30 TV Episodes So Bad They Almost Destroyed Their Shows

It only takes one... Welcome to WatchMojo and today we’re counting down our picks for the episodes that hurt the reputation of great TV shows and in some cases, represent the point at which a series began to decline. Major spoilers will be discussed, so consider this your warning. Our countdown includes episodes from shows “Lost”, “Battlestar Galactica”, “The Office” and more! What episode ruined your favorite TV show? Let us know in the comments!
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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]

​@@Henry.James88 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.....

[@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."

[@IMAMONGUS]

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

[@RayvenLunaNite]

Velma, season 1, episode 1. It was downhill from the beginning.

[@RealGilbertGan]

It was a disaster waiting to happen. Many hate watched it and it resulted for the grapefruits to renew the show for a second season that NOBODY WANTS!

[@alexfischer7876]

Add _The Acolyte_ to that list.

[@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.

[@DryBones271]

The ending of HIMYM, would be like in the final Harry Potter book, the 17 years later, Harry married Hermione, and she and Ron were just friends. Like WHAT?

[@MichaelBlaneWalker]

Knew it! But that’s sad that the comic relief got friend zoned!

[@CyclopsWasRight616]

that would have been so much better for movie fans. They didn't get a reason to like Ginny the way book fans did.

[@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!”

[@MariaOracle-p8d]

It's a Wishful Life from The Fairly Oddparents, it was probably the first bad episode of the show and would become the norm in the next seasons

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@MandMWeekly]

The third season premiere of Castle needs to be here.

[@franciscocortes2424]

The walking dead. I don't remember much about this episode, but as for abraham ans glens death, that's how Glenn actually died in the comic. The comic did not shy away from the gore involved in that scene.

[@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.

[@VJAllison1974]

The Handmaid's Tale - Season 4 onwards. Serena getting pregnant, June getting away with pretty much everything, and people supporting Gilead turned me off of the show completely. The Season 4 finale was the nail in the coffin for me watching it.

[@jm40121]

I totally hated The Timeless Children. It made me quite 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.

[@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

[@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

[@DennisRash]

I stopped watching the walking dead the moment they killed off Glen. Never have picked it back up

[@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

[@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]

Bot

[@Henry.James88]

🎉

[@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]

🏆🥇

[@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! 😆😱

[@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?

[@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.

[@jonathanfesmiresteampunkau6983]

Unpopular opinion: The first Dexter finale was a bad series finale, but it was an Okay season finale leading into the final season, Dexter: New Blood.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@Spawnwick_Boseman446]

Arnold betrays Iggy - hey Arnold!

[@LeonardoKlotz]

I would include the episode "Duped" from Ben 10: Ultimate Alien It made me dislike Ben a lot for the way he was treating his friends

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

And it was also the 100th episode of the Ben 10 franchise. Like, was nobody at CN counting?

[@rpsyco]

It's so annoying, because if he hadn't made the 3rd one go to a movie, the episode could've at least been salvageable. Julie was so good to him, but he was just awful.

[@Jenifer_R_]

The Timeless Child would have worked if it were the Master. Talk about bringing massive depth to the character! But The Doctor has to be the special one, and The Master came off as so petulant in his response.

[@recycledapathy7411]

That would definitely have been better. Or even that they were both foundlings of the same unknown species, implying that the joke, "Is he your long lost brother?" was actually sort of true (even if they weren't actual siblings)

[@Jenifer_R_]

@@recycledapathy7411 Currently he's just one of those kids who stared into the time vortex and went insane. That implies multiple Masters with multiple nefarious plots to destroy the universe - after all, apparently this was common. Being the Timeless Child would make TM almost justified in his wrath against the Time Lords and more sympathetic.

[@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

[@AlexBabbage]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@HailFyra]

Funny how the great divide episode was so bad and unnecessary that the ember island players who recapped the entire series explicitly decided to not cover it.

[@GrandInfernoElite]

Same with the live-action. Some drunk in a bar just yelled it out as a rumor

[@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!

[@CandiceVidito]

Avatar: The Last Airbender "The Great Divide" episode was a weird one indeed

[@voutsider190]

Definitely

[@davidcastillo4141]

I liked. Sometimes a lie is better than constant fighting/death

[@SS-vk3yo]

The episode was amazing...........your opinion is just that an opinion

[@davidcastillo4141]

@@SS-vk3yo 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[@CandiceVidito]

@@SS-vk3yo yes it is... what's your point?

[@michaelvargas5144]

For Me The Season 2 Finale Of Star Trek: TNG Will Always Be "Peak Performance"

[@Mikefizzled]

How on earth Castle escaped this list is beyond me. Just a fantastic show that dropped a real clanger, to go with a terrible storyline towards the end.

[@myredenvelopes]

I wholeheartedly agree that "Shades of Grey" is a bad episode. One of the things that you overlooked about it was that not only was it a clip show, and was under tight budget constraint, but it was also a victim of a writer's strike which had taken place during that time. This is why the second season of TNG is shorter than the other six.

[@TYRANTToneZ]

Happy Days literally coined the phrase "Jumping the Shark"... How is it not number one, or even on the list?

[@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.

[@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.

[@Aragorn7884]

TBH - I think _Towelie_ is funny AF

[@SpamEggSausage]

there are way worse South Park eps

[@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.

[@sarahkimberley9375]

Dexter's last ep DID destroy the show. I will never understand him dumping Deb into the ocean like his victims 🤢

[@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.

[@Aragorn7884]

that Walking Dead episode wasn't that bad...it was just people complaining. There's FAR worse episodes!

[@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!

[@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

[@Animeguy300]

Harley Quinn deserves better

[@rolando90s]

What? What is wrong with Harley quinn?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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).

[@erikperez4829]

people saying glen’s death in the walking dead was butal and unnecessary clearly never read the graphic novels it based on glen dies the same exact way 😂😂😂

[@LoyalmoonieProductions]

I don't agree with the fan outrage of Once a Ranger, but I went into this video expecting to see that episode of Power Rangers on the list...

[@Tunazone113]

In The walking dead there is no Over the top, that episode was epic

[@aidanlastname0187]

That Walking Dead episode isn’t bad at all lmao. There are way worse episodes of the show

[@Apollo7576]

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.

[@emilystiverson4439]

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

[@yvettedavis2256]

When I saw Star Trek TNG on the list, I immediately thought of Star Trek Voyager and the episode “Threshold” when Janeway and Paris mutated into giant salamanders! That stunk!

[@Eddieavina123]

Love your video WatchMojo

[@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"

[@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

[@raymondhopwood9393]

They did Ross and Rachel, and Chandler and Monica, so why didn't they put Joey and Phoebe together? Putting the show's two oddballs together might have been comedy gold.

[@lukecoffey4921]

I'm sorry but you're mistaken about the walking dead . That scene is directly from the source comic

[@SpicyProdYT]

I have a feeling TWD season 7 ep 1 will be on here

[@TwilightLink77]

In their defense Glenn’s death in the episode is canon in the comics

[@NickJR528]

That episode is really good, it just everything after was mediocre/bad

[@BlackHatCinephile]

@@TwilightLink77 Do Abraham and Denice die in the comic? Does Rick become a coward to Neegan in the comic?

[@BlackHatCinephile]

🥉

[@TwilightLink77]

@@BlackHatCinephile Abraham yes

[@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. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@CyclopsWasRight616]

there's no episode of Star Trek so bad it almost destroyed the show. You're thinking of every single episode of the recent Star Wars shows.

[@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

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

2 and a Half men - The Episode where Walden Schmidt showed up. That show was Done for after this.

[@VJAllison1974]

Agreed, it went from good to horrid in 30 minutes. They should have ended it with Waldon buying the house.

[@seanbroccoli2698]

Overdramatic. It was fine with Walden. People just couldnt accept change. Ive watched the series recently and while the Scheen character is missed. Kutcher did a good job with Walden

[@phrike7588]

There's no contest when it comes to GoT. That show got totally ruined, abandoned and un-rewatchable. Even if the first seasons were some of the absolute best TV ever made, there's no sane person re-watching that show knowing how it all fizzles out in total stupidity.

[@paigeknight5844]

There was one thing of value I could see in the Great Divide episode in Avatar. Aang by lying learned a couple of things; years of hatred can be put aside to build together to the future of peace and understanding. If two very different people can find even a small thing to connect it is enough to move on from hatred and fighting. This is a bit of foreshadowing of Zuko's redemption and the healing of the relationship between the fire nation and the rest of the world. Aang also learned that sometimes even as the Avatar he won't always have the answers and that people aren't always going to just accept wisdom and guidance. Neither of the two parties had any real reason to make the journey through the canyon as difficult as they were making it and that even having a common goal of needing safe passage wasn't enough for them just get on with it and be respectful not only to the other party but even themselves. The food smuggling, negative energy etc. it not only resulted in their own safe passage being compromised but resulted in the guide being injured. Aang learned sometimes people will only want to hear what they want to hear and the only way to end this feud was to make it so the feud was never a thing in the first place. I still think the episode is one of the weaker episodes but in a series of such high quality of story, characters and world building there are of course going to be a few parts that will fall short in comparison to others.

[@GnEEp_GnorpXoXo]

Im calling it the sperm episode from rick and morty is gonna be in this list

[@finecastleie]

I thought that the fans didn't like the Numericon episode

[@beardedringo5151]

The walking dead followed the comics on Glen's death

[@PrincessJade74]

Glenn died the same way in the comics and the show, idky people take issue with it.

[@PikaDanny]

I know an episode or 2 that almost destroyed a tv show, The original Power puff girls where one episode Blossom steals golf clubs then lied about & tried to blame Mojo Jojo refused to tell the truth she got punished big time. And the episode Moral decay was an even worst episode! To me those episodes never should have existed!

[@gerardgarcia8501]

Asian f from glee is such a cringe episode, like i felt bad for mercedes, and there’s a fashion crime in that episode, at least make tacky look interesting tacky and not unbearable tacky(but this is mercedes’ mind soooo…)

[@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

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Amazing video Rebecca from watch mojo of worst episode probably destroyed there somewhat great shows,fantastic job. All of season 4 of Harley Quinn and that puppet episode Angel.

[@liambutler4619]

What about My little pony and Star vs the forces of evil

[@liambutler4619]

Thanks for liking my comment

[@daydreamcomedianne]

The one thing that makes that episode of Futurama tolerable is when Nixon starts talking over the extremely violent GI Joe parody and censors it by giving the characters harmless names.

[@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.

[@josh72456]

I’ve only seen Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Dexter, The Simpsons and Game Of Thrones.

[@awesomegirl5190]

Fun Fact: Lauren Faust regrets making the episode

[@vennanigans]

Wait, so you're telling me that the episode of Barry with the weird animal girl didn't even make the list?

[@tammywebb1289]

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

[@danielwilliamson6180]

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

[@tereseclarefrontuna8672]

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.

[@tjc5692]

Shocked Jumping the Shark was not on this list. Felt like it was just more a "bad episode from popular shows" list

[@dhenderson1810]

Can we for once, ONCE, not have a video with the finale of "How I Met Your Mother" featured in it?

[@butcheredalive]

Gotta wait for the best tv show finales of all time list for that

[@dayceem]

...and Number 0 - "30 TV Episodes So Bad They Almost Destroyed Their Shows" , WatchMojo - when once again WatchMojo had to lean on this overworn trope to justify the premise of the episode. 😁

[@ellnats]

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

[@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.