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All long - running situation comedy have to keep come up with novel plot line , so it ’s not surprising that even the best comedy shows have a few misjudged plot that almost smash everything . Shows such asFriends , The SimpsonsandThe Officehave all annoyed lover with storyline that just do n’t work . This could be because the plot of land melodic theme are too contrived , or because they do n’t make sense for the characters .
The best sitcoms can objurgate course after a failed storyline , rather than let it kill the entire show . take care back on some long - running sitcom , these unpopular plot seem like wander side roads instead of utter ends . Acrazy sitcom storyisn’t always a disaster , but if it ’s handle poorly it can look like jump the shark . The next whole tone is recovering from an unpopular narration choice with some obedience still intact .
Whether meant to reward a deceased cast member or to advance the show ’s tale , situation comedy decease have a special blank space in the genre ’s history .
10Boyle’s Crush On Rosa
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Cast
The former seasons ofBrooklyn Nine - Ninedidn’t quite know what to do with Charles Boyle . Although Joe Lo Truglio ’s performances are always hilarious , his grapheme became more singular and interesting as the show break on . The commencement ofBrooklyn Nine - Ninefocused more on Jake ’s push - and - pull with Captain Holt and his playful working kinship with Amy . Charles was little more than his lovable loser of a good champion .
The early seasons ofBrooklyn Nine - Ninedidn’t quite make out what to do with Charles Boyle .
It take in sense for a character like Charles to fall for a woman who would never give him the prison term of day , but Charles ' puppy love on Rosa could only go so far . finally forcing them together may have feel like a victory for Charles ' character , but it would have been much less interesting for both him and Rosa . Once Charles get his own love interest and Rosa gets some more personal development to go with her tough , standoffish exterior , both characters prosper . Their unlikely friendship is more heartwarming than a relationship would have been .
9Principal Skinner’s Real Backstory Is Revealed
The Simpsons
There ’s some debate among devotee ofThe Simpsonsover what should and should not be relegate as the show’s"Golden Age" . The season 9 installment " The Principal and the Pauper " is see by many fans as the close of the geological era . One of themost divisiveSimpsonsepisodesreveals that Principal Skinner is an impostor who has been living in Springfield after wear another humankind ’s identity during the warfare .
There ’s some debate among fans ofThe Simpsonsover what should and should not be classified as the show’s"Golden Age" . The season 9 episode " The Principal and the Pauper " is see by many rooter as the end of the epoch .
The reveal that Principal Skinner is really a fraud name Armin Tamzarian sense oddly histrionic forThe Simpsons , but , more significantly , it make some massive plot golf hole for the show ’s premature eight and a half seasons . Rather than strain to patch these job , The Simpsonscontinued on as if " The dealer and the Pauper " never bechance . There would be no other way to explain Skinner ’s unusual relationship with his mother .
8Dennis Tries His Hand At Being A Father
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
After 12 seasons ofIt ’s Always gay in Philadelphia , Glenn Howerton decided to branch out by starring in the NBC showA.P. Bio . This mean that he had to divide his meter more evenly , and he was absent from a few episodes ofIt ’s Always Sunny . Other mold members had their own commitments , like Rob McElhenny’sMythic Quest , but they had never impactedIt ’s Always cheery .
It ’s Always Sunnyshowed great ego - awareness during this period . To make fun of shows which replace roll phallus with big name , It ’s Always Sunnybrought in Mindy Kaling for an installment .
Naturally , the gang ’s dynamic just is n’t the same without the Golden God , Dennis Reynolds . It ’s Always Sunnyshowed great self - knowingness during this period . To make fun of show which replace cast members with big names , It ’s Always Sunnybrought in Mindy Kaling for an episode . However , her style collide with the tone of the show . If Glenn Howerton had n’t returned on a full - time basis , the show might not have survived . It ’s Always Sunnyseason 17is set to extend the show ’s lengthy run .
7Dreamland
Archer
Three season ofArchertake seat entirely in Sterling Archer ’s subconscious mind . The"coma seasons"have split opinion over the years , especially the show ’s first themed time of year , a film noir pastiche subtitled"Dreamland . “Drawing from motion-picture show likeThe Maltese FalconandChinatown , Archer : Dreamlandreimagines the show ’s familiar character as different archetypes from a prurient Hollywood murder mystery in the 1940s .
The novelty of see the characters in a different setting never really weary off throughoutDreamland .
The novelty of seeing the characters in a different setting never really tire out off throughoutDreamland . It seems like a whatchamacallit that demand to get out of the way so that the show can return to Archer and his Quaker work as spies . The next two comatoseness seasons did n’t have the same problems , and they also amply embraced their genre parodies and their modest stake . The coma seasons may be a novelty , butArcherfigured out how to make them worthwhile eventually .
6Brian The Boom Operator Steps In
The Office
The Officestruggled to feel its feet after Steve Carell left the show . There are still some dandy episode and some fun novel character in the later season , but there are also a spate of misjudged plot line . The most notorious storyline of the whole show is Jim and Pam ’s marital problem that pops up in season 9 . The couple ’s issues never seemed grownup enough to induce such a rift , and the entire storyline fell matted .
There are still some great episodes and some fun new fiber in the late seasons , but there are also a mess of misjudged storylines .
When Pam breaks down in bout while mouth to television camera , the documentary gang ’s boom operator steps in to solace her . Having a previously unobserved character of a sudden entering the frame to provide worked up support made for a jarring moment , but it also hold out against the way thatThe Officehas used its data formatting for years . The Officeoften use the vogue of a documentary for jest , whether this is with Jim looking down the barrel of the television camera or a absolutely clock cutaway audience , but it had never taken the data formatting seriously enough to question how the subjects of the docudrama coped with being watched .
5Mr. Garrison Runs For President
South Park
South Parkdidn’t start out as a very political show , but Trey Parker and Matt Stone step by step insert more of their particular brand of nihilistic centrism as the season cast by . During the 2016 presidential election , they took their"giant douche vs. turd sandwich"philosophy to a new horizontal surface , as they tried to burlesque the major events of the election each week . South Parkreacted to every campaign boner and political misfire of the election just days after it happened .
South Parkdidn’t start out as a very political show , but Trey Parker and Matt Stone step by step inclose more of their fussy brand of nihilistic moderatism as the seasons rolled by .
South Parkused Mr. Garrison as their stand - in for Donald Trump during the election . He had the same dark tan and blond quiff as the Republican campaigner , and many of the same policy . However , South Park ’s intact season seemed to adventure on a Hillary Clinton victory . Trump ’s surprise win meant that Mr. Garrison witness himself in the Oval Office . South Parkonly survived by leaning further into social and political commentary , but there was no saving the season .
4Jerry & Elaine Get Back Together
Seinfeld
Seinfeldproudly shoot down every sitcom tendency with its famous"No hugging , no learning"rule . Fans knew that the characters would be just as self - take in every calendar week , and very little would ever change in their animation . However , the show did break this rule on one notable occasion , pressure Jerry and Elaine back into a relationship . The two fictional character were never think to have the stereotypical on - again - off - again dynamical that other sitcom couples share .
Jerry and Elaine ’s young human relationship was over just as quickly as it began , with the writers intelligibly realizing that it did n’t align with the spirit of the show .
Jerry and Elaine ’s newfangled relationship was over just as chop-chop as it began , with the writers clearly actualize that it did n’t aline with the smell of the show . What seemed like it could be a momentous sack in the tone ofSeinfeldwas explained away with a line or two . Within a duad of episodes , Jerry was back to take a raw lady friend every week . Seinfeldlater made fun of the concept of"will - they - won’t - they"TV relationships . When George says that he always hoped Jerry and Elaine would act thing out , Jerry tells him flatly"well , you ’re an retard . "
3The Return Of The Darkest Timeline
Community
Fans of the show often bear on to season 4 asCommunity ’s " throttle passing water " year . Without Dan Harmon at the helm , time of year 4 present increasingly gimmicky episodes , like the felt tool melodious episode , and passel of storylines which did n’t quite work . None of the characters seemed to playact naturally , top fans to joke that there was a gas news leak at Greendale Community College causing their unknown behavior .
The 2nd time around , the darkest timeline was n’t an interesting window into Abed ’s head . It was just a convolute sci - fi plot line that trouble from the show ’s plot .
Some of time of year 4 ’s terrible storylines resolved themselves . Arguably the speculative of them all was Troy and Britta ’s abbreviated family relationship , despite the fact that the pair deal no romantic alchemy and very picayune time on screen together . Other storyline , required some more cleaning up , like howCommunitybrought back the darkest timeline , a book of facts to one of the show ’s secure episodes . The second fourth dimension around , the moody timeline was n’t an interesting window into Abed ’s head . It was just a Byzantine sci - fi plot line that distracted from the show ’s plot .
2Jess Goes On Jury Duty
New Girl
Zooey Deschanel leftNew Girlearly in season 5 for her maternity leave . The show dealt with her absence seizure by excuse that Jess had to be sequestered while on panel duty . This work out reasonably well , but the attic was n’t the same without Jess . While Megan Fox made an interesting addition to the cast , New Girlfelt like a different show without one of its master type . Jess proved intemperately to supervene upon than Coach .
While Megan Fox made an interesting addition to the casting , New Girlfelt like a unlike show without one of its main characters .
Zooey Deschanel returned to the show after a few episodes , and she slotted back into the cast with informality . However , New Girlthen had another job , since Megan Fox ’s fibre Reagan had become crucial to the radical ’s moral force , especially with Nick ’s romanticist interest in her . Rather than pitting the two char against each other like a more predictable situation comedy might have done , New Girlsaved itself by making Jess and Reagan friends .
1Rachel & Joey’s Relationship
Friends
Ross and Rachel ’s relationshipis one of the most iconic"will - they - won’t - they"sitcom relationship ever . However , sinceFriendshad to drop back out the drama for ten whole seasons , some of the way that the writers created more problem for the brace felt overly contrived . Rachel ’s brief fling with Joey was undoubtedly the most forced storyline onFriends . Rachel and Joey soon feel weird about the whole billet , but not as much as fans did .
Friendshad to hurriedly get things over with so that Rachel could have her glad close with Ross . It was never really in doubt .
get word Rachel and Joey together romantically was fundamentally amiss for many fan of the show . Not only did it cheapen their friendship to a certain extent , but it also made things a little more uncomfortable for the whole group in one way or another . Ultimately , their family relationship only lasted for a few episodes . Friendshad to hurriedly get things over with so that Rachel could have her happy ending with Ross . It was never truly in doubt .
