What would your major examples be of shows that started of well but then became woke or pushed the usual "trendy" agendas? The first one that comes to mind for me would be Westworld. The first season was amazing, and the second season wasn't so bad, but I stopped watching after a few episodes of the third season when the one lady took out a criminal organization and then didn't kill the boss of the organization because she respected a woman in power.
If I were to bet, I would say this next season of Stranger Things will really sideline the four guys and star the shoehorned lesbian chick. The last season was the last I was going to watch because it seemed to turn into another girl power show.
I know it is a movie but I thought Logan was a good movie but the more I think of it the more I realize that was the first example I saw of the trend of the man dying and passing the torch to a much better female. I can see the new Indiana Jones movie doing that.
The Mentalist.
For those not familiar with it, it's a show about an expert cold reader whose family was murdered by a serial killer. So he starts working with the police as a consultant to help them solve crimes all the while trying to catch the serial killer who killed his family. Like a much darker version of Psych or any of the other Sherlock Holmes style detective shows out there.
But there's this one episode (4-21, "Ruby Slippers") where the case of the week involves a bunch of drag queens. I remember watching that episode late at night and I was falling asleep and the whole thing just felt so out of place like a bad dream. It was no longer a show about a guy tracking the serial killer who murdered his family so he could get revenge. It was no longer a show about some expert helping the police solve crimes in his own way. And it wasn't an episode to pad the season. It felt just like it was a "very special episode" that existed for the sole reason of presenting a social justice message. It's been so long since I watched that show (and I never finished the last season) so I can't say the whole show went woke, but that episode did.
He hadn't caught the guy that far into the series? Did he get close a bunch of times?
The good news is he does catch the guy. The bad news is the show keeps going from there.
There was all kinds of conspiracy stuff going on as to who the real killer was like there was a big secret cover up. Really crazy shit. The show wasn't that bad for what it was but that particular episode really stood out.