Used to let my wife pick all our shows, but after she made me sit through 14 episodes of a canceled Netflix drama I started my own queue last month.

Now I do research on cancellation status and episode counts before even hitting play, anyone else gotten burned by trusting someone else's taste?

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harperp314d ago

Fourteen episodes of a canceled show? That's brutal, man. I would have checked out after the first few if there was no payoff coming. My wife loves those slow burn dramas that go nowhere, so I started doing the same thing you did. Now I peek at Rotten Tomatoes and see if it got a real ending before I sink hours into it. Way too many good actors wasted on shows that just vanish.

evangarcia4d ago

Man I feel that pain deep in my bones. My buddy convinced me to watch this sci-fi thing called "The Expanse" and I burned through 3 seasons before finding out Syfy dropped it and Amazon saved it. But at least that one got a proper ending. The real kicker was when my sister-in-law swore up and down that "Altered Carbon" was the greatest thing ever. I binged both seasons only to find out they canceled it on a cliffhanger. These streaming services are ruthless with no warning. So yeah, I definitely check cancellation status and look up if the creators got to finish the story before I invest.