MyShows Awards 2025: Cringe of the year
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"All's Fair"
Drama, legal | 3.11 out of 5 on MyShows | 1 season | 2025–...
Divorce lawyer Allura Grant leaves her law firm and opens her own firm with female lawyers exclusively for female clients. She and her team handle cases for wealthy and influential women, expose spouses' infidelities, and contest large prenuptial agreements. Conflicts and rivalries develop within the firm, and the characters' personal relationships intertwine with their professional lives.
The show starring Kim Kardashian received extremely low ratings from critics, who called it "one of the worst drama series" and "a crime against television".
"So far, it's just some kind of refined soap opera with beautiful sets. I don't understand why it's impossible to make a show about luxurious, intelligent, and strong women without all this: 'Ten years ago today, we stepped from the pAtRiArChY...' — and a million other pretentious and forced phrases about unbroken, courageous, and most importantly, impeccably tasteful tigresses. The internet has already pounced on Kim, but I'm dying with Nishi Nash (despite all my love for the series Claws), I only perceive her in comedic roles. Every phrase she utters turns everything into some kind of theatrical surrealism. The hysterics of the character Polson (even after 10 years? — always) are just crazy. Overall, you can watch it as theatrical surrealism. A polished picture with a striking amount of pathos, but I'll keep watching because it started with AI — watching all of Murphy's projects and being perplexed (and at some point I'll ask for more)", — dariatae
"It was interesting to watch, but the whole series felt like some kind of mess, and in the last episode, this mess reached its climax. The best lawyers lack critical thinking, and brains in general. Terrible ending", — IrinaNavy
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"Sirens"
Drama, comedy | 3.68 out of 5 on MyShows | 1 season | 2025
Devon DeWitt arrives on a luxurious coastal island to protect her younger sister Simone from her wealthy and mysterious boss, Michaela "Kiki" Kell. Simone has become Kiki's personal assistant and lives in her posh mansion, ignoring her family and her father's health. Devon is convinced that Simone's relationship with Kiki is toxic and possibly even dangerous.
The series often shifts moods — from comedy to drama to strange mysticism — without a clear structure, which many found chaotic and overwhelming. This creates the feeling that "the show doesn't know what it wants to be".
"Somehow it turned out very strange, empty, and meaningless. Gathering a cast of unrealistically talented actresses and giving them a script like this is some kind of crime against art. I was really looking forward to the series, and I really liked how everything looked in terms of visuals and aesthetics, and the Feighy/Alcok/Moore trio was simply mesmerizing as a concept. I thought it might be a good murder mystery, or at least a detective story with some cultural elements. I would have even been happy to see some occult or magical elements, which would have worked really well. But in the end, we have literally five hours of vague drama about nothing. The plot literally leads us nowhere, the characters are completely cardboard cutouts, and all their actions (especially Simon's) feel so illogical that at times I just wanted to turn it off. If you think about it, the series seems to lack texture; there is no climactic element that would tie all the events together", — artnovv
"The cast is solid, the picture is beautiful, but that's about it! It's a series for background viewing, for one time. It's somehow chaotic and crumpled, and the plot also leaves much to be desired... There are more exciting mini-series for one evening, but this one is just average", — _Obscene_show
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"Pluribus"
Drama, sci-fi | 4.18 out of 5 on MyShows | 1 season | 2025–...
An alien virus has spread across Earth and turned almost the entire human population into a calm, happy collective mind — similar to a "smart hive". Most people have lost their individuality and seek only harmony, peace, and universal agreement. But writer Carol is immune to the virus and tries to figure out if the planet can be saved.
Critics have called the show pretentious or pseudo-philosophical without a clear purpose, so the impression it leaves is that of an "expensive but meaningless art project".
"The first episode didn't impress me. It's really drawn out, and there's not enough intrigue yet. I don't know why everyone is so excited about the kids; somehow, 'two scary children' is even clichéd. The only moment I really liked was the conversation with WE when he chose the government representative who was wearing a suit. We'll see what happens next. Breaking Bad didn't grab me right away either, so I'm not going to write it off just yet. It's beautifully shot", — fuck1ng_unreal
"After watching the episode, I thought, why am I watching this? On the other hand, why do I watch the sunset or a bonfire... It's beautiful, I guess", — id537024902
"I like the visuals, I like what they're showing. But I gave up and started watching at 1.5x speed", — GutaShuhart
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"And Just Like That..."
Drama, comedy, romance | 3.41 out of 5 on MyShows | 3 seasons | 2021–2025
Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes, and Charlotte York — friends from the cult classic "Sex and the City" — continue their friendship at the age of 50. They still live in New York City and face the realities of middle age, new relationships, career changes, self-discovery, and the balance between personal life and friendship.
The characters in the sequel sometimes behave in ways that seem different from how fans remember them, which is confusing for the audience. The absence of Samantha (Kim Cattrall), a key figure in the original, also reinforced the perception of the show as incomplete and "not the same".
"It started so well and ended so badly. Every episode of this season resembled a creepy mess with naive and stupid dialogues, very terrible acting by secondary and minor characters, and the last episode was a laughable panorama of decay... A shitty episode, the last thing you expect from a series like this is toilet humor. It feels like the writers should be kept in mind and never watch the next series they appear in. The coolest character in the series is Samantha, who read the script and said, "I'm not playing in this." God bless this woman!" — igorian2001
"I watched Sex and the City when I was a teenager, and I loved it because it reflected what I wanted to have as an adult: a job I liked, meeting up with friends, going out, looking for love. But now I can't relate to the characters in this sequel, to their lives, it's so far from reality, much further than in the original series", — Chernica
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"Emily in Paris"
Drama, comedy, romance | 4.24 out of 5 on MyShows | 5 seasons | 2020–...
Emily Cooper is a young American from Chicago who comes to Paris to work for a prestigious marketing company. She faces distrust from her French colleagues and a language barrier, but gradually learns to navigate her new life. Throughout the seasons, she balances her professional ambitions, personal life, and friendships, facing challenges, love triangles, and decisions about her future.
In the fifth season, Emily and Marcello's romance was considered illogical and poorly developed, and the chapter lacked conflict and motivation, making the scenes seem unnatural and "overacted".
"It feels like the season was pulled out of thin air, and while the fourth season had a 'wow' effect from the action moving to Rome, here everything is somehow boring and monotonous. They get together, then they break up. We've already seen it all with Gabriel and Alfie, so why repeat it all over again? I absolutely love the character of Sylvie, but I feel like this season was mostly devoted to her. Her character arc is much more interesting than that of the main character, with more emotions and more events, even if they all revolve around her love of sex. In general, I don't know why the creators are stretching the series out over an endless number of seasons when, in the end, everything will come back to Gabriel anyway", — kapitoshkovna
"I didn't really like the costumes this season. The makeup and hairstyle for Emily weren't quite right either. She looked tired for half the season. Or maybe that was the idea? Maybe Emily herself was tired of the writers constantly pushing great love on her and then breaking it up for no reason", — a1380956
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"The Witcher"
Drama, fantasy, action | 4.18 out of 5 on MyShows | 4 seasons | 2019–...
Geralt of Rivia, a witcher and monster hunter, travels across the Continent, taking on jobs for a modest fee. He encounters dangerous monsters, wars, and magical intrigues, and takes Ciri, the heir to the kingdom of Cintra with powerful "old blood", under his protection. Together with the sorceress Yennefer, they try to survive in a world where people are sometimes more dangerous than monsters.
In the fourth season of "The Witcher", some viewers considered the series to be a letdown due to the change of Geralt from Henry Cavill to Liam Hemsworth, which altered the character's charisma and tone. The season also came under fire for deviating from Sapkowski's original books: the plot twists and the characters' behavior often seem uncanonical and inconsistent.
"Yeah, this sucks. They apparently decided to make up for Cavill's absence with a mediocre script, no main characters, and a bunch of guts. This season turned out to be a low-quality parody of Game of Thrones. As someone already said, it's like watching bad fan fiction", — wassabii
"I avoided the series for years. I didn't read the books, didn't play the games, and the miscast doesn't bother me. I watched three seasons in one go, and the fourth came out two weeks later — I didn't have to wait long. And it's as if the whole season... is about nothing. The plot is treading water, all the characters are essentially where they were, with zero progress. Yes, Bonart is a cool killer — and that's it", — namo
"The authors tried to stick to the canon in some moments, but they still got caught up in some kind of heresy. Starting with these monoliths, continuing with the killing of everyone left and right (what do I want, if they killed Eskel, yes, I love him very much), rewriting the Kagyr canon, changing the characters' races, ending with Emgyr hiring some kind of beast (I honestly can't remember such a moment in the book). Overall, Emgyr is some kind of tube. He doesn't inspire fear in me at all", — GingerUnicorn
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and among the other applicants, the choice immediately falls on him, if evaluated equally.
"And just like that," it was the best season of all.
Emily, well, worse than the first ones, but definitely not a cringe.
And the Witcher, well, listen, the first episodes were not familiar, and then the norm. Yes, it's also worse than the others, but not a cringe, as it were. Let there be a stream of minuses
Everyone scolds the Witcher, but I even liked the norm)
Which, by the way, did not prevent it from being extended.
Chet Murphy is completely exhausted.
How's the "Beauty" of it, by the way, haven't you watched it? I haven't watched it yet, but I wouldn't want to miss the new project with Evan. But the cast is confusing, especially the presence of Bella Haddid.
Requests to let Gabriel leave the series were unsuccessful, and in the last season we watched him suffer in Emily's corner again.
P. S. And no, this is not some kind of "abstruse project" with great meanings and ideas. It's quite pop. But it seems that some people are already having such a hard time keeping their attention. This is not the problem of the series.
But of course it's The Witcher. If you're talking about the series as a whole, it's such a disappointment. He could be something grand with good treatment, but it turned out to be a lot of bullshit, it's better to watch the "Myth".
About the "Pluribus" it is clear that many did not go (although I also do not understand why it is just a "cringe". A very original idea at least). But why do they always release "Emily in Paris", which was never a series with any claims, but just a cute light series about a girl's travels in Europe? And they come out very successfully on New Year's holidays, when you want something light and carefree with a glass of wine.
"Sirens" - hz, what was that all about. The actresses are good in beautiful outfits and sets, but I still haven't been able to fully catch up with the whys and wherefores. I actually thought by the name that the series was about mermaids, lol, it turned out not.
But have you ever seen "Everything is Fair"?
My top:
The witcher
And just like that
Sirens
I can't even say that I watched them, because in real life I rewound more from one cringe-worthy moment to another equally cringe-worthy one.