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We watched the first two West Wing episodes and that was more than enough of that.

Praise for pre-Sopranos tv dramas has to be understood in context, I guess? (Not that we yet understand the appeal of that show, but perhaps it was pre-Sopranos too, in its way.)

But Battlestar Galactica similarly lost us at hello...as did 24, Deadwood, Carnivale, Arrested Development, CSI, House, Dexter etc. Possibly we stopped too early, but how much of a chance should you give some tv show? What's a good rule.

What's a good rule for books, while I'm asking? 100 pages?

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I think of 2nd seasons as being sucky, some equivalent of novelists' sophomore slump as the writers run dry of ideas, but I guess it must go the other way at least as often.

Anything I got halfway through I'd probably feel obliged to finish.