Water cooler chat question

[Marthe48]

What television show disturbed you the most?
Years ago, I had trouble watching Days of Our Lives when Marlana's evil twin had Marlana committed and stole her life. I don't watch soaps anymore,b ut that sticks in my mind.

What do they call water cooler chat now?

[Mike Nelson]

1. Hmm...

... I had trouble watching soaps because nothing ever seemed to happen! (except Dark Shadows)...

... my answer is THE OUTER LIMITS.

[Marthe48]

7. This is the only show I've watched

Sure showing my age.

[Harker]

11. Same here.

It frightened me as a tot with scary monsters, and later disturbed me in a beneficial way, as good science fiction should, by highlighting some of the dilemmas we face.

It compelled me to think, and I'm better for it.

Twilight Zone, similarly.

[Lars39]

2. Torchwood: Miracle Day

[Marthe48]

8. I watched part of an episode of Torchwood

I think. The Earth people were beating the crap out of an alien, because evidently the alien couldn't feel pain. It was brutal and that was it for me.

[Lars39]

12. I probably couldn't watch it now.

Those were my crocheting days…a lot slipped by me.

[jcgoldie]

3. rescue me

Was binge watching that Dennis Leary series with my wife last year. Then there's an episode where the protagonist straight up rapes his ex wife and leaves smiling. It was so sickening the way it was presented that I was done with that shit forever. I wasn't a huge Dennis Leary fan before but absolutely can't stand him now.

[Aristus]

4. "Black Mirror".

Probably shouldn't come as a surprise. It was intended to disturb. I was days getting over some of those episodes...

[Midnight Writer]

5. I Love Lucy. Warped my attitude towards marriage.

I used to cringe as a kid when I watched Lucy and Ricky lying and scheming against each other every week.

I was absolutely mortified when Lucy would show up at Ricky's job wearing some kind of ridiculous disguise and disrupt the place, or plot behind Ricky's back.

To me, their (TV) marriage was totally adversarial and I couldn't understand why they would enter into it in the first place, let alone stay around with a partner that can't be trusted.

Others were Dallas, where JR was a total prick but all the ladies (both on the show and in real life) were falling all over the guy, and General Hospital's Luke and Laura storyline, where Luke raped Laura and it was deemed romantic, and then she married her rapist in a much lauded TV event.

And don't get me started on the movie Grease, where the smart, sweet, gorgeous girl with a bright future decided to turn into a punk so the loutish school bully will date her.

[Marthe48]

6. All good points

I listen to the True Oldies Channel. A lot of the early rock'n'roll songs are filled with barely veiled threats and stalking themes. The guy bands seem to sing about 'never leave me' and the lady bands seem to sing about 'don't hurt me' Might just be my outlook :/

[Midnight Writer]

10. Donavan's Sunshine Superman comes to mind. Apparently about his real life stalking of a victim.

[rurallib]

13. really? never would have got that from that song.

Now, Lennon's 'Girl' on Rubber Soul was flat out blatant.

[Mike Nelson]

15. I think...

... that song was about an LSD trip.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. Marcus Welby

The episodes when kids got life threatening illnesses. One in particular was about a little girl that had leukemia.

[Rizen]

14. I remember as a kid Invader Zim...

Had an episode called Dark Harvest where the main character, an alien, was hunting down school kids and stealing their organs, eating them, and replacing them with appliances. That freaked me out. Not a kid friendly concept.

[Marthe48]

16. I have never heard of the show

That episode sounds creepy. :/