Comments on: Five of the Worst Subplots from the Best TV Shows

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:58:49 +0000

Keep in mind, the FNL subplot with Landry and Tyra took place during the writer’s strike season.

By: Cuneform

Cuneform — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:24:41 +0000

If you’re going to include a Breaking Bad subplot that’s truly unnecessary – how about Marie’s shoplifting?

By: mudywaters

mudywaters — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:16:45 +0000

I actually really like the subplot of Don Drapers previous life. In my opinion, it gives his character more mysterious depth.

By: James

James — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:28:16 +0000

Dangit, Fred beat me to the punch. Landry and Tyra’s covering up of a murder and then getting away scott free was terrible, especially considering how good the show was other than pretty much that whole season.

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:57:05 +0000

Friday Night Lights Season 2 – Landry kills Tyra’s sexual assaulter. Boom. End discussion.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:08:59 +0000

Wow, really? The Don Draper history was the most interesting part of the entire show imo. Him sleeping with a different woman every episode is the boring subplot.

By: Charlie Ward

Charlie Ward — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:31:16 +0000

The “Mad Men” one is so off-base to me. Don Draper is a fraud. That fact hangs over his head every moment of every day, and has the potential to utterly ruin his life. It destroyed his first marriage already, remember. Yeah, I don’t know about you, but not an episode goes by where I don’t feel slightly tense about when the other shoe might drop for old Don.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:38:31 +0000

Connor, the car wash subplot was needed. It was a way to bring Walt and Skyler closer and a way to show where the money could be drained into.

As for this article, I feel you’ve missed the point of these “subplots” Paul.
The GoT is unruly to put in as it will play a larger role in the future.
And the Don Draper stuff, ugh. It builds into who he is. It matters on a show that’s mostly about characters and not so much on story.
And the Arrested Development plot was just another bit that was gold. Anything with Tobias is.

By: Nickjaa

Nickjaa — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:28:25 +0000

lies! i loved the tobias storyline!

By: ChristianH

ChristianH — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:05:29 +0000

Totally disagree on Mad Men and Arrested Development, but I’d let them slide if we could agree to include every ridiculous boy-crush Julie ever had on Friday Night Lights that wasn’t Matt Saracen? Every other episode it was like, ‘Jesus, Julie, you’re just in perpetual heat or something, aren’t you?’

It didn’t help that she was so obnoxious. Everyone else here is hating on the Tyra/Landry thing, but I loved it for every excuse to have the two of them on screen together. All of season two was such a disaster anyway. Julie was the only character who never clawed back from being awful.