TV shows with only one great season

[DanMad1977]

Watchmen and Jessica Jones.

[Valentis]

Heroes.

The show should have been a limited series.

[AndrewCrossett]

Heroes.

The show should have been a limited series.

I think Heroes would have been better if the writers had moved on to something else rather than constantly coming back to Sylar. Yes, Zachary Quinto did a great job with the character, he was a breakout villain... but they should have moved on to different threats and maybe left The Return of Sylar for 3 or 4 seasons down the line. In season 2 they should have focused on the heroes coming together into a real superhero team... with or without matching costumes. (You know Hiro would want the matching costumes.)

[useridgoeshere]

I don't feel like searching for it, but I'm sure I read that Heroes was supposed to be an anthology, where season two would've had a different focus, but the network forced them to continue the same characters because of their popularity.

[Sparta]

Prison Break.

[JBatmanFan05]

To challenge myself, I won't consider any single-season shows, so for me, only ones I think can of thus far are:

House of Cards (has good seasons after, but great? I'll say no)
Jessica Jones
True Detective (caveat: so far, it could remove itself from my list)


Note: Heroes I never watched, don't doubt it would probably be listed if I did. Westworld I did see season 1, great, but only saw parts of the 2nd season, I'm sure I would list it if I saw the rest (to have judged fairly).

[Matt Rat]

A few more spring to mind:

Superboy & The Legion of Superheroes
Batman Beyond

[Brian B]

Westworld

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I think the new Westworld was a bit flawed overall, but the first season was certainly the best of them.

I remember disliking how little crazy, human-killing robot action was taking place. Then, in the second season, they gave it to us viewers, and it stunk. It was much more interesting during that first season.

[Brian B]

True Detective. First season was so amazing any followup would've been tough. 2 and 3 weren't bad, but I think S2 really dropped the ball in the last third of the season by sidelining McAdams, and Taylor Kitch's character was a waste of time in an already crowded cast. S3 could have been really good, but it just didn't meet the level of S1 and I think the ending was pretty bad.

(and yeah, "Heroes" was my first thought)

I can’t believe HBO is continuing with this show. The first season was amazing.

The second season was bad, not unwatchable, but bad.

The third season started strong and then ended up being so boring.

And now, they’re making a fourth season. Why? Nothing they do will come near to how good that first season was. HBO should cancel that show, just give it up. They will not catch lightning in a bottle again.

[Brian B]

Watchmen and Jessica Jones.

Watchmen only had a single season. I mean, it was pretty good. But there are no second, third or more seasons to stink.

[kcekada]

Two favorites from the mid 90s were 'Profit' starring Adrian Pasdar and 'American Gothic' starring Gary Cole, Lucas Black and Sarah Paulson.

[CliffHanger2]

Wyona Earp, after season 1 it was all downhill.

[Captain Craig]

Wyona Earp, after season 1 it was all downhill.

Was S4 the final season? I've seen articles saying it might get a S5 even if somewhere else, despite not hearing officially that Netflix wouldn't do a s5 should it occur.

[CliffHanger2]

Was S4 the final season? I've seen articles saying it might get a S5 even if somewhere else, despite not hearing officially that Netflix wouldn't do a s5 should it occur.

I think so, Syfy hasn't renewed it. But you never know.

[caj]

Stranger Things

I thought season 1 was great and ended perfectly with a cool cliffhanger that shouldn't have been resolved. The other seasons haven't added much to the show IMO.