Tehmoosey1 posted... I think when people talk about how a show was better in early seasons but got so much worse later, it's usually because they're just tired of the show.
I've gotten tired as hell of Monk, Psych and House, but I don't think it's from an actual quality drop, just fatigue. Doesn't help that USA always shows them in marathon form, ensuring that people get sick of them even faster.
And I really need to watch Sherlock.
Monk genuinely does, however, due to the change in assistants. Sharona is a much better foil for Monk than Natalie and her "Mr. Moooooonk!"
Psych has its ups and downs. It's gotten more blatantly goofy for the sake of being goofy rather than having just clever back and forth between best-friends and whatnot since the first season, but Lassiter's gone back to being a threat/legitimate character at least and I still enjoy it.
House was good for either 3 or 4 seasons, then dropped off fast. haven't watched the last season's worth, no longer interested me. when I watch reruns of the old episodes they're still good though!
I think House's problem is that it tried to top itself with its drama so damn often it kind of jumped the shark. I think it started going bad... *spoilers*
When House hallucinated that Cuddy slept with him. The moment itself was great, but the aftermath was when the show started to go to hell.
*end spoilers.*
....Then again 13 was arguably when the show went to hell too.
Yeah, and it's not even that her character was bad, it's just that they gave her character a ridiculous amount of attention. I remember that at a certain point she was getting nearly the same amount of screentime as House, which was ridiculous.
I think the problem with House is they made it too big. Very few shows can last as long as it has and done a good job, and none that has no supporting cast to back it up or a central goal. House was someone I could root for in earlier seasons despite him being a dick. Now he's just a dick.
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Which is why they really should have gone Trauma Center on the plotline and created a tumor called "Moriarty." Okay, maybe not, but I'd love to see that because of how hilarious it would be. But yeah, House really did go for too long.
The Mentalist I am afraid is going to suffer from the same fate.
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The Mentalist has one thing going for it and that is that it's much easier to keep writing compelling television about murder mysteries than about medical mysteries. If the writers can keep up some original plots here and there, it has a better chance of working than House did.
I mean The Mentalist can always pull off "SUDDENLY A CHARACTER GETS KILLED BY A SERIAL KILLER AND STUFF HAPPENS." That can always lead to an interesting plot. House's equivalent is "character X gets illness Y" which they did a few times and was boring every time.
Last great season of House was 3 or 4. Whichever the season was when he was getting a new team and it ended with the Amber thing. Though I do think the last two seasons have been on a slowly upward trend though after hitting rock bottom at season 6.
*House spoilers*
How they screwed House up was deviating from the formula too much. Going into the personal lives of the doctors that aren't House isn't really a good idea. Sending House to a mental institution is too far off from him being a doctor. Though the most recent season did this idea better with the prison thing since he was in a submissive role but still got some diagnosis power since he was friends with a doctor there. And most importantly yeah House & Cuddy as a couple wasn't a good idea.
The last season there's been more focus on solving cases and screwing with his team, which is what the show is good for and when that gets stale that's when you can it.
*End spoilers*
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Everything you guys are saying seems a bit off to me, you're saying that House shouldn't have drama and stuff and was "doing it right" back in seasons 1-3 when it was just about the medical mysteries...
But back when it was Chase/Foreman/Cameron, all anybody ever did was complain that there was never any development. It was completely mystery of the week and no matter what happened, it returned to the status quo the next episode. And everybody complained about it.
Tbh, I think firing Chase marked a shift in the series that ultimately improved it.
I would say that House himself returns to his own "status quo" too much which is dumb but overall the show is better for shifting away from just the medical dramas.
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