**Did Anybody Else Like The Later Seasons?**
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Rytman — 16 years ago(July 03, 2009 11:00 PM)
Am I alone in liking the later seasons,(1995-1998), of SBS, or did anybody else enjoy them as well? It seems that whenever anybody talks about good sitcoms of years past, they almost always say the last couple of seasons were garbage.(Which is what I've heard some fans of this show say.) However, I don't believe that was the case with SBS. Maybe because I was around the same age of the older kids on this show, as well as the fact I don't like kiddie/pre-teen storylines. Anybody agree/disagree?
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kcdctvd — 16 years ago(July 30, 2009 01:56 AM)
I am one of the few that liked the latter seasons the best for the same reasons you do. I hate story lines dealing with kids so I was glad when they all got older. Them being in college and Dana and Rich hooking were better than anything in the early seasons. I don't think the show got really good until the fourth season and up.
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deem714 — 16 years ago(July 30, 2009 11:38 AM)
I really liked the later seasons the kids got to deal with more pressing issues.
The first season dealt with opposites attract and polar opposites. Dana being a bitch to everyone else and rubbing her success into everyone's faces. Carol's pathetic family just being there no thanks!
The second season: enter Cody, who was quiet philosipher he does his utmost best to (unintentionally) bring Dana down a couple of notches.
Third season: kids beginning to grow up and deal with issues that other normal kids deal with (video game addiction for mark, Dana being on her own for a while)
Fourth season: Dana, then Cody go to college and things are pretty much the same (no major issues like with Karen or JT in college) Carol pregnant with Lilly which I thought was a good move. Brings the family even closer together. Jt goes to college and finds out he has dyslexia but I don't think it accounts for his laziness in school his grades don't really improve that much.
fifth season: Lilly is an infant and JT introduces Rich as a recurring character as his best friend. Dana moves out and into a sorority type dorm and basically proves her mother is right that she can't handle the outside world (When COULD she???) Frank and Carol prove that 7 kids are too much for them to handle when they refuse to do their kids problems. (Why the hell are they parents??) Lilly tries out for the baby yum yum food commercial and gets lost. (who the hell left JT in charge of her???) Family goes to disney world thanks to grandma and the average shenanigans happen.
sixth season: Dana and rich start going out and for the first time in her life: she is taken down a notch and it appears to stick somewhat. Mark and his nerdy friends turn into horn-dogs. Enter Jean Luc as Carol's business partner and a few episodes later the raspy voiced, annoying as hell Sam as JT's love interest (his first real girlfriend on the show). A couple of fantasy episodes happen: WIld wild west and "Rich and Dana Married" Al gets caught up in a vicious lie on "Going all the way" and Karen helps her out.
Seventh season: Lilly miraculously grows to 6 years old and AL gets cast in a small movie part and then a much bigger role and nearly drops out of school to go to hollywood. Al does some more acting in this season and the average bumbling moronic incidents happen. Jt breaks up with sam (YES!!) and they "remain friends" meaning we never see her again. Family gets an offer on their house and they are ][this ][close to accepting it and moving into a much bigger house but Lilly whines about it and the family drops everthing to accomodate the precious six year old's moronic needs. They ride off into the sunset in their cramped house
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Edermike — 16 years ago(September 08, 2009 11:39 PM)
I do enjoy the girls better when they got older lol. Actually the show got more depth once the step family started to do other things then fight each other. I also liked when they dropped the mother and the sister who I didn't find funny. It got a little less cartoony as it went on so while the early seasons aren't bad to me it did get better.
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Bluedaisy68 — 10 years ago(May 03, 2015 08:29 PM)
I do not like the later seasons! I enjoy the preteen storylines. Carol was looking and acting amazing in all easing so that kept the show good. Dana's look in the later seasons was very 1997 tragic like the girls on 90210.
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jtmovies — 10 years ago(March 22, 2016 07:29 AM)
Yes, this was a rare show that actually got better as the years progressed.
Even with Cody gone, the storylines were more interesting when all the kids were in highschool and college.
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Martha_Samara_Saxon — 9 years ago(August 18, 2016 06:30 AM)
No I wasn't a fan of the last few seasons of this show, although you can find some good among the 'garbage', but mostly it was junk. Id rather watch the earlier seasons, but if you like them I say whatever floats our boat.
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BelleStar82 — 9 years ago(August 19, 2016 09:50 PM)
Wow when you put it this way with the breakdown I realize how I was obsessed when it started and then didn't even watch the final season! Pros and cons with both
When Cody got canned, Jean Luc and Rich I think were supposed to be the replacements. I love Bronson Pinchot, but they had to really squeeze him into the story.
I love Rich / Jason Marsdon! He and Dana had really good chemistry. He elevated the show.
Lilly did not. Mark was funnier as the nerd; the sex-obsessed Mark made me uncomfortable.
As the show got older, they wised up on which kid actors were better and rightly utilized them. I like that Dana and Al got more screen time, and Rich was more fun than JT. I guess sitcoms were dying around the time this series ended, but a spinoff with Dana with an older vibe would have been awesome.