Thread:Ttowen/@comment-1037137-20140802192156/@comment-1037137-20140811045510

Agreed TDPIScarlett, fully agreed. The continuity has suffered enormously.

Flanderization and Derailment go hand in hand. You play up the characters' worst traits and soon all their redeeming qualities are undermined senselessly, throwing them out of balance and risking the hateworthy metamorphosis we have seen of so many of them.

The sadist humor is definitely as bad as the derailment. I don't know how you can dare to attempt to pass it off as legitimately funny anymore. The characters are all getting humiliated, maimed, and their lives risked at levels that are now just too much. (And I can actually agree with you about Scott, even if I too dislike him)

Yeah, I realize it really isn't a healthy pairing, Jayden. And for them to portray it so crassly while actively overhyping it and forcing it to the center stage is just irresponsible and sends the wrong message, especially as they continued to exploit the MPD subplot to a level that is flat out offensive. Feels like they did everything in their power to try to get everyone to rally behind the two but in their overeagerness ended up completely blowing that and neglecting any sort of common sense or balance to their grand scheme........Or some crap like that, I don't know. And it doesn't make any sense. Even if the MPD arc was not present, why do an exact rehash of their plot in TDROTI? This whole couple's story revolves purely around "Are they going to get together?", rather than developing them as a couple. I mean come on! That sort of thing gets old fast.

Thank you, thank you for saying that. Because I think the 'scrambled' explanation is total BS as well. I'd so love to just come out and say that it's not an excuse. Just sounds like they're unwilling to fess up to the mistakes they made and are desperately trying to stick to their guns. And if they're that lacking in humility or understanding, that's even more cause to tell them to just stop and leave. The show ain't losing a think if that joke finally died. And I'm just using that example since it's as of late a good indicator of their inability to realize that maybe not everything they've done was for the better.

That response wouldn't cut it either for me, I've been trying very hard to explain to them that the joke has no purpose, no value, no fans, and just needs to go away. We should all be telling them to end the gag permanently in those exact words. Just end it. And next time ask why they think it's so funny that they have to try in vain to defend it to the death.

It still was a crappy finish and a clumsy progression to one of the only other arcs in the season that had any direction at all. And remains a sore point with many who wanted a positive resolution after three years of waiting for it to come.

Yeah, because this is an inexcusable note to leave it on. The saddest thing about this entire debacle is the people behind the show: They are what's most sad. To let it come to this...they disgust me greatly.