People are usually shocked I've never seen...

Gave up on Game of Thrones after one episode, I realise that’s not long to judge but it seemed like complete rubbish and I struggled to imagine how it could get any better

So I can say that I have seen it I suppose

I can’t even rewatch the good seasons because I know most things have absolutely no payoff.

I caught a bit of one of the episodes with Aryas faceless man training and just got annoyed that the story was basically all for nothing other than making her less useless

I still haven't watched Twin Peaks but really want to.
Does it still hold up?

I feel the same about Game of Thrones, and am put of rewatching it. A huge part of the show, and pretty much from the first episode, was that winter was coming.

Well, winter came and it was the dampest of damp farts.

I am a huge David Lynch fan so, probably predictably, would say that the first and third series are still incredible but the second is pretty sucky apart from being bookended by a great first and last episode.

The third series is just *chefs kiss*. 18, one hour long Lynch movies.

I dunno. You watch it now and you can see that nobody really knew what to do with the characters or storylines. It does feel like a bit of a waste. But, yeah, in the grand scheme of things, it’s not the worst but the drop in quality is really jarring.

Lynch only co-wrote the first episode of S2 and directed the first two and last. They had a lot of guest writers and directors, though Mark Frost and/or Robert Engels wrote a lot of them.

I love some of the more random plots, like the Lucky/Andy/Dick arc, but the whole of James going off on his moapy adventure really is a slog (though does give one of the episodes a cracking opening track).

As soon as a certain ex FBI agent enters the story it ramps up again.

I've watched 3 seasons (maybe more) waiting for it to hit its stride, and I just kept waiting. And then I realised "oh, this is it..?" the forced improv never really ends.

You see immediately where a scene is going to go, with one of the other actors saying something like "it's my daughters 13th birthday today and I wondered if you could help me Larry" and then watch it unfold predictably as all the actors around him go "what's wrong with you??" with various degrees of improv skill. Rinse repeat for 2 or 3 "stories" per episode. I wouldn't really mind that if the actors were good at improv but so many of them really aren't.

Oh no have I done a Larry?

I binned it after 1 episode.

I agree with Cubby that Curb is formulaic, but I do love it nonetheless.

Twin Peaks, I got to late. Maybe watched it for the first time 5 years or so ago? Thought the first season was brilliant, but by the second I understood why it was cancelled. They wrapped up the mystery of the first season then kind of floundered about directionless after. A lot of the weirder elements the series is known for came in the season season though, so it's still worth a watch.

Didn't care for the revival though. I think I tried to watch about four episodes, but I was just bored and confused so I gave up. I should give it a second chance though. Maybe rewatch all of it and keep in mind the context of it returning about 25 years after the end of the second season.

I saw bits and pieces of Twin Peaks as it aired, but was probably a bit young for it at the time. Keep meaning to go back and watch it all.

There are quite a few 90s/00s shows that I loved and watched big chunks of as they aired, but haven't seen them in their entirety. Sopranos, 24, X-Files, Buffy...

I watched the first episode and even that one had already two scenes in it which more or less communicated some stuff from the book except in a plump, simplified version (the Stark ("everyone is happy") family scene and the "Tyrion likes whores and his brother"-scene).

Lynch actually hang around a bit more than that. He directed the killer reveal episode (episode 7), which is incredible piece of television and amazing they were able to air it. He didn't direct anything after that until the last episode (again, fantastic TV).

The story you normally hear is that he was pissed off having to reveal who the killer was and wanted nothing to do with the rest of season 2. The fact he stars in most episodes after this probably means that is exaggerated a bit, but the quality drop is pretty stark from the very next episode after the reveal.

I really loved the revival season, although I wouldn't argue much with those that didn't get on with it. Certainly closer to Inland Empire on the batshit Lynch scale. If the thought of watching someone sweep a floor for 2 minutes for no real reason gets you annoyed than probably don't bother with it. Episode 8 is likely to be the most influential piece of TV for some future directors though and I'm looking forward to loving their work.