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* 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.

** 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.

** 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]].

* The finale of [[Seinfeld]]. While visiting another town, the gang watches a guy get mugged and do nothing, so a nearby cop, instead of arresting the mugger, arrests them for not abiding by some Good Samaritan Law. The prosecution decides that this is some huge landmark case that is more important than a serial killer, and starts to bring in people that the gang pissed off as witnesses. The prosecutor claimed it was establishing a pattern of behavior that the gang showed when not helping the mugging victim. That may have been acceptable for a couple of people, but then they pull in people who had stupid reasons for hating them, people who have their own assumptions of the gangs actions, and even a guy who, according to Jerry, left America for parts unknown! Then when the gang gets found guilty, everyone cheers and the judge delivers a [[Reason You Suck Speech]] to the gang. The fact that the prosecution was allowed to pull in every character who had ever been on the show is incredibly stupid. [[You Fail Law Forever|The gang did not get a fair trial at all.]]

** 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.

* The ''[[CSI]]'' episode "Sounds of Silence," featured Sara and Warrick being unforgiveably - and uncharacteristically - rude to a deaf person in the course of their investigation. You could cite ignorance of the deaf community as one of the factors, but it's just simple courtesy to not ignore the person you're talking to in favor of the translator (and you'd think the translator would at least make them aware of this before they started their interview). The whole situation seemed to be designed purely as a setup for the reveal that Grissom knows sign language, and it just seemed like there could have been a better way to do it other than having our characters pick up an [[Idiot Ball]].

* 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?

* The seventh season finale of [[Bones]] was wall-bangingly ludricous. I won't even go into how the evil genius super-hacker serial killer Pelant is somehow able to thoroughly screw Brennan and everyone else around her using the ''bar codes from library books''. Pelant knows things and does things he simply should not be able to do. In that, they're physically and technologically impossible. He's beyond [[Crazy Prepared]]; he's impossibly prepared. He's able to effortlessly exploit every flaw in the legal system to turn it against the heroes, despite the heroes's track record of trustworthiness, and despite the fact that he's a convicted felon who doesn't even own a computer. NO ONE is that smart. Or that prepared. Max's speech about "the system" comes dangerously close to some kind of Anti-Establishment [[Author On Board]] speech. The entire premise of the episode seems designed to prove that the system is evil, you can't win against it, and the only solution is to chuck it all and run.