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* [[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]] Had season 3 episode 14, where, in one of the most cliche moments ever experienced in television, Hercules was depowered after being given a choice between love and power. Not only was this bad writing to the nth degree, but also incredibly jarring to fans who watch the show because the want to see Hercules, you know, '''with''' his powers. UGH!!!!!!!

* A moment that completely derailed ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' was the third season episode "Unfinished Business", where the Galactica crew partake in an organized boxing tournament. The episode climaxes (no pun intended) with the revelation that Starbuck and Apollo slept together for one night on New Caprica, and Starbuck left him the next day to marry Samuel Anders (the Resistance fighter from Caprica). As the final boxing match between Starbuck and Apollo finishes, they both wind up in each others arms while their respective spouses look disgusted and walk away. It was much less a legitimate plot twist than a writer forcing the [[One True Pairing]] of Apollo and Starbuck on the audience, at the cost of a season's worth of character development between Kara and Anders/Lee and Dualla.

* At least it wasn't the entire series, as the last chapter of [[Soap Opera|hispanic soap]] ''Pecados Ajenos'' randomly and happily revealed.

* The episode entitled "Spaceball" from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. In a series that had little to do with the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' to begin with, this episode featured genetically enhanced kids [[Baseball Episode|playing baseball]] to win money for an underprivileged children's camp. May be the worst, most pointless hour of fantasy/science-fiction ever written.

* ''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue]]'': The teamup episode "Trakeena's Revenge" with the [[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy|Galaxy Rangers]]. Only the Red Galaxy Ranger shows up for a good chunk of it, who is instantly recognized on Earth, and even then the plot focuses more on a little girl who can't get people to believe that there are monsters in a city constantly under attack by demons. Trakeena's actress also apparently walked off the set before filming and really, the rest of the Lost Galaxy cast was useless. How the Galaxy Rangers even get to Earth is inconsistent. What's worse is ''[[Power Rangers Time Force|Time Force]]'''s "Time for Lightspeed" had only one episode, Revenge had two, and Lightspeed was still at least slightly better as it offered a 'where are they now'.

* In ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]'', Kimberly sends Tommy a Dear John Letter. What followed was a relationship between Katherine and Tommy that many Power Ranger fans felt was forced.

* Orson leaving Bree in ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' season 6 finale. I have always been a huge fan of the couple, yet I would have had no problem with them breaking up... if only it had been done in a decent way. First of all, it was a [[Ass Pull|half-assed stunt]] to [[Put on a Bus]] the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] that made season 3 probably the best season ever and managed to go through a gratuitous [[Character Derailment]] remaining at least sympathetic. Secondly, the marriage, despite all the problems it had faced, had resolved in a valid [[Character Development]] for both and a moving [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] in episode 6x14; but in few episodes, the writers had managed to spoil everything. Thirdly, Bree's behavior was utterly weak and illogical, given what Sam had to blackmail her. Seriously, what the hell? For me, [[Desperate Housewives]] ended with episode 6x15, before that stupid Sam-subplot started.

** What really irked me on Desperate Housewives was the last few episodes of this recent season. It's like the writers just got tired of having a subplot with Lynette in every episode, and so they set about just [[Character Derailment|destroying]] her character and Tom's character. We had to have so many episodes where the basic gist was "Tom is doing something, Lynette doesn't like it, Lynette does something against Tom's wishes, [[Sarcasm Mode|hilarity]] ensues, Tom lectures Lynette to be his own man and to respect his choices, and then the ending narration has shots of them tying back to the central theme of honesty or some bullshit". She had issues with him spending time on a new job, she hated being sidelined to extra activities at a business conference, she didn't like his ideas for decorating his office, and she didn't like that he picked their vacation without asking her. It got tiring and made me dislike her so much more. And now they are getting divorced! The one couple that through seven seasons of this show showed that they could stay together through unemployment, hostage situations, unknown love children, cancer, tornadoes, failed businesses, miscarriage, children getting arrested, kidnapping by murderers, and other problems would just suddenly be unable to reconcile and give up their marriage just annoys the hell out of me.

** Wordy word. How can Mal claim to respect Inara "the person" whilst simultaneously disrespecting her choices, her career, her freedom, and her privacy? How can Inara "the person" be separated from the things that make her that person?

** More word. Especially since it remains so unclear what Mal's beef with Inara's profession even is. He just keeps yelling "Whooooooore!!!" at her every chance he gets, but the man's a thief and a murderer - what the hell sort of position is he in to throw stones? Also, he seemed to get along just fine with a (non-Companion) prostitute in ''Heart of Gold'', which suggests that either a) he's fine with prostitutes, as long they know their place and don't try to deny that they're "whooooooooores!!!", or b) he's fine with any prostitute who he can hire, but he takes Inara's refusal to "service" the ''Serenity'' crew even as she keeps taking on outside clients as [[Sleeps with Everyone but You|an insult,]] and that makes him act out. The former would make him an entitled douchebag; the latter would make him a childish asshole. Neither particularly makes me want to watch a show about him.

** While the 2010 season had a few bad episodes the worst of the bunch was the ''[[Storm Chasers]]'' episode. 60 minutes of Adam and Jamie building a hurricane resistant tent. No myth, no build team, just a cheap attempt to boost the ratings of another [[Discovery Channel]] show.

* In the [[Law and Order Special Victims Unit|SVU]] episode "Blinded," Olivia leaked information of the Perp-Of-The-Week's location to the feds, knowing full well that they would come and take him back to Louisiana to be executed. And why did she do this? Because of the two little girls he abused and murdered (which was implied to be a result of his own illusions)? No, because he pushed Elliot's head into a car window to evade capture, thus blinding him. This leads to her confronting Casey (for tanking the case, which she did do for her own reasons). After she [[What the Hell, Hero?|is called]] on this, Olivia went to Jack McCoy and informed him of Casey's actions. Keep in mind that all of this was done solely because the perp temporarily blinded her partner. Worse, while Casey got chewed out by McCoy for tanking the case, Olivia came off as a [[Karma Houdini]] for committing a borderline-criminal act (Not even a word from Cragen). If it were anyone else who done this (Even for the actions usually done by the detectives on this show), they would've been taken to ethics committee. This just leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.

* In ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]]'', the otherwise awesome ''Once a Ranger'' has Adam going against Thrax the son of Rita and Zedd. However he doesn't win, he doesn't even get rescued by other Power Rangers. Instead he gets rescued by the Sentinel Knight a character who, while shown to be powerful hasn't participated in any battles before comes out of no where to destroy the team up episodes [[Big Bad]]. Ruined the entire episode for me.

* Doug's subplot in ''[[The King of Queens]]'' episode "Mama Cast" combines this trope with a definite [[Mood Whiplash]]. This mysterious guy has a scam where he has two ice cream trucks. He sells one for an unbelievably low price (which Doug buys), and then, using the unbought one, tries to [[Wham! Episode|murder]] whoever bought the other one, which he tries to do to Doug! Look, I know it's [[MST3K Mantra|just a TV show]], but on what planet is that considered [[Dude, Not Funny|funny]]? And the worst part? Doug spent the majority of the episode running and hiding from the mysterious assailant instead of, oh I don't know, calling the cops and having the guy thrown in jail for life. [[Fiction Isn't Fair|Or would that make too much sense]]?

** For me, it was the two-episode introduction of Ainsley freaking Hayes. Yes, the show always championed the belief that people with differing opinions could work them out in a peaceful and civilised manner, that being the foundation of representational democracy. And all right, they wanted a token "good" Republican to emphasise that. Fair enough. But did they have to overcompensate by making her [[Purity Sue|brilliant and perfect and wonderful in every way]] and turning every cast member who was hostile to her into [[Idiot Ball|a blithering idiot]] so she could blow them away with her flawless rhetoric and air of noble suffering at this vile, Democratic persecution? Oh, and then there's the pure [[Narm]] of her "You don't like the ''people!''" line, which is treated as the ultimate zinger. No, Ainsley Hayes, I don't like people whose morals are incompatible with mine. Nor do I expect them to like me. While being able to peacefully disagree even with people you dislike may be necessary for a civilised society, actively loving every single other person on the planet is not.

* The show ''[[My Wife and Kids]]'' had an episode where Michael Sr. gauges what present he should buy his wife for a holiday she and the other women in the family made up. When he calls her up and she starts screaming at him, he decides that a 3/10 is a reasonable rating. So he buys her a pearl necklace. However, the reason the women created this holiday is because all of them wanted diamonds. When everyone but Jay gets diamonds, she isn't happy (after Tony practically forced Jay to listen about the "Women Rating System"). So her completely logical reaction is to treat Michael as if he were neglectful and horrible, while treating everybody else much better than normal. Oh and according to Jay's measurement, getting a pearl necklace (3/10) compared to diamonds (10/10) is worse than getting strips of raw bacon (4/10) compared to blueberry waffles (10/10). She seems to think that pearls are incredibly cheap. The sad part is, had Jay not completely overreacted, she would have had a valid point.

** This is seriously the most enraging episode of any TV show I've ever seen in my life. While neither Kyle or Jay were right in this situation ( a woman rating system? seriously? ), Jay was acting like a complete bitch about it and blowing the whole thing out of proportion. Were we supposed to sympathize with her here? I'm assuming we are, since the episode tries to paint Kyle as the bad guy in this situation ( once again, neither were right ). Of course, the whole thing could've been avoided had Jay not came up with a fake holiday just to get some diamonds.

* As with all [[Dan Schneider]] sitcoms, [[Drake and Josh]] has its ridiculous moments, but "Theater Thug" in particular stands out. The episode involves Josh re-inacting a scene with a criminal named, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|well, the Theater Thug]]. After his take is shown on FBI's Most Wanted, they show a picture of the real thug (who I honestly don't think look like Josh at all). Then, the next day, when Drake and Josh go to The Premiere, out of nowhere, Josh is assaulted by a bunch of old ladies who think he's the thug, even though he states that he just re-inacted a scene. And then, he gets arrested. And that's pretty much the rest of the episode-Josh getting arrested [[Overly Long Gag|ad fucking nauseam.]] Even when he tries using a disguise he gets the boot! And then, at the very end of the episode, while Josh is closing, the REAL thug comes in, and after he pressures Josh some, the cops show up. Drake comes in, and after a scuffle between him and the thug, which ends with him getting knocked down, Drake leaves Josh to get the cops...who come in right after Drake leaves. [[Karma Houdini|The real thug then escapes]]...and the episode ends as the cops arrest Josh. I know the people in this world are stupid, but here, they looked like headcases.

** Ugh. I know what you mean. I raged when someone claimed it was one of the most heartwarming moments in sitcom history (if that person is reading this, I rebuke you for claiming it was anywhere on par with the ending of [[Futurama|Luck of the Fryish]]). Malcom's family claim that society takes advantage of them because they're poor. Maybe if they weren't so irresponsible, they wouldn't be so damn poor.

** Agreed. What really bugged me about this was that it COULD have been pretty heartwarming. If they'd instead have had Lois asking Malcom not to take the job and telling him how much he had open to him and that she thought he could do so much, that would've really been something. Having Lois decide it for him just comes off as creepy and raises a lot of unfortunate implications. The way she's the one who decides he should be president, the way the family expects him to solve all their (often self-inflicted) problems, the way they refuse to give him any help, it just comes off as needlessly controlling and cruel, even by her standards.

** Fourthed. There was even an episode where Malcolm worked up the balls to say "No" to Lois, asking her if she intended to watch over him when he's married or 30 years old. From what I read, only one season after he shows regret for costing Reese a girlfriend, he lists all the horrible things Reese has done to him while Reese himself is in the army. Francis realizes what a horrible person Lois is, and [[Calling the Old Man Out|told her in no uncertain terms how much he openly hates her]] before choosing his own path in life. Horrible as life was for him up in Alaska, at least he had the balls to sever ties with Lois. This goes to show how little respect Malcolm has for himself, even though he realizes and resents just as much what a control freak she is and how much a mess their lives are as a result. I would sympathize with other [[Butt Monkey]] characters like [[Love Hina|Keitaro Urashima]], [[Mad Magazine|Monroe]], [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Shinji Ikari]], [[Family Guy|Meg Griffin]], [[Everybody Hates Chris|Chris Rock]], [[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya|Kyon, or Mikuru Asahina]]. Malcolm? All I can say is, [[What an Idiot!]]! I like to imagine that one day, he wises up and betrays his whole family. It's the only thing keeping me from hating this episode more.

** The worst thing about that episode is that it shows how much of a manipulative bitch she is. Seriously, she told Malcolm that he's one of the few people that listens to their conscience, so now she made sure he'd tune it out? WTF. This troper can't help but feel that all of Lois and Hal's kids should have been adopted by different families. But that pales in comparison to ''Army Buddy''. Getting right to the sucky point, Reese's army buddy reveals to Lois that she has a crush on her, and her response is, not an exact quote but, "It's not that I'm not flattered but I have a family, five kids..." She says that pretty casually and makes no mention of the pedophilia (given the buddy's age, it would have been statutory rape, not paedophilia) that would be involved. Out of all the times she exploded, I am surprised this wasn't one of them.

** You couldn't have said it better. The purpose of the police officer is to maintain law and order in our towns and cities. And now its newest member is a sex-crazed idiot who can barely run his own life.

** An episode that really pissed me off was one where Red took the Vista Cruiser from Eric. Eric lost it because Kelso gave him a purple nurple, causing him to swerve and scratch the paint on a fire hydrant. Kelso and the others bailed when Red showed up. Later, they are in a car Kelso borrowed and get arrested because the car was reported stolen. Kelso also wastes their one phone call because Jackie mistakes the call for roleplaying. They get freed, and what happens then? Kelso and Jackie get laid. It frustrated me because Kelso was a complete jackass the entire episode, and he get no retribution (the car was accidentally reported stolen, Kelso had it legitimately). I could forgive Kelso being a cop because he was at least a bad cop and ended up as a bouncer in the finale, but the fact that he endangered everyone and got Eric in trouble with Red over the scratch (Red doesn't buy that Eric was arrested) makes me pissed that they reward his dickish behavior with sex. Fuck Kelso.

* The Ponzi scheme arc on [[Two and A Half Men]]. Alan rips off his family and friends, only feels a token amount of guilt, and when Rose offers to pay him so he can pay everyone back in return for not telling Charlie that Rose made up being married to make Charlie want her, he gets all pissy because he doesn't want to lie to his brother. [[Flat What|What]]? He just scammed his brother out of thousands of dollars, was planning on scamming Rose for the money, and was planning on using the information to blackmail Rose so she wouldn't tell about his scam, and now he chooses to act like [[Not So Different|he's any more moral than Rose]]? Granted, Alan has decayed a lot as a character. He started as the [[Henpecked Husband]] and voice of reason to being a [[Straw Loser]] and [[Butt Monkey]], but at this point, he [[Moral Event Horizon|becomes completely irredeemable]].

** Ok, so Judith kicks Herb out of her house because he followed Charlie's advice to put his foot down and stand up against Judith's abusive behavior. Alan hears about this, grins sadistically when he thinks about how the harpy bitch that constantly screws up his life is suffering, and later, goes to her house. Most viewers were expecting Alan to rub it in her face. Instead it ends up with Alan comforting her, and getting back with Judith, like if [[Idiot Ball|he forgot all the shit she put him through up to this point]]. [[Status Quo Is God|Of Course]], it ends with Judith breaking it up again, going back with Herb and remaining an abusive harpy for the rest of the series, [[Karma Houdini|never getting any comeuppance whatsoever for her actions]]. There should be a limit to how much one can [[Turn the Other Cheek]].

** A DMOS for this troper regarding the above is that not another single "Your Childhood Sucks" really made another appearance after I believe one more entry. So it was kind of an excuse to bash maybe two games.

* The ''[[30 Rock]]'' episode "TGS Hates Women." In theory, it was supposed to subvert and play with the growing public perception that maybe [[Tina Fey]] isn't so much a feminist powerhouse but just another writer who's made her bones picking on women she considers "below" her. In practice, it just came off as a snitty attack on "hot" female comics - the main three influences seeming to be [[Sarah Silverman]]'s [[Man Child|adult-child]] persona, [[The Daily Show|Olivia Munn]]'s "sexy geek" act, and [[Abby Elliott]]'s [[Saturday Night Live|late night presence]], Khloe Kardashian voice, and name (the character in question was named "Abby Flynn"). The episode ended with a completely improbable [[Twist Ending]] in which the character {{spoiler|had actually adopted the "slutty comedian" act in order to hide from an ex-husband}}, but it didn't really make a difference - the episode just felt nasty.

** Goldeneye101: "Wi-fi in the Sky" is another crap episode. With Nick's advertising campaign being every single episode being a "special", I was actually expecting something good. What I got was one setting (the airplane) and absolutely idiotic jokes. After about 15 minutes, it got worse and worse. Then, Tori's sister needs to use the bathroom and goes to the first class one instead of the coach. I felt like that one wasn't too bad, but then she came back to say that she stole [[Perez Hilton]] 's camera. Now, Perez Hilton... wasn't exactly very likeable to many people. I was hoping and praying that they wouldn't show the guy... but at the end of the episode, they do. Complete with Tori saying "Oh my God, you're Perez Hilton!" And an applaud track. Really, Nick. The guy is gay, yet calls [[Black Eyed Peas|Will.I.Am]] a faggot, he gets punched by the band's manager because of it and is offended by it. He took an upskirt picture of [[Miley Cyrus]] (then 17) and somehow dodged arrest. He called Michael Jackson's death a hoax. He said everyone in my hometown was a retard because of a former mayor, even inviting a horde of guests to slam it. And yet, the fuckhead still gets screentime... on a show for pre-teens. I would have been absolutely offended if I was a mother letting my kid watch that show and knew who the guy was.

** "Tori Gets Stuck." From the toy car in Robbie's intestine, which was just unnecessary disturbing and squicky [[Nightmare Fuel]], to the doctors letting Trina and Cat just walk into a friggin' TB ward, so Trina can record a deathly ill man's cough and use it for her stupid role. Then the hospital makes Tori give three pints of blood! And the doctor almost outright tells her he has no clue at all if it's safe (which it most likely isn't...two pints is touchy enough). And the blood she gives isn't even used, since it explodes all over Tori and Robbie, making that entire plot almost entirely pointless. And then during the play, Tori passes out from having to give so much blood! And then somehow it's supposed to be funny that Trina catches TB from being in the TB ward... It's a life-threatening condition, you idiots! And nobody helps her because her illness makes her role "more realistic." Can you say worst episode? I can and will. Bonus points for Jade stealing Tori's medical records in the beginning [[Karma Houdini|and getting no comeuppance for it whatsoever,]] and using them for something that could've damn well killed her (exposing her to flowers she is allergic to).

** "Prom Wrecker" was absolutely terrible. Tori was just at her worst here. While normally I can put up with her when Jade is being a jerkwad, here she was just completely uncaring and rude to Jade when she finds out that her prom leaves her unable to do her art project. To put this in further perspective, look at Wok Star, when the entire gang played parts in helping Jade save her play from Mrs. Li turning it into a mess. Then, compare that to this, where noone gives a flying flip about Tori's prom leaving Jade unable to do her project or even calls Tori out on her behavior. Then, right when people start to leave the prom and it looks like Jade is finally going to have her chance, Trina reminds Tori to announce Prome King and Queen...and [[Yank the Dog's Chain|Tori makes Jade queen and Doug king]]. So, in short, Tori gets Jade's performance knocked, gets back at her, and [[Karma Houdini|gets no punishment whatsoever]]. Seriously, at that point I would have just had them have a [[The Bad Guy Wins]] ending after that, because it was deserved in such a situation. Also, the running gag of Andre and Sherry repeatedly kissing got old incredibly quickly. To make matters worse, this episode could have been awesome, [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|but was nothing but a bunch of wasted potential]]. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Bonus points]] for when Robbie thinking Cat was making up lies about her date, and walking away right before we see him on screen. Tsk. Sorry Dan, not your best work.

** I'm just going to say it: I fucking hate Jade. How did such an unlikable bitch become an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]? What really did it was in the episode where Tori was being stalked by Ponnie. The episode just ends with Jade shaving Cat's head and we just leave on that. [[Karma Houdini|No well-needed retribution]] or anything. Jade even said it in front of the councilor that she was going to 'get Cat,' and didn't so much as suspend her. Sikowitz flat out said that it was Cat's problem too. [[Adults Are Useless]] doesn't even cover it. The students are being educated by morons! I haven't seen a school staff this idiotic since [[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]].

** That episode was just filled with ungodly bad writing. It got what was right and wrong entirely mixed up! [[Designated Villain|Stevie]] was supposedly wrong and "evil" for daring to rise up against the unfair Wizard Competition (along with others she'd recruited who felt the same way) so that all wizards can keep their magic powers and there'd be less broken wizard families like hers or the Russos around. [[Designated Hero|Alex]] was supposedly "doing the right thing" in [[Manipulative Bastard|using Stevie and pretending to still be her friend]] just so she can freeze her and transfer her powers back to her brother. And Justin was supposedly right in hamfistedly declaring that "Stevie is evil and is trying to overtake the entire wizard world" even though she never talked about doing anything of the sort, unless the wizard world is really shallow enough to be kept standing by one stupid competition and it's stupid rules. And Max, who actually wanted to take over the wizard world to be king and is the one who kills Stevie in the end, gets [[Karma Houdini|no punishment or acknowledgement of what he's done wrong.]] And no one cares that Stevie's dead; Alex even makes a joke out of it after Stevie shatters on her unconciouss brother! And before that, Alex flat out states that she thinks "people outside the Russos are better." Well, YEAH; this episode proves that in so many ways! This is a [[Dysfunctional Family]] of monsters! If the series had started it's downhill spiral at the start of the third season, this episode is defenitely what killed it.

** Originally, for me it was the ending of [[Wizards Vs Werewolves]]. However, the series finale is now even worse and essentially replaced the previous moment. Basically, its the same thing: It was a massive copout that bordered on Dues Ex Machina: Justin wins the wizard competition and earns the right to become a full wizard. But, he interupts the awarding of it by declaring he doesn't deserve it, because Alex stopped and came back to help him when he got stuck on a bush and helped him get out. So, he declares that she deserves it, but not him. But, so he'll have a happy ending, Professor Crumps announces he's retiring and appoints Justin his replacement, so that he can become a full wizard instead. Ok, [[Tranquil Fury|this infuriates me]]. 1) Since when did Justin ever think Alex deserves the right to be a full wizard? He's made it clear before he doesn't think she deserves magic because she always abuses it. Why? Because, she totally does! Alex is always being reclass and causing trouble with magic, to the point she comes off as a [[Designated Hero]]. But, because she saved him, he decides to change his opinion? Didn't he get really mad when others ignored all the bad she did to award her for saving the world once? 2) If they wanted to have Justin give up the power, why not just show the damn scene first instead of flashing back to it? Did they want to make it a plot twist? Well, too bad, they failed! Why didn't they just make it clear before what happened, or better yet, just let her win and give Justin another reason to be awarded the power by Crumps. 3) Why did she even have to win in the first place? Like I said, Alex is constantly abusing magic and causes all the trouble she gets into. Justin isn't [[Not So Different|always that much better]], but he's usually only such because Alex does something to set him off. Why not just let Justin win? Oh, because of her and Mason, the boyfriend she would have to break up with. But, he's an immortal werewolf who will apparently never grow up, Twilight Vampire style. She's going to get older, he's not, so eventually they'll have to break up. 4) The Crumps thing came completely out of nowhere. Why not announce at the begining he was retiring, or a few episodes ago and build up to it? This is the problem with Dues Ex Machina endings, they can easily be averted by hinting/forshadowing/building up to it. All in all, the ending was just lazily written.

** The ending of the episode where Langston and Lady Heather meet. This turns Langston's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] from a previous episode into nothing. Previously, Langston was able to turn the 'genetically predisposed to being a psychopath' theory on its ass by revealing that genetically and historically, he's a lot like Nate Heskel: He has the same gene and he had an abusive childhood, but he's still not a serial killer. That was an awesome moment. But then, in this episode, he confesses to Lady Heather that he feels 'a monster' inside of him, and feels he needs to kill Nate. Ok, so, you give a middle finger to a previous episode's very awesome ending by making it clear that actually, he is really a serial killer waiting to happen. Great way to make it apparent that being a [[Complete Monster]] isn't by choice writers. What makes it more infuriating, was that the previous moment was what saved Langston from being my least favourite character, so not only do they remove an awesome moments credability, they remove the one thing I liked about Langston.

* The most recent episode of ''The Office'',and that's saying something after the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|CMOH]] wrap up of Michael's departure with Deangelo being [[Flanderized]] into a [[Jerkass]] and then cruelly let off before we really know anything,then Dwight taking over only to be once again be ousted,instead of going with it for a while. Those moments were embarrassing but compared to the interviews special for the new manager that's nothing. First,it's riddled with [[Celebrity Guest Stars]] who seem out of place all vying for the new position which slowed down the usual pace,the jokes weren't funny at all especially not Warren Buffett.But then the main story of the interviews was hampered by not only too many people,but the Gabe plot tumor trying to get Erin back and make everyone miserable to do so,which leads to massive [[Character Derailment]] to manipulating Kelly which backfires and gets him [[Put on a Bus]].Then you have the "Angela's Boyfriend is gay" subplot which also took away,wasn't funny and frankly just made a huge [[Kick the Dog]] even too much for Angela.And none of it was well executed,with awkward transitions littered here and there,and why did [[Jim Carrey]] get the last line? Everything imaginable went wrong "Search Committee" and not even Creed's [[Large Ham]] could've saved it.It sucks that Deangelo got axed so quickly for this.

* "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons" from [[Community]]. I haven't completely seen Season 2, but so far this is Pierce's worst moment. Imagine if [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic S 1 E 25 Party Of One|Party of One]] was done by Pikie Pie being a dillhole to someother pony instead of the main plot. In it, Pierce doesn't get invited to a Dungeons and Dragons game by Jeff to cheer up a possibly suicidal classmate named "Fat Neil" [[Fridge Logic|who the narrotor keeps calling him]]. Pierce's D&D character steals Neil's sword he worked hard for and wipes his privates on it and humps it and loads over that Neil has no friends and is fat. This, as someone who got bullied, a very painful experience and wanted to knock that fucking asshole's teeth out.

** I second that, Pierce is supposed to be a dick but he is just so cartoonishly, pointlessly evil in this episode it just throws everything out of order. The series had been building towards a real low moment for Pierce but seemed to jump ahead another six episodes worth of developement in this episode. It makes his behaviour in Celebrity Pharmacology seem reasonable and to an extent it was. He was obviously just desperate for attention and the addiction was messing with his head, hence the teaching kids bad lessons and paying off Annie. Please correct me if I'm wrong since I haven't seen it in a while but he seemed to redeem himself in the end of Celebrity Pharmacology making this derailment far worse.

* The ''[[Boston Legal]]'' episode where Denny shoots a homeless guy with a paintball gun. Yeah, he was [[What the Hell, Hero?|called on it repeatedly]], but the willful jump from "[[Crazy Awesome|loveable nut]]" to "[[Jerkass|smug, unrepentant asswipe]]" was jarring.

* Now normally I like [[Tosh.0]], I understand the humor etc... But in the 4th Season episode. Where Daniel takes the $24000+ that he made auctioning off all the memorabilia from his show, and rather than donate it to Charity or something like that. He proceeds to blow it all on one hand of Blackjack in Vegas. And then he has the nerve to make a joke about it. Now I understand it's a comedy show, and the people who paid in that auction expected to see him do something stupid with the money... But for me, it just seemed like a giant middle finger to people who could have put that money to good use.

* [[How I Met Your Mother|How I Met Your Mother's]] seventh season finale "The Magician's Code". It's bad enough they went with the safe route and revealed Barney & Robin would end up together despite spending the entire episode building up his relationship with Quinn. But then there's what they do with Ted. He calls Victoria again to attempt tying up that loose end, she happens to be in the city and she shows up wearing a wedding dress. Victoria then says they should run away together, and as they're driving Ted tells her no as he was once left at the alter. BUT THEN he decides "ah screw it" and runs away with her anyway. God damn it writers! Do you learn nothing?

* America's funniest home video: One video had a kid with diarrhea crying on the toilet while the mom is filming and laughing. How is that funny? The only sympathy for the kid in the clip was from the family dog. Worse it won the 10,000 dollars. Yeah good thing you have the money because the kid will need it for therapy after this. Also how are kids of people vomiting funny? Laughing at someone who is sick and humiliated is just wrong.

** Now, I may be in the minority when I say that I tolerated the Fuegelsang/Fuentez era of AFV and found some moments pretty funny. That being said, their "Seven Deadly Sins" special contained a moment so awful and disgusting it nearly made me swear off the series forever. The episode in-and-of itself is fine at first with each segment of clips focusing on a different sin (a pretty clever idea, I must admit). But, then we get to the theme of "Pride". What sort of clips do they decide to show their audience? Why, babies vomiting of course. Just...no, eww, no. I want to watch people getting into wacky situations. Not change the channel the moment "Junior" decides to literally show us what he had for breakfast. Have the producers forgotten the show is called ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' and not "Babies Barf-O-Rama"?