***WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS***
The first two seasons of this show were excellent, with good character development and great comedy. However, season 3 started to kill this show, partly because the pizza place was abandoned, but mainly because Pete and Sharon didn't end up being together and because Berg and Ashley broke up. It was so obvious that the writers did this only to prolong the show, because if they had done this, the show would have ended in the third season. It would've been fine with me, since most of season 2 was Berg courting Ashley and numerous hints that Pete and Sharon "meant to be". It would have been great if the third season focused on Pete/Sharon and Berg/Ashley getting together because after all, Johnny and Irene were secondary characters (in terms of time on screen and dialogue) compared to these 4. The show started to lose its appeal (also shown in the ratings at the time) in the third season, and was moved to the Friday night death slot for the fourth season. This is when the show started to get extremely bad - the comedy practically vanished, the plot lines were dull, and the show ended up being "Three Guys and Three Girls" rather than "Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place". Also, the fact that Pete/Ashley and Berg/Irene ended up being together was simply absurd - it just made no sense given their history of mocking and hating each other.
In a nutshell, I would have preferred 3 great seasons instead of 2 great seasons, 1 sub-par season, and 1 horrendous season. It's a shame because the show was great initially, but it ended up getting ruined.
The first two seasons of this show were excellent, with good character development and great comedy. However, season 3 started to kill this show, partly because the pizza place was abandoned, but mainly because Pete and Sharon didn't end up being together and because Berg and Ashley broke up. It was so obvious that the writers did this only to prolong the show, because if they had done this, the show would have ended in the third season. It would've been fine with me, since most of season 2 was Berg courting Ashley and numerous hints that Pete and Sharon "meant to be". It would have been great if the third season focused on Pete/Sharon and Berg/Ashley getting together because after all, Johnny and Irene were secondary characters (in terms of time on screen and dialogue) compared to these 4. The show started to lose its appeal (also shown in the ratings at the time) in the third season, and was moved to the Friday night death slot for the fourth season. This is when the show started to get extremely bad - the comedy practically vanished, the plot lines were dull, and the show ended up being "Three Guys and Three Girls" rather than "Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place". Also, the fact that Pete/Ashley and Berg/Irene ended up being together was simply absurd - it just made no sense given their history of mocking and hating each other.
In a nutshell, I would have preferred 3 great seasons instead of 2 great seasons, 1 sub-par season, and 1 horrendous season. It's a shame because the show was great initially, but it ended up getting ruined.