This weekly book meme officiated in
November 2013. Every week there is a new topic and
your list of 5 nominates will be based off this topic. For further information check
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The theme this week is:
Series That Got Worse with Each Book/Season
I guess this is inevitable to every long TV or book series. Since i do not read much of book series as i do like the first book, I do not contunue with the series my list is TV series mainly.
Due south (1994–1999)
An upright Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable Fraser and the American
police detective Ray Vecchio are working together to make the streets of
Chicago safer. Those are two different characters in looks and behavior.
Mountie Fraser opens doors and helps old ladies cross streets. He always goes
the extra mile for everyone he knows. He might be claimed cartoonish, but this
shows the unlimited possibilities for goodness. How it changes people and help
them. Ray is on the other hand is cynical and self-centered person who know
best that helping others is not always a grateful thing. So different and still
so effective together this team accompanied by a deaf wolf is solving little
and big crimes in Chicago.
I must confess this is my favorite TV series and I believe it to be the
greatest, since it has so much good relieved in people relationships, but
eventually it was going a little down to 4th season. Though I still consider
that the show should never be canceled, it is difficult to imagine how they
would exploit Fraser's character further on.
Sliders (1995–2000)
Another my favorite TV series from 90s.
A boy genius Quinn Mallory, while working on an anti-gravity machine,
accidentally creates a portal to a parallel universe. Eventually, his friend, a
teacher and an unwilling participant accidentally get stuck traveling (sliding)
among parallel
earths in alternate dimensions, trying to survive and to find their way
back home.
Surely it was not much realistic show, but it was so fascinating to see
alternatives to the existing present. Sliding into a new and unknown world was
exciting and the fantasy was really wild at the beginning. The cast was wonderful and I
enjoyed a terrific chemistry between them. Sadly, as the show went on
the scripts were losing in quality and actors started to leave the show. By the end of
the show, only one actor was left from the original cast. They do replace the
actors, but could not recapture the magic of their relationships. It was a
disappointing end to what began as a fascinating show.
Good wife (2009–2016)
Alicia Florrick is the wife of a former state's attorney for Cook County. He
has been imprisoned after a sex and corruption scandal. Alicia must deal with
the public humiliation and financial crisis. She must provide for her two
children. After years of being a housewife and mother, she returns to work as a
litigator at the law firm Stern, Lockhart & Gardner. She must now prove
herself in the courtroom. This is really a good show and I enjoyed it so much. The talented cast and
not predictable plot together with great script made a show worth watching. It
is all good, but really... How much longer a person can have an upper hand in
everything they try? Sounds like a superman reality, so at the end of the show
I was really tired of the main heroine and her supremacy in everything.
Grimm (2011 - )
Nothing prepares a Portland detective Nick Burkhardt for the strange visions
he begins seeing: seemingly regular people momentarily transforming into
hideous monsters. A visit from his only living relative reveals the truth. Nick
has inherited the ability to see supernatural creatures, and as a
"Grimm," he is tasked with keeping the balance between mankind and
the mythological. A reformed "Big Bad Wolf" becomes his ally and
confidant.
This is also the great way to revive the fairy tales and make correlations with
the real world. Magical creatures are among us, but they are not always as nice
as the fairy tale tells us. I really enjoyed the fantasy of the movie and unpredictability
of this or that character, but eventually without much development of the Nick story,
the series starts to get boring and not exciting.
Once Upon a Time (2011 - )
I really loved this show and I think I enjoy it more than original story.
But I must confess that I truly enjoyed only 1st season. Stories are getting
old and characters are not so fresh and enchanting any more. I don’t enjoy them
anymore. Say Rumpelstiltskin has been going from bad to good, from morally
unstable to definitely bad since the first episode and it is not catching
anymore. I believe I was done with the show amid 3rd season, and not think I
will be back to it.
3/5 
