Just reached season 8. Really starting to fall apart.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Drew Carey Show
audiopinions — 11 years ago(May 30, 2014 11:31 AM)
I've been working my way through the whole series and while I started to like it less after season 5, it really goes South in season 7.
Mr. Wick's mom is one of the most annoying characters I've ever witnessed, Kate pretty much becomes a prop that is hardly ever involved, there's way too much Steve, and Drew seems to lose 100 points from his IQ. Not to mention the Store/Drew's Job stuff seems done to death, although just now in episode 801, a totally new looking office is shown, so I guess I'll see where this is going. -
audiopinions — 11 years ago(May 31, 2014 09:35 AM)
Some other things:
I don't mind Kate's replacement too much. I'm glad she wasn't immediately a central focus of plots.
As stupid as Nicki's return was, I was sad to see her go.
Makeup-less Mimi - Takes a lot of getting used to, and it's odd now because she and Steve have a decidedly non-comedic storyline. I feel like they should've addressed her new look on the show (i.e. Neverendingstore.com wouldn't allow it due to their appearance standards or something).
The new office doesn't bother me, but I don't understand why they moved Drew's desk so far to the background. The new bosses do nothing for me, though I do like Kaitlin Olson as Traylor.
I really like the theme songs. I like how the credits are different from ep to ep. I especially liked the Wide World of Sports one with the instrumental theme.
Lewis is still the funniest character. -
audiopinions — 11 years ago(June 01, 2014 05:33 PM)
Just finished 8 and he hasn't gotten too unbearably political yet, but from what I remember season 9 is where everything is going to hit the fan.
Edit: As far as the gun episode, he was annoying in that ep, but I felt that episode wasn't the start of a political trend, more of an isolated incident. -
NikolajCostas1005 — 10 years ago(October 09, 2015 09:52 PM)
Yeah, the story lines got progressively more outlandish and Drew became an almost completely unsympathetic character by the end of the show. The last two seasons are actually kind of depressing to watch.
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turtleturk — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 12:50 AM)
The odd thing is that the last 6 or 8 episodes of the series that were just burnt off during the summer in a back to back episodes type of way were a pleasant surprise. It just kinda flipped a default switch back to goofy, stress free type comedy seen in the early seasons. It was like they could do whatever they wanted because ABC just wanted to get the show over with and didn't even want to be bothered to worry about what content would be produced at the end. It just kind of disappeared at the end and most early fans missed a bit of a quick, nice finish to the show. It's too bad the show got away from what made it great. Goofs trying to get through each day. It turned into this dark (attempt at) comedy, over the top, bizarro world soap opera/Jerry Springer characters TV show that went off the rails. AndI don't know where Drew Carey's thought processes forked off to. I was a big fan from way before the DCS, but somewhere along the line, something changed during the run of the show. Can't point my finger on it. Was a great run for awhile though. The 1st Drew/Mimi scene each week became appointment TV for a few seasons that were not to be missed.
"It's not the ups and downs that make life difficult, it's the jerks." Charles Chaplin -
NikolajCostas1005 — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 01:46 AM)
Dark is a good word. There was definitely something weird about the tone of the show toward the end. A lot of it had to do with Drew slowly becoming an unlikable person, which is the opposite of the direction in which the show began.
See you in hell, candy boys! -
turtleturk — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 04:21 AM)
I agree and it's difficult to keep a show that it supposed to fun afloat when the central character begins to become unlikeable. When Drew's character started going south, he seemed to change as well. When you'd see him on talk shows and other interview situations, he just seemed different. Can't put my finger on it, but there was a change.
"It's not the ups and downs that make life difficult, it's the jerks." Charles Chaplin