10 Insane TV Twists That Ruined Their Shows

10. Disenchantment

Let's try to be fair here: after over a decade since his last series premiere, it's reasonable to say that expectations were set a little high for The Simpsons creator Matt Groening's 2018 Netflix show Disenchantment.

With a high concept to kill for in the form of "it's Game of Thrones meets the cartoony silliness and sharp subversive satire of Futurama" (another Groening effort), the show had a lot to live up to. And it didn't fail! For the first season, at least.

But after the viewer was introduced to the show's loveable cast of outcasts like Abbi Jacobson's world weary princess heroine, her volatile king father, and the charming devil on her shoulder played by Eric Andre, the first season's finale revealed that the heroine's beloved recently revived mother was actually a heartless villain responsible for the dark mystery behind the series.

It was a twist too ambitious for a show so silly and lighthearted in tone, and left the show lurching between semi-serious fantasy territory and goofy surreal spoof humour with no consistency.