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Like several reviewers from S10E1, (or perhaps several seasons ago) the comedic genius and nostalgia had started to wane and the show became far too predictable and therefore seemingly repetitive. The season 9 episodes were obviously lacking "Murray" and we could sense something was up. And so combine that with the show already going downhill, if there WAS to be a season 10, it had better be something pretty good.

It's not.

I want to like it. But it is cringy.

This episode )S10E2) is just more of the same. Another excuse to have an 80's actor (David Hasselhoff) who clearly looks at least 35-40 years older than we remember him (and is obviously wearing a wig! Cringe!!), and weak plot lines to keep Adam from leaving home so he can stay at home and be miserable. Dr. Barry (well, med school or pre med school student) still lives at home and still acts like he couldn't pass high school, let alone pre med. But the JTP (JTP! :) still hang around too (full on adults who haven't moved on) The new grandpa... Grumpy like Murray but just a little too late and too obvious as a "replacement" And Beverly... not funny anymore and not convincing as a grieving widow.

All in all, I doubt i will watch any more. This is a case where they should have quit while they were ahead and kept the legacy. But if the show is still making money then I guess they are bound to think of the business more than the integrity. Also, to be fair, the competition may be lacking these days as well.

I've watched every episode of the Goldbergs from seasons 1-9 and just started season 10. Season 10 episode 1 was easily the weakest episode of the series- the writers didn't know how to properly handle Murray's "passing". Episode 2 isn't much better. A week away from leaving for college, Adam throws the curve ball that he's deferring for a year. What an enormous let down for the viewer. Then we have Geoff and Erica, who we learn in Episode 1 will also be living at the Goldbergs home. Pop Pop has moved into the basement of the Goldbergs home, apparently to replace the loss of Pops from a few seasons ago. Barry, despite being in college, is still a constant presence in the house. At this point in the show the JTP are also in college, but still act like they did in high school and, unsurprisingly, are also constantly at the Goldbergs house. The JTP have had absolutely no character development throughout the series.

Old characters that were good we haven't seen in many seasons; Dan Fogler was fantastic as Uncle Marvin. Seeing more Dan Fogler would have been really good for the series, especially as Jeff Garlin was being phased out as Murray. It doesn't make sense that Beverly is always with Mrs. Kremp, but that Chad (her son) hasn't been in an episode since the early seasons. No new characters have been added to liven things up other than the great addition of Richard Kind as Formica Mike in a minor role a few seasons ago.

It seems that at this point the writers of the Goldbergs don't know how to keep the series moving unless each episode revolves around all the main characters living in the same house. The writers could easily have had Geoff and Erica live at the Schwartz house (or the beach house), which if anything would have added a *little* more diversity to the plot. Sending Adam off to college would arguably have given the show the kick it needs- an entirely new location, new characters, and new opportunities for comedy. Instead, we get another year of the entire Goldberg extended family living in the same house. By season 10, this is tedious for the viewer.

The Goldbergs should have ended with season 9 (which already was well past the show's prime). I've kept up with the Goldbergs up to now, but at this point I can't watch any more. The show is derivative of its earlier seasons and isn't offering anything fresh.

In sitcoms the main characters usually experience some sort of change or development throughout the series. In Frasier, Frasier went through a few different jobs, while Niles got divorced, got married, and moved. In It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia the gang learned about Dennis and Dee's parentage, Mac got fat, and the gang even spent a whole season in Ireland. In Modern Family, it seems all the characters developed in some way, including having Phil going from being a real estate agent to a teacher at a community college, while the show was strengthened by having the Dunphy kids go off to college and do internships *away* from the house. To have basically no development in the Goldbergs characters by season 10 and to have them all still be living at home as full-on adults is a huge detriment to the series. The only real development we've seen is the marriage of Erica and Geoff, followed by Beverly's cookbook (but that happened way back in season 6).

TL;DR: The Goldbergs is offering nothing fresh and is bending over backwards to keep everyone (and every episode) revolving around the same house. By season 10, I've had enough of the same old same old.