Worst dialogue you've heard in a TV show?

[TMC]

I'm talking about poor exposition, clunky character development, messy tone shifts and painfully obvious moments of moving the plot forward. Or just dialogue that left you scratching your head or bored out of your mind. It could be bad dialogue in otherwise good shows, bad dialogue from utter trash, or bad dialogue from shows that are weirdly popular for how consistently bad they are with dialogue.

[stevea]

The show near the end of Raymond, 9th season, where the twins' friend's father was a janitor. There is a group scene where everyone is trying to rationalize their behavior toward the janitor, near the end of the episode. Actually, the episode should have ended 10 minutes before that, but it would have been too short.

The actors all seem tortured. They are like, get me out of here! We've gone nine years, enough is enough! This script sucks--just make it end!

[Anna Karenina]

Keemo to Christine on The Young and The Restless.

"My mother. You say she is dying. Is she ill?"

[Anna Karenina]

Originally Posted by stevea

The show near the end of Raymond, 9th season, where the twins' friend's father was a janitor. There is a group scene where everyone is trying to rationalize their behavior toward the janitor, near the end of the episode. Actually, the episode should have ended 10 minutes before that, but it would have been too short.

The actors all seem tortured. They are like, get me out of here! We've gone nine years, enough is enough! This script sucks--just make it end!

Or when Debra keeps throwing out Ray's things. He gets mad at her for that and then later on Robert gives him a letter that Muhammed Ali wrote to him and he stuffs it in a drawer before going to work and then Debra proceeds to throw away the stuff in the drawer.

If it meant so much to him why would he be so careless about it knowing she likes to throw away his stuff?