When they have jumped the shark. The two recent examples are The Simpsons and Bones.
Supposedly on the upcoming season of The Simpsons Marge and Homer are going to separate.Wait, what?Where the hell did this come from?I mean, they have had plenty of marital issues in the past and something is SO major that it causes them to separate?It just doesn't make any sort of sense.
I've watched The Simpsons for years and years(going back to when they were on the Tracey Ullman Show).I am going to confess something. There were quite a few episodes last season that I didn't watch, or I half-watched them because they just weren't interesting to me.
There are a lot of Simpsons fans who have felt that way for a while-and maybe I just didn't want to admit that it'd jumped the shark. But now, with this news, I feel like I don't need to feel bad about it anymore.
The other show that is like that is Bones. It used to be such a good show, but it's descended into melodrama and confusing plots(last year's season finale was a low-Hannibal's aired the same week-and was much more coherent(and watchable-albeit tragic.)
Judging by what I've read, Bones' finale leaves everything up in the air-two characters are(possibly) leaving the country, and another is separated.They filmed it before they knew if they were renewed for another season thus the..final feeling of the episode. It's just not what I want to watch.
Frankly, I am really amazed that Bones got renewed for another year..they have been scraping the bottom of the barrel for a couple of years, and the conspiracy storyline, and gambling storyline are just more proof of it. Plus,they killed off a very popular character, which did not go over well with fans of the show.
I'll always be a little pressed that Bones got an additional 3 years while House got cancelled/decided to end. I don't know how good a 9th season of House would have been-I have seen a speculative review of a 9th season premiere that read like bad fanfic so maybe it's not such a bad thing?
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