From "Scott's Tots" To The Musical "Grey's Anatomy" Episode – 21 TV Episodes That We Shall Not Be Rewatching

"It is just the rotten cherry on top of an awful sundae."

Even some of our favourite TV shows have episodes that we just cannot hack. So, for one reason or another, when we're rewatching the series, we'll just hit that skip button to avoid them.

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I recently asked the BuzzFeed Community for the TV episodes they skip when rewatching a series, and here are 21 of the best responses:

1. New Girl – 'Neighbors'

Fox

"It's poorly characterised and not even redeemed toward the end of the episode."

—oldladyintraining

2. The Office – 'Diversity Day'

NBC

"That episode did not age well and it’s so over-the-top offensive and cringy, I cannot."

—aliroseharris

3. Game of Thrones – 'Dance of Dragons'

Helen Sloan / HBO

"Viewers watched Stannis go from Stannis the Mannis to the worst parent in the history of television."

—toml4ada66609

4. How I Met Your Mother – 'Last Forever, Part 2'

CBS

"That episode stabbed us all in the back."

—ihateredroses

5. Grey's Anatomy – 'Song Beneath the Song'

ABC

"It's physically painful to endure."

—aliroseharris

"I live for the drama of it, I don't want to hear them belting out songs while they’re in a life-or-death situation! Ruins the suspense."

—jenna89

6. The Vampire Diaries – the entire season seven.

Bob Mahoney / The CW

"I skip the whole season, and it's not even because Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) is no longer on there. It's more because I'm annoyed that almost all the other new characters and storylines didn't mean much when they tied them all up."

—wlangteau88

7. One Tree Hill – season 2, episodes 9–18

The WB

"I like the start of the season because it shows a good relationship between Nathan and Lucas, plus it has Haley's singing debut. After the sleepover episode, I tend to skip them all because of the major fallout between Haley and Nathan was a big cliche. Also, there were the ever-so-pointless characters of Felix and Anna."

—wlangteau88

8. Avatar The Last Airbender – 'Appa’s Lost Days'

Nickelodeon

"I rewatch the series at least once a year and I skip that episode almost every time because of how sad it makes me."

—novaopal

9. Six Feet Under – 'That's My Dog'

HBO

"It's the one where David gets kidnapped. SFU has a lot of emotional episodes and it's oddly cathartic to watch them and have a good cry, but that particular one is just too brutal and painful to rewatch."

—kkat22

10. Gilmore Girls – 'French Twist'

The WB / The CW

"That episode sucks on every single level, and them eloping is just the rotten cherry on top of an awful sundae."

—aylarios

11. The Legend of Korra – 'Remembrances'

Nickelodeon

"The entire episode is just a massive ‘previously on’ retelling bits of the entire story. Like...I’ve watched it all!! I hate ‘clip’ episodes of shows. I’ve literally only watched it that once, whenever I’m watching the series again I skip so hard."

—jenniferh4e24263bc

12. Friends

NBC

"Any episode of Friends that has Monica in a fat suit."

—karenzeuske

13. Star Trek: Voyager — 'Threshold'

UPN

"Not even the showrunners can call this episode canon with a straight face."

—joshlemmings

14. Breaking Bad – 'Fly'

AMC

"There's no plot advancement and it's a boring episode compared with the series as a whole. Yeah yeah, It's supposed to be a metaphor but I've rewatched the series twice and skipped it both times, and definitely haven't missed it."

—threatlvlmidnght

15. Doctor Who – 'Love and Monsters'

BBC1

"It's the one where the girl turns into a slab of concrete and her boyfriend at the end alludes to how they are still able to be intimate. When the show misses, it REALLY misses."

—notagoodusername

16. The Office (again) – 'Scott's Tots'

NBC

"Hands down – it's unwatchable for us."

—serenamarieh

17. Outlander – 'Wentworth Prison' and 'To Ransom a Man's Soul'

Starz

"Jamie's torture and SA is played out in graphic detail, and it is too painful to watch. I skipped the majority of the episode the first time around, and I think I'll skip them altogether if I rewatch the series."

—sageandlinen

18. ER – 'On The Beach'

NBC

"It's the episode where Mark Greens dies. The episode takes place entirely in Hawaii and covers Mark's last few days, spending time with his wife and daughters. Seen it once, cried my eyes out, and don’t need to put myself through it again."

—stephanieh120

19. Bojack Horseman – 'That's Too Much, Man'

Netflix

"Not because it's a bad episode, quite the opposite. However, I think a lot of Bojack fans can agree that reliving the heartbreaking last days of Sarah Lynn more than once is too much. I skip it on every rewatch now to preserve my own happiness."

—lolaistrash

20. Buffy The Vampire Slayer – 'I, Robot... You, Jane'

The WB

"Buffy is my favourite TV show of all time, but I always skip this episode. Willow's cyber-relationship may have been a pretty good depiction of a new problem at the time – but I've always found the episode so awkward and it's just a bit out of date these days."

—fayeolivia90

21. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia – 'The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell'

FX / FXX

"In the episode, we don't see the characters we watch and enjoy the show for, and just get other historic made-up characters that I don't find funny."

—juniperbloom

What TV episode(s) do you skip when doing a rewatch? Let us know in the comments below!