Television

firefly. didn't continue after finishing the first season and the movie.

Attack on Titan, my god. Not even between seasons, literally in the middle of a season and they're just like ok we're gonna take a 2 year break now!

At least One Punch Man has the courtesy to put their breaks in between seasons properly.

I feel like Stranger Things is headed for this (for me at least). It's been so long since S4 and the hype around it, it feels increasingly difficult to get that excited about S5. The longer it takes, the more I forget about ST.

Caprica, the 1-season Battlestar Galactica prequel. I liked it more than most people, but even I dropped off when they had a 6 month gap in the middle of the season.

Stranger Things. Season 4 took almost 3 years, during which time I had finally cancelled Netflix. I'm vaguely interested in watching the rest of the show, but not until it's done.

Westworld. Never quite finished season 3, and having yet another 2 year wait (after similar gaps between earlier seasons) meant I stopped caring.

Yes. But I've forgotten them.

Firefly - the new season is taking FOREVER man!

Nearly every show cause I have ADHD.

The Walking Dead. I started because it was popular when it came out, plus Frank Darabont directing. Season 1 was good, then AMC fired him. Seasons 2 and 3 dragged so I stopped after 3. Fast forward to the end of the series and my fiance wanted to watch the episodes as they came out. My first reaction was "why the fuck are there Stormtroopers in this zombie show?"

Setting up https://wiki.servarr.com/ helps with the latter since it'll just turn up in Jellyfin one day when a new season miraculously appears, huzzah! 🎉 Also is great when you suddenyy get movies you have no idea what they are about years after adding them 😸

I'm kind of there with "From" but it's my fault for discovering it just before the 3rd season aired. Binged seasons 1 and 2, watched 3 aaaaannnd... 4? Helllooooo?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_(TV_series)

Season 3 finale was 11/24/2024.

Plan is to shoot season 4 through 2025 so season 4 in 2026? Maybe?

Pretty much all modern TV series nowadays. You can't make a proper TV series when your actors/actresses and the rest of the crew have such long breaks. At a certain point, you just end up losing critical actors or writers or other members of staff.

The Expanse just kept going until the end, and SyFylis cancelled then, and then when Amazon cancelled them for good. Five and a half seasons in seven years, and that's even with the cancellations and COVID.

Damn near everything since streaming exploded over traditional television. Used to only have to wait through summer before a show's next season. Now it can be several years between seasons. Walking Dead was one of the first ones that did this to me... I watched to season 4 or 5 and totally thought that was it; fucker only ended in 2022 and had 11 total seasons.

IASIP, after 10-12, the show went on for too long, and the actors clearly are getting too old and tired, but they are addicted to the money, and hollywood lifestyle. SPN, after season 8, most fans are wtf is even going after that, eventhough 11 had a good run because it something different. every season after 8 was fanfiction/slashfiction. eventhough they dint go on hiatuses, the show went on for too long for its own good, just because the fans would have a parsocial panic attack if they ended it early on.

and allegedly the actors in isaip did 2 year per season stints, and it worked for a while, but since its such a long length of time between seasons, they aged so much after reaching into thier 40s, they had to use botox and plastic surgery to catch up with appearances, it was so cringey. and rob was famous for going on PEDs to get jacked(which he tried to downplay)

I almost always binge so this can happen with any show. Most notably with Game Of Thrones; I stopped watching after I'd caught up with the last episode that came out in real time, and even lost interest.

Then over a year later I watched the rest and was flabbergasted at myself for losing interest in the first place.

Lost and Game of Thrones.

Who in their right mind can watch every episode for almost a decade to keep up?

I couldn't finish house MD. I say this as someone who prides themselves on watching the longest series all the way through. That final season became too much, they ran out of ideas and were pulling at grass.

I almost never watch the second season of any shows, the gap just kills my interest. When I do, it usually are finished shows.

Tried hard to get through the first airing of Heroes. One episode, halfway through, we just looked at each other and turned off the TV. Turned out to be the second-last episode. Still feel good about that decision.

Bailed on Dexter a season or three before the end.

Oz. It may have been the original "we'll give you more when we feel like it." Gave up around the time they blew it up.

Also lost Haven at some point soon after they explained the barn, I think