Because every time I start watching it, it's so fricking unbearably over the top dramatic shit.
It's literally the pagliacci joke reiterated over 6 entire seasons with the Goodfellas chick and Anthony "ayyo Toney, where's the gabagool" Soprano going
"Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Great clown Gabagool is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.' Man bursts into tears. Says, 'But doctor…I am Gabagool.' Good joke. Everybody laugh. Doctor gets r*ped. Play the rolling Stones' Thru and Thru. Footage of waves. Cut to black."
What the frick was their problem? Did the writers, directors think that just because it was mobslop (the goyslop version of the 90's) people would just automatically praise it? (And it worked too). But it looks so comedic now.
How is this not seen as an overly melodramatic piece of shit? 
How is this even a top 25 show of all time, let alone compare with The Wire, Chernobyl or Band of Brothers?
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Yes, I hate it. I think it was big when it came out because every major show on HBO got fetishized as high quality in the 90s/00s and this was the man version of that kind of show, so men watched it, and now it's a meme.
It's shitty r-slurred people doing shitty r-slurred things and it's boring and annoying and equivalent to Lena Dunham's Girls. The superior HBO show is Entourage because it's still about r-slurs, but they're mainly about having fun and being bros.
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