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First 4-5 seasons were amazing. Then it fell off a cliff and by the end, it left me wishing I could have all that time back form the last 3 seasons or so.
You almost have to know at some point it’s going to happen to all of them unless the showrunners are smart enough to get out while they’re on top which doesn’t happen often cause they all think they’ll be on top forever but the actors either get tired of the show or ask for more money year over year until it just isn’t viable for the stations to carry it as viewership wanes as the storylines suffer.
 


The new-new one (NYC) has been pretty good. Let's see what happens in season 2.

Jeff Lindsay, the author of the Dexter books (and ALMOST alias of Dexter in the New Blood season), lives in Cape Coral and is married to one of the Ernest Hemingway granddaughters (or great-granddaughters?).

A local TV station did an original-Dexter season 2 premiere live at a restaurant/bar in Fort Myers, and I got to meet Jeff Lindsay and get him to autograph one of my Dexter books.

Good times!
Very cool info and story.
Curious - you a fan of Hunter S Thompson? If so, why?
(Under 2 paragraphs please)

I’ll explain after.
 
Never watched that series..


Fantastic series, despite falling off when the original show-runner left the show.

The show is set in Miami, they did a lot of "second-unit" filming in Miami, though the primary stuff was done in Los Angeles.

First 5 seasons were INCREDIBLE. The show dropped off when they got a 3rd show-runner in Season 6.

The original show-runner came back for "New Blood" (set in upstate NY) and "Resurrection" (set in NYC).
 
First 4-5 seasons were amazing. Then it fell off a cliff and by the end, it left me wishing I could have all that time back form the last 3 seasons or so.
You almost have to know at some point it’s going to happen to all of them unless the showrunners are smart enough to get out while they’re on top which doesn’t happen often cause they all think they’ll be on top forever but the actors either get tired of the show or ask for more money year over year until it just isn’t viable for the stations to carry it as viewership wanes as the storylines suffer.
Sure I see that. Thing is, after the season with John Lithgow, the show went from consistently awesome to huh? Then it just kept getting worse. Fonzie jumping the shark is the epitome of a shows fall off, but even the most staunch Happy Days fan would admit that the show had slowly started circling the drain prior to that episode. Dexter went from Jimmy Johnson to Manny Diaz instantaneously.
 
Very cool info and story.
Curious - you a fan of Hunter S Thompson? If so, why?
(Under 2 paragraphs please)

I’ll explain after.


Yes. 1000%. Why? You have to ask WHY?

Serious answer...I'm the first of 5 kids, but one of my best friends was the last of 5 kids and was introduced to HST by one of his older brothers. He told me about ****'s Angels and the Fear and Loathing books. Read all three books when I was in high school and have been hooked ever since. I was a Politics (and Finance) major at UM, and HST's description of being a political junkie fits me too. I know that I come nowhere close to HST's best writing, but I try to channel his outrage and colorful language when I post.
 
You almost have to know at some point it’s going to happen to all of them unless the showrunners are smart enough to get out while they’re on top which doesn’t happen often cause they all think they’ll be on top forever but the actors either get tired of the show or ask for more money year over year until it just isn’t viable for the stations to carry it as viewership wanes as the storylines suffer.


That's actually what happened. The showrunner for Seasons 6-8 was...less than adequate...
 
Fantastic series, despite falling off when the original show-runner left the show.

The show is set in Miami, they did a lot of "second-unit" filming in Miami, though the primary stuff was done in Los Angeles.

First 5 seasons were INCREDIBLE. The show dropped off when they got a 3rd show-runner in Season 6.

The original show-runner came back for "New Blood" (set in upstate NY) and "Resurrection" (set in NYC).
Not sure why I never got into it but I remember watching a show of it and didn’t like it much.I guess there’s just something’s that don’t tickle your fancy so to speak.Maybe I’ll go back and take a second look.With all the garbage on regular TV lately always looking for something to get into it.

In season 6 of rewatching SUITS now…
 
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Two of my all-time favorites The Wire and Sopranos ran out of storylines at the end of of the series and were only a shell of when they were good at the end.
Not going to discuss The Wire, because I hated it.

But The Sopranos is my all-time favorite show, and I maintain that it did NOT run out of storylines. Watching The Sopranos is akin to reading one of the great Russian novels. Every time I rewatch it, I see something new in it.
 
Not sure why I never got into it but I remember watching a show of it and didn’t like it much.I guess there’s just something’s that don’t tickle your fancy so to speak.Maybe I’ll go back and take a second look.With all the garbage on regular TV lately always looking for something to get into it.

In season 6 of rewatching SUITS now…


I was a Suits early-adopter, saw the pilot and watched it ever since.

Dexter has an unusual premise. Watch the first season in full and then see how you feel.
 
Terrible actor? He's British. Acting courses through their English veins...

You're just mad because he was a serial cheater and a drunk...

But he was great police.
Why would I be mad about him being a serial cheater and drunk when I just said that The Sopranos is my all-time favorite show? 99% of the characters on that show were serial cheaters and drunks and I loved them.

Just because he's British doesn't automatically make him a good actor. He was awful at playing McNulty. His American accent was awful. His acting the The Wire was awful.

But that's not my only issue with the show.
 
Not going to discuss The Wire, because I hated it.

But The Sopranos is my all-time favorite show, and I maintain that it did NOT run out of storylines. Watching The Sopranos is akin to reading one of the great Russian novels. Every time I rewatch it, I see something new in it.
I knew you might be unique but this removes all doubt cause I pretty much think you are the one person on earth that hated the Wire….😂
As to the Sopranos I watched it to the end but when it started with Tony and the ducks and his panic attacks then went into Chris trying to write a movie about his life it started to drag for me and I still hate the way it ended.
Always thought they’d have a spinoff explaining what happened but I guess not.

You sure you hated the Wire…just doesn’t seem right to me…
 
I knew you might be unique but this removes all doubt cause I pretty much think you are the one person on earth that hated the Wire….😂
As to the Sopranos I watched it to the end but when it started with Tony and the ducks and his panic attacks then went into Chris trying to write a movie about his life it started to drag for me and I still hate the way it ended.
Always thought they’d have a spinoff explaining what happened but I guess not.

You sure you hated the Wire…just doesn’t seem right to me…
There's no need for a spinoff because the explanation is all within the show. And I can explain the whys behind Chris and the movie-making and how it all led to his death, but this is already clogging up the FSU thread so if we want to continue we should start a new one on the OT board.

I am sure that I hated The Wire, so much so that I couldn't even get through the whole show. It was too boring and too frustrating, and I hated how uneven the quality was. I understand why others liked it, but it's not for me. There are great elements, but for me they do not outweigh the flaws. I also think that for me, the symbolism about the systemic corruption was something that I already knew so much about. So that's why I understand why people liked it and thought it was special (especially at the time), but to me it was obvious. But that's why I don't argue with people about it, because I'm not trying to convince anyone else that it sucks; that's just my opinion of why it didn't work for me.

Is unique good or bad? :oops:
 
There's no need for a spinoff because the explanation is all within the show. And I can explain the whys behind Chris and the movie-making and how it all led to his death, but this is already clogging up the FSU thread so if we want to continue we should start a new one on the OT board.

I am sure that I hated The Wire, so much so that I couldn't even get through the whole show. It was too boring and too frustrating, and I hated how uneven the quality was. I understand why others liked it, but it's not for me. There are great elements, but for me they do not outweigh the flaws. I also think that for me, the symbolism about the systemic corruption was something that I already knew so much about. So that's why I understand why people liked it and thought it was special (especially at the time), but to me it was obvious. But that's why I don't argue with people about it, because I'm not trying to convince anyone else that it sucks; that's just my opinion of why it didn't work for me.

Is unique good or bad? :oops:
Was kind of being sarcastic with you about not like the Wire it’s just I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say they hated it but all shows aren’t for everyone as witnessed by me not liking Dexter which everyone seems to rave about.

As for a Chris writing his novel I know what it was about but to e that was a part of the episodes that I just think could have been done in a little better way and it just seemed to drag on for me but again everyone has a different opinion about things.

And as far as this cluttering up this thread I agree but it’s a LOT better than the one from this morning but your still my favorite female Maude…Have a Very Blessed holiday weekend young lady
 
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