Tobar said:

The X-Files (1993-2002)

Finally got around to finishing the series. People say the last couple seasons were the worst but I don't find that to be the case. Were they bland? Yes but in no way did they approach the worst. Look no further than War of the Coprophages for that. The show really went down the stinker when Carter left for that brief period of time. Whether it ever fully recovered from that is questionable.

I don't know, episodes like First Person Shooter and Sunshine Days made me want to put a drill to my head. War of the Coprophages is amazing in comparison to the vast majority (maybe all?) of season 7, which was complete and absolute turmoil to watch. It was shocking how bad that entire season was, there is pretty much nothing good about it, cheesy groaner episode after cheesy groaner episode, each one dragging on for a painful 45 minutes, still featuring the characters you'd grown to love, but now put in situations that can only be described as parody of the greatness the show was just two years prior.

Thankfully, the show did recover from season seven, but only slightly. It got better, but never even a shadow of what it originally was. Sure, there were some silly episodes in seasons 1-5, but for the most part it stayed solid and intriguing; a silly or lame episode here or there was easily forgivable. Season six plummeted, seven stayed at rock bottom, and while eight and nine were an improvement, it was really hard to care about the replacement characters for Mulder and Scully. I often wish they had aimed to wrap it up with season six.