Serious question, how do you push through a show that starts falling apart in the middle?

I finally started watching that big sci-fi series everyone raves about, The Expanse. Got through the first two seasons in about a week, it was SO good. But then season three hit and I swear the pacing just completely fell off a cliff. They introduced like 6 new characters in one episode and I couldn't keep track of who was who anymore. I put it down about three episodes ago and haven't picked it back up. My buddy at the station keeps telling me it gets better, but I'm just not feeling it right now. Has anyone else had a show totally lose momentum on you halfway through? What did you do, just power through or give up?

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lopez.brooke14d ago

Yeah I just skip ahead a few episodes until the story grabs me again.

king.kevin14d ago

Oh MAN I feel this SO hard. I did the exact same thing with that show. I was SO into it and then season three just felt like a whole different show. It got SO bogged down with all those politics and new faces I stopped caring. I actually put it down for like two months before I tried again. I had to force myself to just let the new characters be confusing and not worry about remembering every name. Once I stopped trying to keep a perfect mental roster it got way easier to follow. And I gotta say your buddy is right, it DOES pick back up and the payoff is worth the slog.