FabSwingers.com forum: Jumping the shark

By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Liverpool

No it's nothing to do with current trends of shark on the forum.

It is the expression used for the exact moment/episode that a once great TV show falls from grace, the quality of the show, especially the writing takes a nose dive.

Made famous by Happy Days in which Fonzie jumps over a shark with water skies.

On the flip side of that the lesser known expression of Growing the beard marks the point in which a TV show suddenly increases in quality (again mostly the writing).

This came to be from the first episode of season 2 Star Trek TNG when a main character suddenly at the time started sporting a beard. The quality instantly picked up.

So which shows and their moments do you feel jumped the shark, and grew the beard?

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Grew the Beard when Penny married Leonard.

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Liverpool

"Grew the Beard when Penny married Leonard. "

I stopped watching it before then but been told similar.

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By *exyEggsCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly

Westworld jumped the shark in the season two finale. Broke my heart, I loved that show!

Mrs TMN x

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire

The walking dead jumped the shark after about the third season

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Liverpool

"The walking dead jumped the shark after about the third season"

Indeed, which is shocking considering the source material is there and is amazing.

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Liverpool

"Westworld jumped the shark in the season two finale. Broke my heart, I loved that show!

Mrs TMN x"

I couldn't get in to season 2. I have up after about 3 episodes. But really enjoyed season 1

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to watch Happy Days as a kid. I clearly never saw that episode and I've never heard of the term

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Arressted development from the startnif season 4...

Changed its format and lost its soul

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By *exyEggsCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly

"Westworld jumped the shark in the season two finale. Broke my heart, I loved that show!

Mrs TMN x

I couldn't get in to season 2. I have up after about 3 episodes. But really enjoyed season 1"

Yes, I stuck with it because I loved the first season so much, but it didn't pay off

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Knight Rider series 4 jumped the shark with the introduction of stupid pursuit mode.

Oddly, it was the program makers effort to revive the show as viewing figures were falling

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

Most TV shows that are adaptations of books jump the shark as soon as the original story line is exhausted and they bring in new ones.

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

Sons of anarchy

Season three when they went to Northern Ireland. It really was car crash tv

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