And in conclusion:

[selenak]

I've been wrestling this past week with a decision that wasn't easy for me to make: breaking up with a show that is still ongoing. But I've always believed that once the joy and/or fascination you take from something you're fannish about doesn't outweigh the elements that cause you anger or boredom anymore, it's time to move on, rather than being

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[lilacsigil]

I broke up with Heroes in Season Two and I was rather the opposite of you following Knauf's writing - I was watching the show *even though* Jeph Loeb, one of my least favourite comic writers ever, was involved. I really enjoyed the first season, but was suspicious when they didn't kill Sylar, and I'm glad I jumped ship early and spared myself the pain of late X-Files. To be honest, I haven't ever watched all of Season 9 X-Files, even though I was a great fan of Doggett.

And I wouldn't have hung on to Supernatural through Season 3 if the fans hadn't been so awesome, but Season 4 is notably better.

[bwinter]

I must say I had the same reaction to season 3 - I get that Zachary Quinto is a wonderful actor, and that they want to keep him, but it's a comic-book show, they should have pulled in a clone or twin or alternate-reality version.

And I got the no-long-term-plans thing when they killed Isaac back in S1. Killing off my favourite character didn't endear the show to me ;)

[wee_warrior]

Wow, you, too? Now I'm floored.

Granted, I've been breaking up with the show ever since they killed Nathan for the second time - and I still think they simply don't know what to do with the character, which has been very evident in this season, as well - but ironically, the final straw was the Hiro storyline this week. I find it appalling what they've been doing to that character.

(I abhor the Sylar storyline, as you're able to guess, but I've been rather cynical about that one, so I can almost shut it out.)

As for Kring, I see your point, and I agree, but calling his audience names and sounding as if he begrudges both his writers and his actors their jobs simply doesn't make him look all that stellar. He most of all seems to have a publicity problem.

[wee_warrior]

Also, just out of curiosity: would you watch Crossing Jordan? Because if Kring's intelligent (and I think he is) he's never going to touch sci-fi again after Heroes. Not that he's good at mysteries/procedurals, either, I think he should do a family drama. If DSM hadn't been cancelled, he probably would have been the perfect show runner for it.

[astridv]

This caused Carter to add a myth arc to his monster of the week show, and to be frank, it sucked. Not every episode of the myth arc - I'm still fond of the s2 finale and the s3 opener - but it quickly became a convoluted mess which stopped making any sense at all because a) it clearly hadn't been thought out in advance, and b) Carter wasn't good at improvising, either.

I think something similar happened in NCIS season four, when the showrunner came up with a story arc that no one really cared about (except him, possibly) as the pacing was very odd... way too long a setup, never enough pay-off, and the whole thing just didn't make a lot of sense in the first place. Then Bellisario left the show after season four, and his successor managed to pick up the various pieces, threw some out completely and modeled the rest into an arc that actually works.

[londonkds]

This season they seem to have reacted to the complaints about dullness last year by throwing every crack idea they think of into the mix as if it really was an all-out fan-oriented superhero comic. Which unfortunately seems to have come with some of the dodgier aspects of standard post-Claremont superhero comics as well, including sudden shifts of moral orientation that aren't really given sufficient weight in terms of either character plausibility or moral implication. (ie not just cursed!innocent!Sylar but positivelyevil!Mohinder as well).