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. And------I 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
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NikolajCostas1005
9 years ago
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.
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turtleturk
9 years ago
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
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