Breaking up is easy to do

[rivkat]

I've been thinking a bit about breaking up with shows, in part because I'm still mentally storyboarding a Future Ex-Girlfriend vid ("I don't care that you're a model" = that one lens-flare shot with Dean leaning on the car; "no one cares that you love Keanu" = Peter and Sylar throwing down Matrix-style; etc.), and in part because, though I haven't been fannish about Heroes since S1, I deleted the series from my DVR mid-episode this week after two successive scenes with stalker/rapist plots where it was clear that the show didn't even understand that one of those was a stalker-rapist plot, and I'm not so sure about the other. I should've known better, but residual affection for Hiro and Claire kept me going.

So what shows did you break up with, and when?  Defined any way you like, though my default would be "stopped watching."  Meaning that I never did break up with the X-Files; I just buried it.  Or, suggest shots for the vid, if you like.  Lyrics here.

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Used to love this show (don't even remember the name) when I was a kid, broke up with it when special effects ate up the story lines. It was my first break up and I can still feel the heartache.

I stopped loving Heroes somewhere mid S2, but I finished watching season 4 because I am just bad at breaking up when it's time. I put my foot down after they killed Nathan. I still miss Hiro and Peter, but from what I heard about the show I don't think I missed out this season.

My love with SPN is still going strong. Not as strong as the first three seasons, sure, but one can't always look back to the honeymoon period of a relationship, right? I will still watch if there's a season 6 unless the season finale obsolutely sucks.

Good shows are like good men, there are not too many of them out there. I rather not break up with one easily since it's hard to find one/fall in love with one to begin with.