I Couldn't Make It Through These Shows, Convince Me Why I Should Keep Watching

There are some spoilers here, so you've been warned.

I rarely stop watching a show in the middle of a season, let alone an episode, but lately, I've just given up all hope on some shows. Some of which are highly rated and awarded and I'm not sure why.

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So here's what I'm gonna do — I'll tell you why I stopped watching a show, and it's up to you to convince me why I should give it another shot in the comments below.

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OK, let's go!

1. The Handmaid's Tale

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Episode I gave up on: Season 2, Episode 3

Season 1 was super slow, but I hung in there and thought it would ramp up in Season 2. However, June just annoyed the hell out of me and I gave up watching. Also, I'm pretty sure she ends up back as a Handmaid and I don't know if I can handle that. I might punch my fist through the TV.

While you're trying to convince me, maybe include who is gungho about the rules and who is not. I'm having an issue with the fact that EVERYONE will say the culty "blessed be the fruit" or "under his eye".

2. Pen15

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Episode I gave up on: Season 1, Episode 3

The trailer for this show was giving live-action Big Mouth, but watching it was giving cringe (the crossover episode of BM went over my head since I watched it well before starting Pen15). So much worse that the mains are adults acting as 13-year-olds with actual 13-year-olds. To some, that's probably the appeal of the show, but to me I'm constantly getting second-hand embarrassment and cannot focus on anything else. Bless those very professional child actors watching that first-hand, body doubles or not.

3. SNL

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I wasn't a loyal "got to watch every week" type of person, but I haven't watched a full episode or even tried in a really long time. I've seen some clips, but most of those are skippable. I used to want to be on SNL, not because I was super funny, but because of the lack of Black women on the show. So I know I haven't watched since they upped their numbers in that area.

4. The Vampire Diaries

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Episode I gave up on: Season 6, Episode 22 (possibly a couple of episodes of Season 7)

I know I made it to when Elena dies and there's just something in me that doesn't accept killing off a main character. I dealt with her falling in love with BOTH brothers, just for her to be gone? I wasn't and probably still am not emotionally stable enough for that nonsense.

5. The Originals

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Episode I gave up on: Unclear 

This should really be 4.1 since the two shows connect. Also, this is one of the reasons I wrote this post. I've been seeing a lot of IG Reels with them at cons and I basically assume that once I stopped watching, so did everyone else (jk). But when I do see things like that, I usually get a case of FOMO. I don't know when I stopped watching and it's been so long that I could quite possibly just start at S1, E1 and not remember why I stopped watching. But, would I make it all the way through or figure out why I stopped and stop again? I do recall hating Hayley. So that might have contributed to my departure. IDK!

6. Pretty Little Liars

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Episode I gave up on: The reveal of A.

While I would love to dive into the issue of Ezra and Aria, that's not what we're here for.

I think I cheated and somehow found out that Cece was A before watching it revealed on TV. I was also pretty much checked out after Alison basically came back from the dead. I know I was disappointed I spent like five years waiting for the weakest A reveal ever. Worse than Dan being Gossip Girl.

So what do you think? Which shows deserve another shot? Convince me in the comments!