where it's hinted the Doctor has had more faces than we've seen. But, something like this needs to be done over a properly lengthed season or an entire Doctor's tenure. Not crammed into a two part season finale.

[@rebeccamcdermott9259]

Beer Bad is one Buffy episode I always skip. It's really, really bad.

[@trippyboi91]

I hate that Hey Arnold gets a bad rep for that Iggy episode. To me, it’s one of the best eps of the series. It’s supposed to show you that you shouldn’t be a dick when you don’t have all the information. I got that frfr. Also, IT WAS SIDS FAULT!!! Iggy was trying to apologize so it’s not like he didn’t feel any remorse. BUT THAT RAT BASTARD SID CAUSED ALL THIS. I hate that he got to stay with his annoying ass.

[@fluorescentmilkshake]

I definitely think the _Daria_ episode about "Holidays" was weaker than the "Farm" episode of _The Office._

[@arizonatsunami]

I never thought A Million Little Fibers was THAT bad.

[@shawnhenderson2091]

Whoever made this list to include the season 7 premier of TWD should've looked up the audience score for it on imdB, it has a 9.3. Episodes that highly rated aren't the ones that ruin shows. Frankly, what almost derailed TWD was all the incessant whining about how graphic the show was after that, despite half the cast getting eaten in season 2, it was more about how upset everyone was with who died than the episode's presentation that angered fans, and they almost ruined the show when they toned down the violence afterwards, slowing the show down so much that it took 3 seasons to resolve Negan's arc.

[@jonathancaldwell6342]

Family Guy "Life of Brian" The first musical episode of Xena: Warrior Princess Buffy The Vampire Slayer when they moved from the WB to UPN (which consolidated into The CW)

[@williamgiesen4910]

One that comes to mind is the episode of Nip/Tuck that takes place years into the future (and is revealed to have been a dream in a subsequent episode)

[@joeconcepts5552]

I had been watching ER since the beginning, and by THAT episode I was already losing interest. Even starting to skip some episodes. When I saw that helicopter crash on top of Romano, I laughed out loud and pretty much decided that was the end for me.

[@Dlnqntt]

I'll give you that a lot of these are not memorable, but the ones on this list that I have watched never really stuck out to me as actually bad episodes.

[@springusprime1450]

I honestly enjoyed the episode of Futurama and the ending of himym

[@tigerfanfrv]

i thought the Downton improved once Matthew died. it move a bit away from Mary and more to Edith.

[@tammywebb1289]

Every episode of season 9 of the original "Roseanne". That season was SO weird 😳

[@pluviosity]

what made Timeless Children so bad is not about the Doctor not being a Time Lord, they still are. The problem is a lot of fans hate the "Chosen One/Special One" trope. The Doctor has been a common Time Lord, stealing Tardis because they want to see more of the universe. I know the TC concept isn't a new one, Lungbarrow teased it decades ago. But yeah, there's a reason that one is also a mixed bag.

[@ellnats]

is it weird that i dont mind the great divide, yet i HAAAAAAAAAAAAATE the amber island players?

[@MissMouse43]

The Supernatural finale deserves a spot on this list

[@jetzeschaafsma1211]

The only upheaval about The Puerto Rican Day came from professionally/habitually offended individuals and focus groups. Jerry himself talked about this specifically.

[@NeverEverNever-a2cg]

The Lost Sister on Stranger Things was POINTLESS. Tired of Seinfeld controversy, nothing is wrong w it. Just a reason to keep it in pop culture.

[@jacobwaters1147]

I thought Frank’s Brother was funny, not in my top 10 episodes but it’s still enjoyable

[@zombiediet]

Yeah they are tripping

[@phrike7588]

How could the outcome of HIMYM been decided "halfway through the show" when the sequence with the kids saying "this story is about Robin" probably is filmed during the first season? It could've been one of many different outcomes from start to chose from with different sequences filmed with the kids. To me the outcome was obvious from start, so i don't dislike the ending that much.

[@lerdog]

16:04 high standard? On South Park?! lol