One that I'm sure won't be mentioned by anyone else: Westworld. I stuck with it all the way to season 4, and I can see what they were building to, and it makes the rough seasons make more sense. I sincerely think the 5th season was going to wrap everything up in a nice bow.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Imagine renewing a show that could have ended after a single season, only to cancel it three seasons later anyway.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

Right before the final season, too. In a show famous for little details that become important later. When they explicitly said they planned from the beginning how it was going to end.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

That show was dead man walking by the end of S02E01. Even if they'd turned it into a masterpiece in the end, the damage was done and viewership gone. Not too different than what happened to Game of Thrones just earlier in its run.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

I’m in the same camp as you.

I rewatched the entire series earlier this year and beyond the sophomore slump of season 2, I think the series holds its own in terms of a strong and engaging narrative that is only becoming more and more prescient as time goes on.

Is anything, the main issue holding it back is the title - as the show moved away from the Wild West setting of S1&2 into a modern/future world.