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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
It happens to every show. Mad Men and The Sopranos are two that come to mind. First they were critic darlings, then they were the "you have to watch this" show and then when they were on top it became cool to slag them all the time and talk about how they used to be good. Same basic trajectory most musical acts go through. .
Sometimes groundbreaking seasons that push a show to the top just set expectations that aren't realistic.
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Writing a satisfying conclusion is always the hard part. Once you have a great show, it's pretty easy to string things along for a while when everyone wants to know what's going to happen next. Coming up with an ending that doesn't totally f things up is the hard part. Good examples would be Breaking Bad and the Wire. An example of a show with an awful ending is Lost.