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justins5256 · 07-15-2015, 11:47 AM

I don't think there is a thread on this. I was just curious what everyone thought were the best and worst seasons of the show.

My picks for "best" - tossup between season 2 and season 3.

My picks for worst - the CBS seasons. I just can't get into these.

owenrock · 07-15-2015, 12:13 PM

Its hard to pick a Best season as the first 3 seasons all had an equal amount of awesome cases and ho hum cases....I dont think I can pick between the 3

Now worst season I would have to disagree with the CBS sseason. Seasons 10 and 11 were pretty good, but when they shortened the show and only did 1-2 cases a show starting with Season 12 when it went to Lifetime that is what Id call the worst seasons and not because of case quality as there were still a lot of very memorable cases just the amount of old cases they re-ran was greater than the 1-2 new cases they would present a show..plus in general I think Robert Stack while still great wasnt stellar in these seasons probably due to the oncoming health issues

LilMissKryssy · 07-15-2015, 01:21 PM

I unfortunately wasn't old enough to start watching UM a lot until it was already on Lifetime so I don't know the seasons that well. However, the old ones especially from seasons 1-4 (from what Ive seen) I love. The last season in 2001-2002 are terrible.

owenrock · 07-15-2015, 01:36 PM

I was 8 when Season 1 aired and it was scary as all hell. I couldnt NOT watch it though so I made my mom watch that with me, I watched Rescue 911 by myself though...I was such a trooper lol

wiseguy182 · 07-15-2015, 01:41 PM

I think the show maintained consistent high quality at least until the 8th season or so.

We need to come up with a solution as to what to label the pre-series specials though. Specials season?

owenrock · 07-15-2015, 01:44 PM

I think they are just considered "The Specials"

LilMissKryssy · 07-15-2015, 01:56 PM

I was born in 1987 and its funny because once I started watching the rerun segments on lifetime from the late 80s or very early 90s, I use to think that era would've been creepy to live in and couldn't fathom how I survived it. lol Ah, being a kid and naïve lol. The early episodes just have a certain quality about them that makes them even more amazing then the later ones at least in my opinion.

owenrock · 07-15-2015, 02:09 PM

Well that could be that when it hit the late 90's and early 00's people in the country were exposed to a lot of violent content with tv shows and movies that everyone just became numb to it and things like that werent as creepy...although to this day I cant watch Unsolved Mysteries in the dark by myself lmao

LooksLikeCRicci · 07-15-2015, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by LilMissKryssy

I unfortunately wasn't old enough to start watching UM a lot until it was already on Lifetime so I don't know the seasons that well. However, the old ones especially from seasons 1-4 (from what Ive seen) I love. The last season in 2001-2002 are terrible.

Maybe I'm in the minority. I actually LIKE the 2001-2002 episodes. Probably because they are the last ones with Robert Stack in them. You could tell that Stack was sick during those segments, in my opinion. The quality of his voice had declined somewhat.

After the disaster that was the Spike reboot, I would watch that final season of RS UM episodes any day of the week.

That being said, my least favorite "season" was the Spike season.

WishfulDreamer · 07-15-2015, 03:40 PM

I like final season, too. Is it as good as the NBC days? No. But still good UM with Robert Stack. I love listening to him talk about chat rooms

imagine him talking about Twitter or Facebook.

MegtheEgg86 · 07-15-2015, 05:10 PM

I vote seasons 1-4.

ETA: Agreed with justin on the CBS episodes, but I love late Lifetime episodes.

DALLASTEXAN!! · 07-15-2015, 07:23 PM

1989 was my fav period as it happened. I think I became more aware of the outside world by watching the show as a young kid. The format and stories Were amazing. Given that they scared me so much I checked out before it went to cbs. I loved the lifetime era and honestly the way the kept circulating all of the eras was really cool. From the lifetime perspective I liked the 1995-1997 era too, but it may have been different than what cbs era presented.

owenrock · 07-15-2015, 07:32 PM

I watched it all the way through first run, never missed it and the CBS era had some really good cases...I mean a lot of good cases....and like I mentioned I dont dislike the Lifetime era of new shows, but the amount of new cases presented were slight to say the least...was just a bunch of rehashing of old cases with 1 maybe 2 new cases if you were lucky. I think the Spike era should be disqualified as that was just a different show all together with only the name and some case names being the only similarity

DazzlerSparkler · 07-17-2015, 12:57 AM

Its interesting to hear Stack's voice from the beginning of the series to the end. He sounds in poor health towards the end. What did he die from anyway? I thought he died in his sleep. Also what was the last segment he ever recorded?

McBevis · 07-17-2015, 06:05 AM

The older shows (late 80s-early 90s) are the best IMO. The show was much more refined in its earlier days. Fewer expenses were spared and many details were more carefully considered.

07-15-2015, 11:47 AM	#1
justins5256 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2002 Posts: 3,866	The best and worst seasons... I don't think there is a thread on this. I was just curious what everyone thought were the best and worst seasons of the show. My picks for "best" - tossup between season 2 and season 3. My picks for worst - the CBS seasons. I just can't get into these.

07-15-2015, 01:21 PM	#3
LilMissKryssy " & every sinner has a future" Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 09, 2013 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 465	I unfortunately wasn't old enough to start watching UM a lot until it was already on Lifetime so I don't know the seasons that well. However, the old ones especially from seasons 1-4 (from what Ive seen) I love. The last season in 2001-2002 are terrible.
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07-15-2015, 05:10 PM	#11
MegtheEgg86 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 19, 2008 Location: The Volunteer State Posts: 5,156	I vote seasons 1-4. ETA: Agreed with justin on the CBS episodes, but I love late Lifetime episodes.
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DazzlerSparkler Sharon Kinne Imposter Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 29, 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 725	Its interesting to hear Stack's voice from the beginning of the series to the end. He sounds in poor health towards the end. What did he die from anyway? I thought he died in his sleep. Also what was the last segment he ever recorded?
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07-15-2015, 12:13 PM	#2
owenrock Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 08, 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 55	Its hard to pick a Best season as the first 3 seasons all had an equal amount of awesome cases and ho hum cases....I dont think I can pick between the 3 Now worst season I would have to disagree with the CBS sseason. Seasons 10 and 11 were pretty good, but when they shortened the show and only did 1-2 cases a show starting with Season 12 when it went to Lifetime that is what Id call the worst seasons and not because of case quality as there were still a lot of very memorable cases just the amount of old cases they re-ran was greater than the 1-2 new cases they would present a show..plus in general I think Robert Stack while still great wasnt stellar in these seasons probably due to the oncoming health issues

07-15-2015, 01:36 PM	#4
owenrock Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 08, 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 55	I was 8 when Season 1 aired and it was scary as all hell. I couldnt NOT watch it though so I made my mom watch that with me, I watched Rescue 911 by myself though...I was such a trooper lol

07-15-2015, 01:41 PM	#5
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	I think the show maintained consistent high quality at least until the 8th season or so. We need to come up with a solution as to what to label the pre-series specials though. Specials season?

07-15-2015, 01:44 PM	#6
owenrock Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 08, 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 55	I think they are just considered "The Specials"

07-15-2015, 01:56 PM	#7
LilMissKryssy " & every sinner has a future" Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 09, 2013 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 465	I was born in 1987 and its funny because once I started watching the rerun segments on lifetime from the late 80s or very early 90s, I use to think that era would've been creepy to live in and couldn't fathom how I survived it. lol Ah, being a kid and naïve lol. The early episodes just have a certain quality about them that makes them even more amazing then the later ones at least in my opinion.

07-15-2015, 02:09 PM	#8
owenrock Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 08, 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 55	Well that could be that when it hit the late 90's and early 00's people in the country were exposed to a lot of violent content with tv shows and movies that everyone just became numb to it and things like that werent as creepy...although to this day I cant watch Unsolved Mysteries in the dark by myself lmao

07-15-2015, 03:40 PM	#10
WishfulDreamer Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 01, 2009 Location: L.A. Posts: 3,867	I like final season, too. Is it as good as the NBC days? No. But still good UM with Robert Stack. I love listening to him talk about chat rooms imagine him talking about Twitter or Facebook.

07-15-2015, 07:23 PM	#12
DALLASTEXAN!! Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 31, 2007 Location: Devil's Backbone Posts: 3,132	1989 was my fav period as it happened. I think I became more aware of the outside world by watching the show as a young kid. The format and stories Were amazing. Given that they scared me so much I checked out before it went to cbs. I loved the lifetime era and honestly the way the kept circulating all of the eras was really cool. From the lifetime perspective I liked the 1995-1997 era too, but it may have been different than what cbs era presented.

07-15-2015, 07:32 PM	#13
owenrock Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 08, 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 55	I watched it all the way through first run, never missed it and the CBS era had some really good cases...I mean a lot of good cases....and like I mentioned I dont dislike the Lifetime era of new shows, but the amount of new cases presented were slight to say the least...was just a bunch of rehashing of old cases with 1 maybe 2 new cases if you were lucky. I think the Spike era should be disqualified as that was just a different show all together with only the name and some case names being the only similarity

07-17-2015, 06:05 AM	#15
McBevis Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 09, 2010 Location: Barrington, New Jersey Posts: 415	The older shows (late 80s-early 90s) are the best IMO. The show was much more refined in its earlier days. Fewer expenses were spared and many details were more carefully considered.