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** Xander dumps Anya. That is when I stopped believing in the characters and the story and realised that the show was a non-stop [[Author Tract]]. Everything had already gone to Hell and the last remaining tad of joy was Xander/Anya and then Joss even Jossed that.

** The whole of "Wrecked" is just one big Dethroning Episode of Suck, but the worst would probably have to be the inexplicable scene where Amy steals sage from Buffy's house. It pretty much sums up everythin that's wrong with the Anvilicious "Magic Drugs" storyline.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Journey's End". So, many reasons, including the regeneration tease, the Clone Doctor, the Doctor's reaction to the Clone Doctor's rational decision to kill the Daleks when they were clearly beyond redemption, the Doctor fobbing Rose off with the Clone Doctor, Donna defeating the Daleks with Time Lord leet haxxor skillz, Donna being given a psychic lobotomy, the Earth being towed back whilst that "you should feel moved now" music plays in the background like a cue card and Davros being downgraded from [[Magnificent Bastard]] to a Dalek pet just to sate the wrath of the [[Fan Dumb]] that objected to him ever overshadowing his creations despite being far more interesting than they are.

** [At the risk of earning the ire of Nine fans, I found his chickening out of destroying both the Daleks and Earth in "Parting of the Ways", given his previously established Badassitude in taking Van Statten's gun to use against the Dalek and not flinching from Margaret Blaine's attempted shaming of Team TARDIS in "Boom Town", to be one of these.

** "The Christmas Invasion". If Harriet Jones is supposed to bring a Golden Age to Britain, I believe that Ten should have let her do it. Or the Reapers should have shown up and screw him and Rose over for messing up the timeline or something.

** ''The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe''. I have forgiven almost everything in doctor who, but I can not forgive this episode. That it was a christmas episode was all the more bitter. The episode insisted that this child was weak for being male, and that only woman were 'strong' as they are 'mothers'. . A statement that the doctor himself agreed with. It had to force this message by having all the male characters act like gung-ho idiots, with only the women being the sensible one. I just want to forget this episode ever existed.

** I sometimes tolerate New Series episodes that other fans have negative views on (specifically “Love and Monsters” and “Fear Her”, those two episodes that I don’t really find that bad). But if I can think of one episode that nearly stopped me from watching the New Series, it would be “Father’s Day”. I know what the episode writer, Paul Cornell (his written two-parter, “Human Nature” and “The Family of Blood”, were actually great), was trying to expand the rules of the space-time continuum (i.e. Reapers), but still, [[Canon Discontinuity|none of the established rules ever came back after that episode]]. But what even pissed me the most was [[Jerkass|the Ninth Doctor calling Rose a 'stupid ape' for saving her father from the accident]], [[Freudian Excuse|even though she did it because she wanted to get to know her father]]. I'm sorry, but as a victim of emotional abuse, that nearly made me lost my sympathy for the Ninth Doctor when {{spoiler|he regenerated}}!

* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'''s "Threshold". When you combine all the worst parts of the [[Star Trek]] franchise ([[Reset Button]], [[Hollywood Science]], [[Techno Babble]], [[Special Effects Failure]], and [[Character Derailment]]), can you blame the executives for all but declaring this [[Canon Discontinuity]]? [[Word of God|Brannon Braga himself]] even admits to screwing the episode up.

** ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'''s "Dear Doctor" in which Archer decides not to help a race of dying people because he is led by [[Hollywood Evolution]] and believes helping them would violate a directive that hasn't come into existence yet. "Until I have that... ''directive''..."

* The finale to one of ''[[Dallas]]'' seasons, which revealed all of said season to be [[All Just a Dream]].

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

* The last episode of ''[[Dinosaurs]]''. They gave a light-hearted (if occasionally preachy) sitcom a [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]] [[Downer Ending]] to deliver an [[Anvilicious]] [[Green Aesop]]. It brings a whole new meaning to [[Wall Banger (Darth Wiki)|"whole new low."]]

* ''[[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.

* ''[[24]]'': In a series that has seen all manner of ridiculous scenarios and over-the-top plot twists, the two episodes in Season 2 that feature Jack Bauer dying for ten minutes, a Middle Eastern secret agent being beaten to death by rednecks, said rednecks holding a woman hostage for a microchip they know absolutely nothing about and Kim Bauer attempting to escape a wild cougar before shacking up with a kooky survivalist is still, six seasons on, the absolute nadir of the series.

* An early episode of ''[[Mind of Mencia]]'' opened with Mencia, in bed for some reason, receiving a phone call from what was supposed to be then-President [[George W. Bush]]. Bush tells Mencia he loves the show, but asks him to be more politically correct. Mencia responds that he respects the president, but "Go fuck yourself," to a round of applause. Aside from being a pointless, unoriginal [[Take That]] (Yeah, so edgy, taking on the same guy that every comedian in America makes fun of), but it's practically a [[Critical Research Failure]]: Bush, and republicans in general, almost never advocate political correctness; if anything, it's a liberal democrat ideal. It would be like [[The Man Show]] doing a bit where [[Bill Clinton]] calls in and tells them that the [[Gainaxing|girls jumping on trampolines]] is inappropriate. If you're going to tell the president to "go fuck yourself," do it in response to something he actually does. Come on, Carlos, I'm a republican and even I can see there's plenty of legitimate targets! It was a stupid, pointless, and baseless insult, and it's the last scene I ever willingly watched of his series.

* 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.

* 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.

* The last ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' episode where Lois first rejects a very good job proposal for Malcolm and then tells him that she pretty much planned his life for him and expects him to be president of the [[United States]]. [[Flat What|What?]] That's so incredibly stupid and selfish I really hoped Malcolm would tell her to shove it up her ass, [[What an Idiot!|but instead he accepts it and rolls with everything.]] Now, I'm well aware it's about how much your family means to you and that you would do anything to please them, but it's such a ridiculous [[Wall Banger (Darth Wiki)|Wall Banger]] I don't get how this is [[Heartwarming Moments|heartwarming...]]

** 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.

* In ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]] Movie Wars'', the duel of Kivala and Decade comes to mind for this troper. Decade was just finished defeating every single rider and Kivala of all people kills him as he half heartedly fights Kivala instead of his fury mode threatening to kill the only person he really cared for. It would have been more convincing for Diend to defeat him than Kivala.

** One for the show is a part from Kabuto's world, Natsuki and Hiyori were being chased by Worms and wheb we got cornered Natsuki stepped away from Hiyori as the Worms closed in, she wasn't pushed or tossed away she just stepped aside to leave Hiyori at the mercy of the monsters, Hiyori makes it out of it but still Natsuki looked like a total jerk for just moving away like she did.

* I'm willing to put the last few minutes of the last episode of ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' in [[Fanon Discontinuity]] because of the amount of stupid in them. I can accept that the final battle was against a suddenly resurrected 1986 King (instead of someone who would make sense). I can accept that Wataru was saved by a 22 years old piece of armor. But I can't accept they doing the "child from the future" thing ''again'', completely out of left field, and announcing that the Fangires are still enemies (that completely and utterly destroys the optimism of Taiga trying to find a new source of energy to replace humans' life essence as Fangires' food and, therefore, reaching peace between the races). And the "Neo Fangires" being UFO-like only put the final nail in the coffin. And BTW, Toei, don't bother making a poorly-planned [[Sequel Hook]] if the chances of there being a sequel are slim-to-none!

* The episode "Scott's Tots" of [[The Office]]. So apparently years ago Michael promised an entire class that if they graduated he would pay for their college tuition. [[Flat What|What?]] So we are expected to believe that numerous people believed and accepted that a paper Salesman in Scranton could afford to send several kids to college let alone a whole class? And what if it was a private school? What if it was out of state. Hell, what if it was Ivy League? And worse is that the episode reveals that he has spent years getting to know these kids so you think that their parents or a teacher or someone would notice he does not have the income to support this. Pam is the only person who seems to grasp how unbelievably bad the situation is and forces Erin to take Michael to the school so he can come clean. But Michael "misses Pam" apparently so for no reason he treats poor sweet Erin like garbage the whole episode. So Michael goes to the school and tells these kids who have been relying on him that he can't pay for their tuition and then tries to smooth the situation by giving them batteries. Oh but he does pay for textbooks-for ''one'' of the kids. Then to top it off we get this awful attempt at a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] where Erin says that their class has the highest amount graduating from the school-all thanks to him! Yeah, and now most of them can't go to college-all thanks to him! Meanwhile the B story has Dwight trying to get Jim fired and Jim suddenly loses his brain and falls directly into the trap and the rest of the office become unbelievable dicks and won't let him get a word in.

** 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.]]

** 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]].

* ''The Sentence,'' the second season finale of ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' relaunch. We have [[Frasier|David Hyde Pierce]] [[Actor Allusion|playing a vain psychiatrist]] trying to win the Nobel Prize (in medicine, presumably) by curing violent sociopaths through virtual reality prison sentences. This procedure had had a 100% success rate up until he put on a demonstration for a visiting US Senator. In that case, the man kept protesting his innocence until he was put in the machine, at which point the virtual reality simulation broke down into an orgy of violence. Why? "Because the (duly convicted) man was innocent." How do they know he was innocent? [[Shaped Like Itself|Because the simulation didn't work for him.]] [[Wall Banger|And everyone just accepts this assesment!]] Now, most of the episode actually takes place (in a transparently obvious twist) inside the psychiatrist's own VR simulation, but the innoncence of the man in question remains a plot point even after we return to the real world. Also: David Hyde Pierce is on trial for the death of the convict, we learn just how horrible the procedure really is, when people who have gone through it testify that "they wish they were dead." Problem is: this entire trial takes place inside a VR simulation. There is no real-world evidence that the procedure is anywhere near that bad. Anyways, the simulation progresses, David Hyde Pierce gets sent to a hellish prison for twenty years (the prison being based upon his own knowledge of what the ''actual'' prison system is like), gets "reformed" and wakes up to find that, in reality, [[The Untwist|only about thirty minutes have gone by]]. He then tries to destroy the machine, on the grounds that it is a cruel and inhumane punishment for innocent people, and his guilt at having built it is reinforced by the fact that his experience in the machine was not the same as that of the other "innocent" man. Problems with this: 1) There is still no evidence that the duly-convicted-by-a-jury-of-his-peers test subject was innocent. 2) Even if the occasional innocent guy did get through, is it really worse to implant a few false memories over the course of one afternoon than it is to literally steal years of his life in a hellish prison? 3) All of the evidence that the procedure is inhumane comes from the doctor's own nightmare fantasy, and finally, 4) we get to see first hand just how terrible the current penal system is!

** Gess: However sickening that was, they still managed to top it in the 9th season. JD's craving with Dr. Cox's attention turned from merely pathetic and needy to downright masochistic! On one occasion, while withstanding another rant from his idol, JD is begging for more in his head. Ugh. And then he gives his students a photo presentation of himself in suggestive poses... Let's say it plain and blunt: they turned JD into a whore and it's disgusting.

* The ''[[NCIS]]'' season five episode "Dog Tags" is a Dethroning Moment for Abby. McGee is attacked by a Navy drug-sniffing dog and bitten several times before he manages to fend it off by shooting it non-fatally. Upon hearing what happened, Abby immediately berates McGee for hurting the dog - which is also suspected of attacking and killing its handler - and spends the rest of the episode acting like a spoiled brat: refusing to acknowledge that the dog could possibly be dangerous, treating it as a pet, and refusing to hand it back over to the unit responsible for the dogs. At the end of the episode, she forces McGee to adopt the dog that attacked him. Compare with her actions in the episode "Corporal Punishment", where she shows no compassion whatsoever for a Marine who attacked several people, even though he was in a mental institution due to a combination of PTSD and [[Playing with Syringes]].

** Normally, I like NCIS, but the recent multi-part season finale just left a bitter taste in my mouth. While I did enjoy [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] as a guest star, I felt the whole thing was bogged-down by its overly-long plot and a villain that seems better suited for a [[James Bond]] film rather than a crime-drama series. But, the true DMOS of the finale was the fact that {{spoiler|Ducky is killed in an explosion.}} I'm sorry, what? I know killing off characters is nothing new in the show and it seems they do it for a good number of major plot twists (IE: {{spoiler|Agent Todd and Jenny Shepard, for instants.}}). But, at least those deaths had epic foreshadowing to them. {{spoiler|Ducky's}} death was just killing off a character for the sake of killing of a character.

* Charlie Sheen guest starring on [[Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza]]. Evidently, Carey failed to tell him that the idea behind ''Story'' is to continue the story on your turn, not just shout "Charlie Sheen fucking a dead hooker" over and over again. I don't expect the guest stars to be experts at improv, but they tend to be able to outperform a cardboard standee with a tape recorder.

* ''[[Law and Order]]'' -- "Under The Influence (s8e11)" may be Jack McCoy's [[Never Live It Down]] moment, but his trueDMoS comes earlier in "Savages (s6e3)". In order to make sure an accountant who murdered an undercover cop was eligible for the Death Penalty. McCoy cuts a ludicrous deal with the only person who could verify he knew the guy was a cop: The drug-dealing [[Smug Snake]] of an antique dealer the accountant was working for to begin with. The same dealer the dead officer was investigating. The deal? Dropping all charges against the dealer AND blanket immunity on the stand (meaning anything he confessed to during testimony instantly became off limits). Bear in mind, they had the accountant locked down for murder (2nd Degree Murder carrying a 20-year minimum sentence). McCoy let a clearly worse criminal walk just to be able to apply the ultimate sanction to the killer.

* I was watching [[The Mentalist]] pretty regularly but then I stopped altogether because of one scene. It was the end of the first season episode with the con-artist that claimed she could talk with the dead. In the end, she said she had talked with Patrick Jane's murdered daughter. The dead girl had said that she didn't suffer when she was killed. Jane doesn't get furious and tell her not to pretend to know anything of his daughter, instead Jane gets teary-eyed and thanks the charlatan.

* The most recent [[Wizards of Waverly Place]] episode. Basically, [[Jerk Sue|Alex]] is being rewarded for {{spoiler|saving the world from the Angels of Darkness}} by being named wizard of the year, complete with a banquet and getting back in the wizard competition, with only Justin realizing what little sense this makes that she's rewarded after all the bad things she's done. Speaking of Justin, her and Max make fun of him even though he really was trying (and succeeding) to not be a sore loser. Also, Alex and Mason are having "realtionship problems" because a TV show edited a clip of her to make it look like she said she was going out with another guy. So now Mason doesn't want to come to the banquet and we're supposed to feel bad for Alex. Poor, poor Alex. She may be a complete [[Jerkass]] and she may be getting a reward she really doesn't deserve, but feel bad for her. And laugh at Justin, while they mock him to the point where he snaps and starts ranting, which in turn kills another chance for him to catch up in the wizard competition. After that episode, I just can not root for Alex anymore.

** In an earlier episode, the Russos [[My Friends and Zoidberg|and Harper]] collaborate to prevent his then-girlfriend Juliet from being dragged off to Monster Jail, which they do by setting up a group of decoy monsters to be captured in her place. Towards the end of the episode, Justin cheerily reports that the decoys were sent to said jail and that Juliet is safe. Everything sounds peachy, right? Well, one of the monsters that was hauled off to rot in a prison cell was Frankengirl, who is not only clearly sentient but was created by Justin himself in an earlier episode and sees him as a father. In other words, [[Fridge Horror|Justin was present to witness his own daughter be dragged off to be imprisoned in another dimension for possibly an eternity]], [[Abusive Parents|and he didn't give two craps]]. Sure it kept your girlfriend from suffering the same fate, but come on, Justin.

** The episode when Stevie was revealed to be evil, and ultimately got defeated by Alex freezing her and Max accidently knocking her over and shattering her to pieces, thus most likely killing her. The fact that Stevie turned out to be "evil" was... alright I guess, and sure, freezing someone is a kinda cool and unusual way of beating them, but did they really have to kill her off? The thing that bothers me the most, however, is that no-one even cared that Stevie just died! That was horrible, but the worst still must've been when Max and Justin started to draw things on the face of an unconcious guy who was covered in [[Squick|Stevie's pieces]]. Said guy was Stevie's brother! Okay, they might've been at odds with each other, but still! To wake up and find out that, not only is your only sister dead, [[Fridge Horror|but you're lying amidst her frozen parts!]] [[Murder Arson and Jaywalking|And your face has been drawn on as well!]]

** What annoyed me was the fact that her "evil" plan was to have all Wizards be allowed to use magic and abolish the Competition. [[Designated Villain|And that's a bad thing, beause....?]]

** 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 ''[[CSI]]'' episode "Fracked." The team thinks they've finally put together what's going on with the [[Complete Monster]] gas company (one of their employees was killing whistleblowers, then the company had the killer killed for [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|outliving his usefulness]]), when, out of nowhere {{spoiler|the sleazeball Undersheriff closes the investigation}}. Yeah, the episode was probably trying to make a point about the "untouchability" of corporations, but all it did was suck any sense of satisfaction out of an otherwise passable episode. I've even grown an [[Epileptic Trees|epileptic tree]] about this episode: {{spoiler|the Undersheriff was bribed.}}

** 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.

* [[The George Lopez Show]]: Ok, so George finds out his daughter is dating someone he doesn't like. So after arguing with her a bit, she says she almost a woman and she can do whatever she wants. What does he tell her? [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|He basically tells her to get out out and he won't come looking for her]]. Ok, so she runs away and he starts to feel like crap. What does his wife tell him? It wasn't his fault and he was trying to protect her. If I was her, I would've fucking kicked him out. Let me remind you everyone was acting like it was no big deal, and [[What the Hell, Hero?|nobody called him out on it at all]]. How he's even likeable as a character anymore is beyond me.

** Well, he has a [[Freudian Excuse]] that shows up quite regularly in the form of Benny Lopez. She's the [[Dethroning Moment of Suck]] in [[The George Lopez Show]], where her [[Abusive Parent|childhood abuse]] of George is [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood|played for laughs]] and is generally treated as if it was a good thing for George. Honestly, after some of what she's put George through, the fact that he isn't a member of a Mexican prison gang with a life sentence for a triple homicide is a testament to his moral fortitude and indomitable will.

* In episode 17 of [[Choujin Sentai Jetman]], the group is out shopping, the girls going through swim suits, when Ako suggests to Kaori that one suit in particular would be appealing to Ryu. Gai, [[Sarcasm Mode|being the model of emotional maturity that he is]], decides right then and there to grab Kaori by the arm and drag her away from the others, ignoring everyone yelling at him, and takes her into an elevator to isolate her from everyone. When he starts talking about [[All Men Are Perverts|all men being wolves]], she thinks its a joke, but she quickly realizes it isn't, and visibly becomes scared. Then a power outage strikes, and Gai, [[Sincerity Mode|being the emotionally immature belligerent dick that he is]], decides that then is the time to invade Kaori's personal space and to demand to know if she loves or hates him. And yet, this is supposed to be the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] of Jetman? This is supposed to be one of the most popular characters in the whole of the [[Super Sentai]] franchise? [[Precision F-Strike|Fuck him]], I don't care how many "Badass" stunts he pulls in battle, none of them were worth that one scene, not that it was an isolated incident mind you.

* As much as this troper loves [[The Twilight Zone]], they earned themselves a dethroning moment during season five's episode "Night Call," in which a lonely old woman receives mysterious and disturbing phone calls. The calls escalate from creepy silence to unsettling moans and finally speaking, and she tells him to stop bothering her. She attempts to find out where the calls are coming from and finds out they are from her dead fiance, who died when she bossed him into letting her drive and she crashed. He calls again, only to let her know that he won't be bothering her anymore, and she's heartbroken. This episode seems to be about torturing a lonely old woman and saying women shouldn't drive or attempt to be in control of anything, ever, and its [[Kick the Dog]] attitude does not help.

* [[Gilligan's Island]] had its ups and downs but one of the worst episodes has to be "Take a Dare". The plot is that a man is a contestant on a radio game show where he has to live on a deserted island for a week for a $10,000 grand prize. But in order to get the prize money, he has to do it without any help whatsoever, and after he is put on [[Captain Obvious|Gilligan's Island]], he steals the castaways food and whatnot and all the while pretending that he is having a hard time on the island. Now he has a radio that he constantly uses to talk to the game show people, and he has a button that can be pressed if he ever wants to quit. Well the castaways find out about this and they try to get him to change his mind and get them off the island. The idea of the Howells giving him a reward is idiotically tossed aside by having the guy not believing they are extremely rich, which in it of itself is stupid since it is implied the Howell's are extremely well known and their disappearance would've been highly pulicized, so it makes no sense that he would think they are lying. So the castaways try to steal the radio, which the guy goes so far as to throw the radio over a cliff into the ocean to prevent them from being rescued. They also try to find a way to get to the ship as it picks him up, and...the guy gets off the island. The fact that he ends up not winning the prize money (it was in the radio he threw over the cliff) still doesn't soften the [[Yank the Dog's Chain]] ending. The writer of this episode obviously didn't understand that it was funny when Gilligan or somebody else screwed up their chances of getting off the island. [[Dude, Not Funny|It's NOT funny]] when a guy is just being a jerk, just for a few thousand dollars, and they try hard to get off the island and they fail.

* The fifth season episode of ''[[Angel]]'', ''The Girl in Question''. Where do I start? First, it interrupts the ongoing story arc. The whole story of Angel pretending to be corrupted by Wolfram & Hart loses any steam when they go from Angel giving a baby to a demon cult and him having a wacky comedy with an hour long pissing contest with Spike about Buffy. They ruined the mood the ending of ''Time Bomb'' started. Then we get to watch as our hero and a cool secondary character are turned into self admitted "hen pecked teenagers chasing after a girl". Angel and Spike have such a grasp on the [[Idiot Ball]] that they and get outsmarted and blown up by some nameless demon that any other time would have been decapitated long ago and Andrew leaves the episode with more dignity than them. And when they aren't acting like dorks about Buffy, they're bitching about the Immortal's perfection emasculating them. And it's not bad enough that this happens to our heroes in their current state. Oh no! They also have to give us a flashback to when they were evil and make them look like the vampire equivalents of [[Pretty in Pink|Duckie]]. They turn Angelus and William the Bloody from a cold blooded killer and the most feared vampire ever into whiny little dorks who are jealous of the jock. Not to mention it undermines the poignancy of Darla's last appearance by having her last scene in the Buffyverse be a giggling fangirl who had a three way with Drusilla and the Immortal. And then there's Buffy's romance with the Immortal. Seriously, "The Immortal"? Tell me that doesn't sound like something they made up in five minutes. It's not bad enough they stuck Buffy with some [[God Mode Sue]] noncharacter, but the way the episode plays out turns her into more of a damn plot device than the severed demon head Angel and Spike had to get. It's such a stupid way to close the Buffy/Angel/Spike triangle. This idea with Buffy and the Immortal was so bad they retconned it in the Season 8 comics. Oh, and let's not forget the jarring B Plot where {{spoiler|Illyria pretends to be Fred when her parents visit.}} This wasn't as obnoxious as the A Plot until you realize that it implies the Fang Gang are so thoughtless that {{spoiler|they didn't even call Fred's parents to inform them their daughter died!}} And finally, the most damning sin a comedy episode can commit: it's not funny!

** 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 ''[[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]].

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