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I picked Star Trek Next Generation. Never jumped the shark.
Its first two seasons were ALL shark.
I picked Star Trek Next Generation. Never jumped the shark.
It jumped the shark with the Picard-living-an-entire-life episode that was a baldly derivative of Arthur C. Clarke's The Star ...... jumped the shark with a flute.
Ha!! I forgot about that one!! Terrible!!!
Pick your favorite ... if it's not on the list, it was probably too cheesy or short lived to make it.
Yeah, but eventually it grew the beard.
It got better, but I've always disagreed with that trope name, because the second season was arguably worse than the first. True, they got rid of Yar, who was a horrible character, but they also ditched Crusher and replaced her with Pulaski, who was worse than Yar.
It wasn't the fault of the producers or the writers that Pulaski replaced Crusher, if I remember correctly. I believe that Gates McFadden didn't like that she was getting so little screen time, so asked for that season off to look for other opportunities. She didn't get them, apparently, and came back the next season.
The Twilight Zone was neither cheesy nor short-lived. All sci-fi TV owes its existence to that show.
Yes, but at a close second was "The Outer Limits". It was way ahead of its time, and just the lead-in credits rivaled the Wicked Witch of the West for being able to make a little kid pee all over himself. The way they rotated in guest stars, similar to The Twilight Zone, was spectacular. For those Trekkies here, did you ever watch the couple of episode of TTZ that Shatner starred in ? Well before Star Trek ? Gremlins (on the wing) was great !
Red Dwarf
The smartest Sci-Fi ever put on television.
"Love is what separates us from animals "
"No, Lister. What separates us from animals is that we don't use our tongues to clean our own genitals. "
"Oh SMEG."
Sir, this can't go on. The Cat's looking geekier than a science fiction convention
Firefly, hands down! Nothing else even comes close in my mind. Alas, it didn't last long.
Yes, but at a close second was "The Outer Limits". It was way ahead of its time, and just the lead-in credits rivaled the Wicked Witch of the West for being able to make a little kid pee all over himself. The way they rotated in guest stars, similar to The Twilight Zone, was spectacular. For those Trekkies here, did you ever watch the couple of episode of TTZ that Shatner starred in ? Well before Star Trek ? Gremlins (on the wing) was great !
It jumped the shark with the Picard-living-an-entire-life episode that was a baldly derivative of Arthur C. Clarke's The Star ...... jumped the shark with a flute.
Buffy the Vampire Salyer? That wasn't so much scifi as fantasy.
Or the TZ and OLs with Nimoy?
Pick your favorite ... if it's not on the list, it was probably too cheesy or short lived to make it.
4 and a half pages of comments, and no one says Doctor Who???
I've got to say, it was close between Dr. Who and Firefly (Serenity was a great ending to the series!), but Dr. Who has a much more indepth universe than Firefly, with mystery, continual plot, action, some romance, and the unconquerable hero.
I watched Dr Who a couple times and it was the most inane bunch of third rate acting I have ever seen. seriously