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Post by darkpast on Jan 11, 2018 6:05:27 GMT
1,2,3...
Maybe if like the cast/writer you give it more?
2-3 at most for me
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jan 11, 2018 6:09:28 GMT
1,2,3...
Maybe if like the cast/writer you give it more?
2-3 at most for me
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Post by darkpast on Jan 11, 2018 6:13:13 GMT
1,2,3...
Maybe if like the cast/writer you give it more?
2-3 at most for me
i agree for the most part, there are some exceptions though like Parks and Recs which was mainly bad first season, it got way better |
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jan 11, 2018 6:22:05 GMT
First I make sure a show has had its second episode before I start to watch it. Then I give it no more than three for me to decide IF I'll keep watching it, or not.
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Post by Catman on Jan 11, 2018 14:07:48 GMT
Depends on how bad the first episode is.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 14:17:59 GMT
if its over 20 episodes a season i give it 5 episode
If its between 15 and 19 i give it 4 episode
if its between 10 and 14 i give it 3 episode
if its between 5 and 9 i give it 2 episode
If its 4 or less i give it 1
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Post by DanaShelbyChancey on Jan 11, 2018 17:35:23 GMT
I give a show 3 episodes to "kick in" for me. That moment may not come for the first episode, but 3 seems to historically be it for me.
However, if I am going to really like a show, it usually kicks in for me at the first episode. Feud: Bette & Joan, and Breaking Bad being 2 examples.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 11, 2018 23:33:13 GMT
10-12.
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Post by eplay on Jan 11, 2018 23:53:48 GMT
It really depends, but probably 3 or 4. Or there could be an especially horrible line of dialogue or something and I won't get through episode 1. I'm much more lenient when there's a performer/writer/creator associated with it that I like.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jan 11, 2018 23:58:43 GMT
It took 6 or 8 to hook me on The West Wing & Friday Night Lights.
I gave up on Breaking Bad after 5, and The Wire after 2.
Battlestar Galactica & Mad Men both had me from their pilots.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 12, 2018 0:48:36 GMT
Typically 1 or 2. If I like the premise or the cast, 5 or 6. Most recent casualty was KNIGHTFALL.
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Post by DarkManX on Jan 12, 2018 1:55:22 GMT
2-3. If I can't get into it after that, I'm not going to able to. I tried to watch L.A. to Vegas and I just dropped it after the second episode.
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Post by Eλευθερί on Jan 12, 2018 4:15:53 GMT
1
You get one shot.
Life is too short.
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Post by leesilm on Jan 12, 2018 4:32:27 GMT
Unless it is just so awful that I'm cringing my way through it, I tend to go 3-4 episodes. I've only ever seen 2 shows where the pilot really grabbed me. Usually, there is just a character or an idea in the pilot, that I get attached to and figure I can see it expanded upon in eps 2-4.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 12, 2018 4:59:54 GMT
I try to give everything a season, unless it's truly bad. I only managed an episode or two of Riverdale and Training Day.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 6:02:15 GMT
2 or 3. I dropped the 'Charlie's Angels' (2011) TV reboot with Rachel Taylor, Minka Kelly and Annie Ilonzeh after 3 episodes 'cause it was garbage and nothing like the original TV series or the movies with Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Lui which I liked and the network dropped it a few episodes later.  
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Post by sweetpea on Jan 12, 2018 15:52:40 GMT
Usually 3. Depends on what made me start watching to begin with. If it was the actors, or it was a spinoff of a show I loved-probably more episodes.
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Post by 5hole on Jan 12, 2018 17:12:21 GMT
Obviously it depends. If a show is shit you pretty much know it in 5 minutes. There is so much content out there I rarely have time for anything less than great.
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Post by Marv on Jan 12, 2018 21:22:16 GMT
Depends on how much of it there is to like. If I don’t find anything appealing then one episode and I’m done. But if I think there’s potential I’ll give it a few more episodes...maybe a whole season if it’s a long running show already and popular.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Jan 12, 2018 21:30:58 GMT
It would depend on how much I'm hating it . . . well, or just to what extent I can tell that it's not for me.
I might ditch a show before seeing a complete episode. Or I might give it three episodes before deciding whether to ditch it.
At that, the combo of it being pretty easy for me to peg shows that I'll like and me being easy to please means that I've almost never ditched a show. What often happens instead, to my frustration, is that a network gives up on a show prematurely.
The last one that I was thinking about ditching was "Damien". I wasn't sure if I liked it or not for a few episodes. But I stuck with it, wound up liking it more and more as it went on . . . then I got annoyed when A&E dumped it after just one season.
At this, I went many years without watching very many TV shows. But starting in the 90s, TV started and kept getting better and better overall in my opinion (with the exception of reality TV), and I'd say that we've been in a golden era, so it's pretty easy to find good shows . . . that plus having a DVR changed my viewing habits a lot. On the whole, I've been enjoying TV shows even more than movies lately.
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