12 Red Flag Signs A Great TV Show Is Going Downhill Fast

The unthinkable has just happened to me: on watching the second season of my once-favourite show, I thought, “hold on, is this getting a bit crap now?”.

It’s a feeling fans of long-running shows like The Simpsons will likely be all too familiar with.

The sinking sensation is a little hard to pin down, though ― does it happen when a flimsy new character is added, or when our old favourites turn into cartoonish stereotypes?

Well, Redditors who replied to u/Feisty_Drummer2570′s post in r/AskReddit seemed to have some thoughts.