Was Season 6 "too dark"? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 08-05-2014, 03:12 AM

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Yes, Season Six is the "dark" season of Boy Meets World, in which a supporting character is killed off, leading to much tortured moping for a few episodes. That would be fine—the show has always been pretty good about handling dramatic moments in a believable way—but the whole arc is too sustained. The effect is one of having too many "very special episodes" butting up against one another, and after a while one starts to long for the days when the show was more silly and innocent. It's still at its best when handling the friendships and romantic exploits of its young cast, and while I'm not the world's biggest fan of the "Cory and Topanga Get Married" story (it only gets worse in the next season), it never derails the entire season. Watching Will Friedle pine after the Amazonian Maitland Ward makes up for it anyway.

Mace Dolex · 08-05-2014, 01:32 PM

Who died? I had stopped watching BMW after it's 4th season.

Spark Of Spirit · 08-05-2014, 04:52 PM

It's one of my favorite seasons behind 3 and 4. No idea why people talk down the later seasons so much, they routinely beat the first seasons.

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Who died? I had stopped watching BMW after it's 4th season.

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Chet Hunter. Shawn's dad.

Mace Dolex · 08-05-2014, 05:28 PM

^ man that Shawn sure didn't have an easy life going on.

TMC · 08-09-2014, 02:03 PM

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I think by dark they mean angsty and too over the top with the drama reality. I mean, you have angela be a bitch to cory who wants her to know she can talk to him after she and shawn break up. then the art prodigy who makes cory [who else] feel inferior for being average. then comes stewart who makes a pass at topenga and gets belted by cory. that santa episode was painful for everyone. then you have the restraining order from shawn and angela to cory and topenga. meanwhile shawn and angela are all in their faces over everything else!!

then comes the dallas episode that is shawn's father comes back... Rachel kills him with chocolate cake, then shawn kills him again with the yelling, and then he dies.

then comes the shawn whining about being alone and always running away just like his father...

then he DOES RUN AWAY taking cory with him. you also have Rachel and jack practically boning each other in a time of grief.

you have amy who is like nine million years pregnant give birth 'early' and the baby isn't doing so well. you also have her going into labor during cory's hosting of her baby shower, complete with pizza man stripper. no sooner is the baby okay then topenga is a bridezilla.

then you have for a very brief period of like 3 episodes, the story format takes a chill pill and then they help mr feeny and dean get together.

then..... you have feeny/dean wedding and topenga no longer believing in love because her parents are breaking up.

Blackout · 01-21-2015, 09:47 PM

Seasons 1-4 were the core years of the show

season 5 had a few GREAT episodes (the one where they get drunk and the graduation episode come to mind) but was the start of the downfall

seasons 6 and 7 have their great moments as far as characters bonding and all that but the episodes were too sad/sappy. seasons 1 and 2 were probably the funniest because of less drama.

TMC · 03-17-2015, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackout

Seasons 1-4 were the core years of the show

season 5 had a few GREAT episodes (the one where they get drunk and the graduation episode come to mind) but was the start of the downfall

seasons 6 and 7 have their great moments as far as characters bonding and all that but the episodes were too sad/sappy. seasons 1 and 2 were probably the funniest because of less drama.

It seemed like around the last two and a half seasons or so, the storylines/situations became more dare I say, melodramatic and tonally inconstant (i.e. the stuff involving the increasing stupidity of Eric).

mets82 · 03-18-2015, 04:02 PM

You know I was thinking about this just the other day. I mean if you watch season 1 or 2, it was fluffy and tame. I mean it was just kids being kids right down to the theme song of BMW, season 1. I mean if thats not a kid's theme then what is?

I will say a major turnoff for me was Eric in the later years. He wasnt funny or comical. He was just stupid and came off irritating more than anything else. A far cry than what he was in season 1.

FuriosityShell · 03-18-2015, 05:28 PM

From best to worst:
Season 4
Season 3
Season 2
Season 5
Season 1
Season 6
Season 7

I agree, the later seasons were very weak. I can name so many brilliant episodes in Seasons 1-4. Season 5 was bi-polar for me. One episode would be extremely amazing (Raging Cory, The Eskimo, Heartbreak Cory, And Then There Was Shawn) and then the next would be terrible (Starry Night, A Very Topanga Christmas, No Guts No Cory). Seasons 6 and 7 had some good moments, but I can only name a handful of fantastic episodes in those seasons. While most of seasons 1-4 is amazing (save for a missteps, particularly in season 1).

GQ28 · 03-18-2015, 06:16 PM

In season 5 people were angry when Cory cheated on Topanga, that was really big! I didn't like in the later episodes how Eric stupidity was at an all time high. I liked Eric in season 1-4 mostly and some of season 5, by the later episodes of season 5 Eric was a certify idiot.

Spark Of Spirit · 03-20-2015, 06:36 PM

Season 5 was way too wacky and riddled itself with strange continuity holes and missing characters. I think season 6 was a huge step up from that and brought back a lot of the tone that was missing since season 4. Eric was still too dumb, but he was still toned down from season 5-- Eric didn't really get to do much of anything except be a joke magnet all season.

GQ28 · 03-20-2015, 08:14 PM

Season 7 was the worst. What was the point of adding the Rachael character in Season 6????......SMH

TMC · 04-09-2015, 01:32 AM

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Season 7 was the worst. What was the point of adding the Rachael character in Season 6????......SMH

I'm guessing to add tension between Eric and Jack by creating a New Age, gender reversed Three's Company scenario.

Blackout · 04-11-2015, 01:22 AM

i still think the shows downfall was the building on Shawn's "sad" side. He was supposed to be the cool friend, not the emo douche he turned out to be. Like when he got mad at Jack's dad for pay ing for his tuition. Wtf?

seaons 6 and 7 had some great moments but the laughs weren't there nearly as much.

TMC · 04-11-2015, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackout

i still think the shows downfall was the building on Shawn's "sad" side. He was supposed to be the cool friend, not the emo douche he turned out to be. Like when he got mad at Jack's dad for pay ing for his tuition. Wtf?

seaons 6 and 7 had some great moments but the laughs weren't there nearly as much.

The only characters who seemed to remain consistent (and didn't suffer from heavy Flanderization and/or character derailment) were Mr. Feeny, Alan and Amy (the three main "adult characters").

01-21-2015, 09:47 PM	#6
Blackout Sart Bimpson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 13, 2003 Location: where the sun rises Posts: 2,235	Seasons 1-4 were the core years of the show season 5 had a few GREAT episodes (the one where they get drunk and the graduation episode come to mind) but was the start of the downfall seasons 6 and 7 have their great moments as far as characters bonding and all that but the episodes were too sad/sappy. seasons 1 and 2 were probably the funniest because of less drama.
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03-18-2015, 04:02 PM	#8
mets82 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 14, 2011 Location: Connecticut Posts: 5,058	You know I was thinking about this just the other day. I mean if you watch season 1 or 2, it was fluffy and tame. I mean it was just kids being kids right down to the theme song of BMW, season 1. I mean if thats not a kid's theme then what is? I will say a major turnoff for me was Eric in the later years. He wasnt funny or comical. He was just stupid and came off irritating more than anything else. A far cry than what he was in season 1.
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03-18-2015, 05:28 PM	#9
FuriosityShell PharaohSnell Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 03, 2013 Location: Lanford, Illinois Posts: 275	From best to worst: Season 4 Season 3 Season 2 Season 5 Season 1 Season 6 Season 7 I agree, the later seasons were very weak. I can name so many brilliant episodes in Seasons 1-4. Season 5 was bi-polar for me. One episode would be extremely amazing (Raging Cory, The Eskimo, Heartbreak Cory, And Then There Was Shawn) and then the next would be terrible (Starry Night, A Very Topanga Christmas, No Guts No Cory). Seasons 6 and 7 had some good moments, but I can only name a handful of fantastic episodes in those seasons. While most of seasons 1-4 is amazing (save for a missteps, particularly in season 1).
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08-05-2014, 01:32 PM	#2
Mace Dolex Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 12, 2013 Posts: 2,669	Who died? I had stopped watching BMW after it's 4th season.

08-05-2014, 05:28 PM	#4
Mace Dolex Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 12, 2013 Posts: 2,669	^ man that Shawn sure didn't have an easy life going on.

03-18-2015, 06:16 PM	#10
GQ28 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 13, 2008 Location: Philadelphia,PA Posts: 211	In season 5 people were angry when Cory cheated on Topanga, that was really big! I didn't like in the later episodes how Eric stupidity was at an all time high. I liked Eric in season 1-4 mostly and some of season 5, by the later episodes of season 5 Eric was a certify idiot.

03-20-2015, 06:36 PM	#11
Spark Of Spirit Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 20, 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 563	Season 5 was way too wacky and riddled itself with strange continuity holes and missing characters. I think season 6 was a huge step up from that and brought back a lot of the tone that was missing since season 4. Eric was still too dumb, but he was still toned down from season 5-- Eric didn't really get to do much of anything except be a joke magnet all season.

03-20-2015, 08:14 PM	#12
GQ28 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 13, 2008 Location: Philadelphia,PA Posts: 211	Season 7 was the worst. What was the point of adding the Rachael character in Season 6????......SMH

04-11-2015, 01:22 AM	#14
Blackout Sart Bimpson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 13, 2003 Location: where the sun rises Posts: 2,235	i still think the shows downfall was the building on Shawn's "sad" side. He was supposed to be the cool friend, not the emo douche he turned out to be. Like when he got mad at Jack's dad for pay ing for his tuition. Wtf? seaons 6 and 7 had some great moments but the laughs weren't there nearly as much.