A lot of people seem to be "breaking-up" with their favourite shows. It's becoming the new thing to say. Pretty much, it means that when people get fed up with the show, they stop watching it and there "break-up" with it.
What I've noticed is that people are becoming too quick to break-up with shows these days. It's actually been happening for a little while, but I particularly noticed it a while ago. I was reading the writer's blog for Grey's Anatomy and a lot of people hated last night's episode. There were several comments in the direction of "Last night's episode was awful. That's it, I'm done with the show. This was my last episode."
My problem is this. People seem to feel so entitled to have a show and its characters do exactly what they want, that the minute something else happens, they give up. Take, for instance, in season three of Grey's Anatomy, when Izzie and George hooked up. I personally liked the idea, but a lot of people went apeshit. And then the whining commenced. "I hate them together! This is the worst thing ever! I'm never watching this show again!" Another example: Meredith and Derek are back together this season, which in theory should please a lot of fans (since they couldn't stop bitching about them being apart last season. And let's not even get started on the Rose character of season four who dated Derek. 'Cause...yikes. Some Grey's fans are downright scary). But now all people can complain about is "OMG Mer/Der had like NO screen time together I'm sick of this WE WANT OUR MER/DER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" No, seriously, a lot of comments were like that. Grey's has a big cast with, in my opinion, characters and storylines far more interesting than Meredith and Derek. It can't be all about fluffy plotlines about Meredith and Derek kissing and sleeping in bed. Yawn.
I feel I'm getting off-track here. My problem is that the minute people don't get their way, they start throwing a shitfit and even decide to not watch their favourite tv show anymore. It drives me crazy that people are so quick to judge and quick to bail. Whatever happened to sitting back and just enjoying the show for what it's worth? Especially when the show's creators are trying to set things up for? My last post I mentioned that the Izzie-Denny thing was really, really weird, and I still think that. I don't really like the idea of Izzie having sex with a ghost. But I have to believe - and I do - that it's all part of the big picture. Something's obviously up with Izzie, and only time will tell. I'm looking forward to seeing what they come up with next. Grey's, I'm in it for the long haul with you.
Sadly, I think I'm one of the few.
This instant-gratification or bail phenomenon is elsewhere, too. For instance, new tv shows. If a new tv show isn't hugely successful its first night, drawing in like 23,000,000 viewers, then chances are it'll be cancelled. As a society, we're so obsessed with overnight sensations that we don't stop and smell the roses, so to speak. I get that a network doesn't want to air a show that literally no one is watching, but when there are still millions out there enjoying it, why pull the plug in hopes that its replacement will be the Next Big Thing? I think back to all the shows that have debuted in the last few years and I'm amazed as to how many of them were cancelled. Like, 98% of them. I get that this happens a lot, I wonder how many of them would've been successful after giving the shows a chance for more than a couple of weeks.
The moral of the story is, relax. Stop acting like a show is terrible because it doesn't go exactly the way you want it. And if you're going to stop watching a genuinely good, entertaining show because it's not catered specifically to you and you only, then hey. Good riddance!
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