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The Expanse is absolutely one of, if not the, best sci-fi shows ever made. There are another 3 books which haven't been adapted into the show (yet?). There's a sizeable time gap between where the show ends and when thee final 3 books take place. And they started setting up the plot of the final 3 books in the show. There's definitely room for a follow-up movie or revival. But the whole book series (as well as the numerous short-stories set within the same universe) is totally worth a read (or audiobook listen). The ending is bittersweet, but I've never got such a satisfying end to such an epic story. Then the epilogue knocked me on my ass and left me wanting so much more.

My answer to the question, though, is Breaking Bad. I got it recommended so many time. I sat down and tried to start it 3 or 4 times and just couldn't get hooked by the first couple of episodes. It wasn't until someone forced me to watch the entire first season. I got hooked by the episode where Walt blows up Tuco with the fulminated mercury.

Ah, expanse. Wonderful series once you got past Holden being such a goody two shoes. It blew my tiny little mind when they got to the realistic space gun play. That one part where the Roci spin around for point defense, that scene made a man out of me.

This doesn't even make sense to me as a question. I don't know why I would watch hours of a show I don't like on the off chance it might get better. There is so much entertainment available these days. Why would you torture yourself with something showing direct evidence of poor writing over something that could easily be better just by being 'okay?'

Arcane.

It didn’t grab me for some reason, but then I wanted to give it a second chance one night when I was bored and ended up getting hooked. Still need to watch season 2 though.

I didn't watch Better Call Saul back when it was airing because I thought it was a soulless cash garb riding on the popularity of Breaking Bad. Years later I started watching it randomly and now I think I might like it even more than Breaking Bad

The Good Place - It's a great show. But the character of Eleanor put me off in the beginning. I didn't care about her at all. She was depicted as garbage of a person and that made it really hard for me to even just sit through the episodes. Until episode 8, which is when she makes her first good decision. I got really invested in it after that point.

Parks and Rec. It copied The Office too much in season 1. Came back after a few years and couldn't believe how different season 1 and 2 were.

I'll probably get a lot of flak for this, but initially I did not get Community at all. I have low tolerance to cringe though, after I got through that I was all in

Severance, I watched about 5 minutes if it a few years ago and gave up on it too quickly. Watching it now and it's an incredible show

Adventure Time for me. The first two, IIRC, seasons are explicitly "anti canon" per the creator and drove me away as a result. At a friend's insistence, I persisted until season three and it ended up being among my favorite shows, it just kept getting better and better.

Hunter X Hunter, The Boys, Man in the High Castle

The Owl House.

In my defense, the first episode was kind of a let down. I remember ranting about it in my long nuked Twitter account, comparing it with Amphibia, which was my favorite show back then. One day, however, I came across with one of those "cartoons moments" compilation centered in lumity, the main ship of the show, I was hooked. By the end of the first season I was totally invested cuz, beyond the ship, the show was really good.

So I can confirm that Ships, if done right, do sell shows.

Person of Interest. A friend recommended it and I bounced off the first season hard (s1 is kind of a crime-of-the-week thing which is very not my jam). Twice. On the third try (the friend was very persistent) I got to the second season and the character of the show changed radically and became about AI and shit and that was directly up my alley and I loved it.

The first season of Spartacus. My dad recommended it and I tried watching the first few episodes. Spartacus gets his ass kicked a lot at the start of the show. You'd get a glimmer of hope, then he'd fuck up and nearly die again. My dad insisted it would get better and I watched one more episode and he has his first victory in the arena. I stuck with it from there and thoroughly enjoyed the rest of the first season and the prequel season.

RIP Andy Whitfield. I tried watching the third season which picks the story back up after the first, but I just couldn't get into it. I don't think it was necessarily Liam McIntyre's fault, the show just lost it's rhythm after the setting change.

Firefly. I watched the very first bit of the first episode, saw the sci-fi infantry scene, decided that the whole thing was low-budget action, and didn't look at it again for years.

I really think that it's a good idea to make the first bit of media be more-reflective of the thing as a whole.

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I quit Yellowstone after 2 episodes but then later got back into it and ended up loving it. It's quite hard to pinpoint what it is exactly that I so loved about it but probably has something to do with the beautiful scenery, slow pace, good vibes and the realism.