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RoryGilmore · 02-15-2018, 02:23 AM

We all love the show as a whole but does anyone really like every episode?

Shout off your least favorites below!

TV Guy · 02-15-2018, 04:56 AM

I find the first 13 episodes, which took place in the dorm with Mrs. Garrett as the housemother, unwatchable. So much bad writing, so much bad acting.

Brian and Sylvia, the failed spinoff attempt, stinks.

Smartboy · 02-15-2018, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TV Guy

I find the first 13 episodes, which took place in the dorm with Mrs. Garrett as the housemother, unwatchable. So much bad writing, so much bad acting.

Brian and Sylvia, the failed spinoff attempt, stinks.

While we are on the topic of "Brian and Sylvia", I have had an issue with that situation for a long time. By the end of that episode, Brian and Sylvia were still happily married. Later on, we have the episode "Crossing the Line". In this episode, we hear Tootie talk about what it was like when her aunt married a white guy and how people felt when they got divorced. This was the first that I remember hearing about the divorce. I do not understand why they would, all of a sudden make them divorced without an episode explaining the situation. Any thoughts anyone?

RoryGilmore · 02-16-2018, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Smartboy

While we are on the topic of "Brian and Sylvia", I have had an issue with that situation for a long time. By the end of that episode, Brian and Sylvia were still happily married. Later on, we have the episode "Crossing the Line". In this episode, we hear Tootie talk about what it was like when her aunt married a white guy and how people felt when they got divorced. This was the first that I remember hearing about the divorce. I do not understand why they would, all of a sudden make them divorced without an episode explaining the situation. Any thoughts anyone?

Oddly, I just watched "Crossing the Line" the other day and missed the divorced part. However, I do skip "Brian and Sylvia in my rewatches so I may just tune their storylines out.

'80sSitcoms · 02-16-2018, 11:03 AM

I love "Brian and Sylvia". It's very nostalgic for me because it's one of the many episodes I vividly recall watching at my grandparents' house, where I saw so many FOL re-runs when I was little and my parents were at work.

As far as their divorce, there didn't need to be any explanation on that because they weren't important enough characters; this was their only other mention on the series, three seasons after their only episode. Enough time had gone by we can just assume they had problems and got divorced.

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I do skip "Brian and Sylvia in my rewatches so I may just tune their storylines out.

Well they don't have "storylines", just their one episode and that one mention of divorce.

And regarding season 1, I adore season 1 for nostalgia's sake, but Julie Piekarski's acting is so often terrible.

But as far as least favorite episodes, one of my least favorites for sure is season 6's "Jazzbeau". I don't even watch it anymore when I watch the series through. It just seems like such a waste of an episode.

JR1 · 02-18-2018, 08:16 PM

Any of the pilot-spin-off-idea shows, like the ones featuring the guys at the academy, come to mind.

70s show watcher · 02-18-2018, 08:31 PM

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Any of the pilot-spin-off-idea shows, like the ones featuring the guys at the academy, come to mind.

i agree the academy ones were awful

tlc38tlc38 · 02-18-2018, 08:34 PM

"The Interview Show" is the worst one I can think of.

'80sSitcoms · 02-20-2018, 11:12 AM

^---I like "The Interview Show", particularly Tootie and Mrs. Garrett's interviews.

I'm not big on "The Academy", though; the only really enjoyable parts of that for me are the scenes with the girls.

RoryGilmore · 02-22-2018, 02:52 AM

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^---I like "The Interview Show", particularly Tootie and Mrs. Garrett's interviews.

I'm not big on "The Academy", though; the only really enjoyable parts of that for me are the scenes with the girls.

Agreed, I liked the Interview Show, not the best but not the worst, and didnt like the Academy I or II

Impressions · 02-24-2018, 07:10 PM

The Big Fight. Boring AF.

RoryGilmore · 02-27-2018, 02:45 AM

I want to add "Beginning of the End" and "Beginning of the Beginning" I hate that the finale was a spin off attempt and we barely saw the girls

RoryGilmore · 03-21-2018, 02:11 AM

Here's another, I dont like Geri as a character! Shocker and maybe unpopular opinion, I'm aware, but as someone with cerebral palsy I absolutely detest how they made her out to be a victim in some episodes.

BigManMike · 03-21-2018, 06:43 AM

The first season was dismal. I agree Brian and Sylvia wasn’t the best episode either. And the season 3 episode about Tootie and Jermaine Jackson was just annoying. But I still watch all of them as I don’t believe in skipping episodes.

On the other hand, I really like the episodes that centered around Blair and her mother, and the ones that centered around Jo and her family.

RetroGuy2000 · 06-27-2018, 07:23 PM

I enjoyed the first four seasons. After that, it grew tedious, with Edna opening and then closing store after store, and the girls living in an increasingly cramped attic year after year. The bakery years weren't so bad, but the writers clearly ran out of ideas around the time they opened the Miami Vice-inspired shop.

02-15-2018, 02:23 AM	#1
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02-15-2018, 04:56 AM	#2
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	I find the first 13 episodes, which took place in the dorm with Mrs. Garrett as the housemother, unwatchable. So much bad writing, so much bad acting. Brian and Sylvia, the failed spinoff attempt, stinks.

02-18-2018, 08:16 PM	#6
JR1 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 07, 2009 Location: USA Posts: 742	Any of the pilot-spin-off-idea shows, like the ones featuring the guys at the academy, come to mind.

02-20-2018, 11:12 AM	#9
'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	^---I like "The Interview Show", particularly Tootie and Mrs. Garrett's interviews. I'm not big on "The Academy", though; the only really enjoyable parts of that for me are the scenes with the girls.

02-24-2018, 07:10 PM	#11
Impressions She died the way she lived Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 4,640	The Big Fight. Boring AF.

02-27-2018, 02:45 AM	#12
RoryGilmore Always and Forever Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 30, 2004 Location: Wherever he is, that's where I'll be Posts: 6,529	I want to add "Beginning of the End" and "Beginning of the Beginning" I hate that the finale was a spin off attempt and we barely saw the girls

03-21-2018, 02:11 AM	#13
RoryGilmore Always and Forever Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 30, 2004 Location: Wherever he is, that's where I'll be Posts: 6,529	Here's another, I dont like Geri as a character! Shocker and maybe unpopular opinion, I'm aware, but as someone with cerebral palsy I absolutely detest how they made her out to be a victim in some episodes.

03-21-2018, 06:43 AM	#14
BigManMike Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 25, 2006 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,022	The first season was dismal. I agree Brian and Sylvia wasn’t the best episode either. And the season 3 episode about Tootie and Jermaine Jackson was just annoying. But I still watch all of them as I don’t believe in skipping episodes. On the other hand, I really like the episodes that centered around Blair and her mother, and the ones that centered around Jo and her family.