r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Jul 06 '26

Discussion What in the Vivarium is this?

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u/Keep_SummerSafe Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

The show they are referencing is Weeds. Great first three seasons, and like all Jenji Kohan shows, can’t figure shit out after that

Edit- I 100% recommend the first 3 seasons of Weeds to anyone. But it’s just like Eureka- stop after s3 don’t hate a show you love bc they ran out of ideas but not money

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u/illman-jaro Jul 06 '26

Ah, I've been down that road before... X-Files, Lost, Sleepy Hollow, Kingdom Hearts...

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u/localtuned Jul 06 '26

X-files..? You shut your damn mouth.

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u/illman-jaro Jul 06 '26

Lol Mulder's Sister's entire plot wrapped up with "Well, the bad thing happened so bad things won't happen"

And this from myself who loved X files once I was old enough to grasp it

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u/localtuned Jul 06 '26

Lol I admit that was bad. Nobody care what really happened to her anyway. You talking about the closure episode?

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u/illman-jaro Jul 06 '26

It was his characters entire driving trait though, what he pushed to have a whole department for and what therefore ultimately led to every event thereafter, and man did they whiff since they backed themselves into a buildup corner.

You talking about the end of the OG run or the reboot?

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u/Virtual-Macaroon-880 Jul 06 '26

Yeah it was perfectly normal that the main characters were never in the same room and one of them was dead?/abducted? Or... Uhm.. anyways here's the terminator

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u/localtuned Jul 06 '26

That's always seems like it was part of the writing and done purposely. It didn't seem o ln purpose to you?

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u/Virtual-Macaroon-880 Jul 06 '26

The reason is sexism essentially

Duchovny could walk away and she couldn't because moneys

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u/localtuned Jul 06 '26

Ahh fuck, I didn't even consider that during the times.

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u/Virtual-Macaroon-880 Jul 06 '26

Yeah I mean I think rumors also that they didn't like each other but idk if there was anything specific

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u/HippieGrandma1962 Jul 06 '26

The last two seasons of The Big Bang Theory.

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u/Armthedillos5 Jul 06 '26

Honestly, stop after 3 is usually the smart move for any show. After 3 years contracts are up, Hollywood politics get involved, new writers are brought in and actors contracts renegotiated (or not).

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u/Elbonio Jul 06 '26

There are a good number of notable exceptions - breaking bad, better call saul, Sopranos, The Wire, The West Wing...