Jump the Shark
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dedoc1967 — 18 years ago(November 19, 2007 06:06 PM)
They walked up the plank when Burt was abducted by aliens, revved the engine when Mary had her alien baby but the jump came with practically all of season 4:
Jodie as the old man was funny for all of 30 seconds, not 6 months.
El Puerco would not end. I know this was a soap staple of the 80s (Latin American revolutions), but this was sooooooooo boring.
Burt turning into a jerk as the sheriff.
And, as someone else stated, the utter inplausability that Mary would EVER have slept with Danny's true father and that drawn-out triangle. -
bonbk — 16 years ago(September 29, 2009 06:03 PM)
I totally agree with you foret. I wish they had another season to wrap up plotlines. Season 4 is when it jumped, but even with weaker plots etc, it was still funny.
Jodie stuck as Julius went on too long.
Benson leaving was a huge loss for the show.
Too much Chuck and Bob.
Dutch got more and more stupid, was funny, but got old.
Billy as the general was annoying, but there wasn;t much for the kid to do. -
Doom — 16 years ago(November 10, 2009 11:48 AM)
No question this GREAT show jumped when they made Jodie straight.
I agree - that was beyond awful, especially considering the strength of the writing in earlier seasons of the show. Just terrible
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apri89-1 — 16 years ago(March 20, 2010 07:59 PM)
It felt pretty jumpy to me in season 3 the alien abduction and the possessed baby. after that it was ok againI didnt think season 4 was really so bad except for jodie and his straightness and the flying baby.
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netshopper-2 — 15 years ago(June 01, 2010 07:09 AM)
Season 4 definitely had a different feel from the others. The pace slowed, there were more serious moments, Jessica said "I see," way too often and the biggest problem was that the characters of Burt and Mary changed just too much which I could not buy. The connection they developed earlier was so strong that I don't believe Burt would seek the fame route without her by his side.
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JDavo8 — 15 years ago(September 04, 2010 11:38 AM)
Just finished watching all the seasons on Netflix. Two words:
NINJA COMPOUND
That was ridiculous. It's like they didn't know what to do with Jodie so they seperated him from the family and kept him with a woman to "un-gay" him. Sad but indicative of the times. Season 4 was cheesy and WAY over the top.
Also Dutch and Danny became comically stupid. It's hard to believe Dutch the blithering idiot was the same guy that made Chester almost wet himself in prison. And Danny and Burt became the Skipper and Gilligan. It stopped being funy and became sad. Still one of my favorite shows of ALL TIME!