20 Great TV Shows That Everybody Turned Against

20. Prison Break

Prison Break opens with Michael Scofield deliberately getting arrested so he can be sent to the same prison as his brother Lincoln, who was framed for murder. As Michael prepares to break out, the siblings find themselves caught in a global conspiracy.

While Prison Break had a great hook, the main reason it worked is that most episodes ended with not one, but a plethora of cliffhangers. Twists and turns occurred non-stop, making it impossible to tell what would happen next.

By the second season, the Scofields and several other prisoners had escaped and were now on the run. Although ditching the initial premise could've backfired, the change-up stopped the season from feeling like more of the same. But when the ensemble was tossed into another prison in the third season, things started getting tedious and ridiculous. Characters were killed off and resurrected over and over, the leads kept making baffling decisions solely to drag out the already implausible story, and it became clear that Prison Break was relying on shock value more than smart storytelling - and even die-hard fans didn't stick around to see how it ended.