r/TheGoldbergs • u/strictly_brotherhood • Jul 18 '25
Seasons 1-3 have a totally different vibe to the rest of the show
Some people say it went downhill once the real Adam Goldberg left but I don’t know- I first notice the drop in Season 4.
S1-3 were some of the best pieces of family sitcom I’ve ever seen, they captured a nostalgic feeling wonderfully, even for someone who wasn’t born in the 80s, but from Season 4 onwards they just shoehorn a joke about random 80s toys and movies into every episode (with the characters feeling the need to explain every joke) rather than gently working them into the plot seamlessly. It’s also around this time that the pacing completely changes- the conversation starts moving so fast that it’s difficult to process what each character is saying. The first 3 seasons had much more gentle pacing.
Season 4 is a weak season in my opinion- no episodes are especially great. 5 is slightly better and 6 is a weird one because it has a couple of individually brilliant episodes but they’re mixed in with a bunch of stinkers.
7 I think they were starting to run out of ideas, 8 has far too much focus on Erica and Geoff rather than the more ensemble cast the earlier seasons were. 9 is just weird- you could already tell they were struggling without Pops and Murray disappearing halfway through the season just made it feel extremely lifeless. 10 actually had a handful of good individual scenes but no standout episodes.
If you ask me nothing compares to those first 3 seasons.
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u/RICHLIFTS3k Jul 19 '25
After season 4 i was so sick of seeing Beverly be unbearable to the Frentas and Erica walk all over Geoff. I never could finish season 10. Bevy moved on from Murray way too fast imo.
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u/Diligent_Pin_9153 Jul 18 '25
even season 3 feels different than seasons one and two. quality and vibes wise. season two is literally tv perfection and is so underappreciated by the general public. seasons 1&2 are just peak prime goldbergs. season 3 is an amazing season of tv as well with only one meh episode (wingmom). seasons 4&5 have some banger episodes but there are some fillers in there too. and then season 6 is mostly filler with a few hidden gems (8-bit goldbergs, this is this is spinal tap, pina coloda episode, i lost on jeopardy). and then season 7 had some decent or mid episodes but anything after season 8 is completely unwatchable to me.