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    19 TV Plot Lines That Were So Ridiculous They Made People Cringe

    Remember when a dog ATE someone's heart transplant on One Tree Hill?

    Jasmin Nahar
    by Jasmin Nahar

    BuzzFeed Staff

    We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which TV plot lines they found ridiculous and cringeworthy. Here are some of their responses!

    1. Archie's music storyline on Riverdale.

    The CW

    "Enough said."

    —rachelr4585454ac

    2. Tom and Ann dating on Parks and Recreation.

    NBC

    "Parks and Recreation is one of my favourite shows of all time, but Tom and Ann dating was ridiculous. The show clearly didn’t lack creative writers, so I have no idea what the hell were they thinking when it was pitched. Just a blemish on an otherwise perfect and wholesome show."

    —igryffinfish

    3. Finn praying to a grilled cheese sandwich on Glee because it has Jesus' face on it.

    Fox

    "Finn making a grilled cheese, seeing Jesus’ face on it , naming it Grilled Cheesus, praying to it, it not working and him then singing 'Losing My Religion' on Glee."

    —loish491e7c212

    4. Jughead kicking up a storm about not being able to wear his gang clothes to school on Riverdale.

    The CW

    "That's pretty standard fare for public school."

    —erinm485303dea

    5. Zelda and Father Blackwood's affair in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

    Netflix

    "I couldn’t stop cringing over Zelda and Father Blackwood hooking up."

    —a4869fee1e

    6. Marie's kleptomania storyline on Breaking Bad.

    AMC

    "You’re whiny and annoying and nobody cares. Bye."

    —lauram468414e52

    7. Snow and David stealing innocence from Maleficent's baby in Once Upon A Time.

    ABC

    "The first season was so good, but they started making up things as they went."

    —laurenarevalog

    8. Betty trying to join the Serpents on Riverdale, and so performing a strip routine in front of her mum and a random group of men.

    The CW

    "It was sooo cringey I had to turn my tv off."

    —joseph114

    9. Kim Bauer getting chased by a mountain lion on 24, and everything that ensues after.

    Fox

    "In the second season of 24 when Kim Bauer ends up in the desert, chased by a mountain lion, and meets up with that crazy guy with a bunker. And she just goes with him! Luckily I stuck with 24 because the rest of the show was so good, but I never got over her being so stupid."

    —reneesphone33

    10. The cheese-wheel murder in Midsomer Murders.

    ITV

    "That episode of Midsomer Murders where a character played by Martine McCutcheon is murdered with a giant wheel of cheese."

    —lomme

    11. Luke having a daughter on Gilmore Girls.

    The CW

    "The whole April plot was just another thing to put between Luke's relationship with Lorelai. Everyone is rooting for them to be together and they just kept throwing obstacles in the way, and it took a revival to finally see them married."

    —lajaaaam

    12. A dog eating Dan's heart transplant on One Tree Hill.

    The CW

    "Surely there was another way to prevent him from getting that heart????"

    —thecasefiles

    13. Ross being infatuated with his cousin on Friends.

    NBC

    —kend4fe281761

    14. Isabel and Denny's "ghost" on Grey's Anatomy.

    ABC

    "She’s a doctor, her friends are doctors, they work in a hospital, and not one doctor noticed her odd behaviour. Instead, she sees Denny’s ghost, has conversations, in front of others no less, and even has sex! All the scenes with that storyline are super cringeworthy."

    —stephaniev23

    15. The alien storyline in American Horror Story: Asylum.

    FX

    "So unnecessary, and its conclusion was such a dumb way to end arguably the best season of the entire show."

    —danip42010e6b4

    16. Jess and Robby finding out they were cousins on New Girl.

    Fox

    —hannahl470d3d495

    17. The reveal of A as Spencer's evil British twin on Pretty Little Liars.

    Freeform

    "Too rushed, and there's so many holes to that story. They kept hinting A was a character we knew and had seen before, and then they did a total 180. I was both cringed-out and disappointed."

    —girlenchanted

    18. Deb wanting to sleep with her brother on Dexter.

    Showtime

    "That poor girl had the worst character breakdown I think I've ever seen in television."

    —bauxjangles

    19. The running joke of Rory constantly forgetting about her boyfriend Paul in Gilmore Girls: The Revival.

    Netflix

    "So rude and awkward!"

    —candacef3

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