Review of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

PLEASE READ THIS TO THE END!!! For starters, what the hell was this???? I mean, I know it's a parody show but... having tons of unjustified fan service, cringy OVERRATED internal MC dialogues, and the most boring and random cast you could ever think of... is absolute missed potential here ladies and gentlemen. But hold up! I said it has tons of crap but is still "missed potential"??? The hell am I talking about???? (Note : I will be talking about both seasons here and not just the first. I'll explain why at the end) Well, the thing is, this show starts as an actually geniune mystery/supernatural show. The first6 episodes titled, you guessed it, "The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya", sets the stage for something grand, something unique. I would have been OKAY and FORGIVING even it slapped its meta humour on top of the supernatural stuff, but instead, what this show ended up doing is "supernatural stuff slapped on top of cringy slice of life meta humour'

After finishing the first 6 episodes you might think that the sky is the limit, right? right???
Wrooooooooong.
After those episodes, we get nothing but a lame baseball match, an undercooked small island ark, an infamously controversial set of 8 identical episodes, followed by the worst arc of them all, AND FINALLY one boring slow episode that does LITERALLY NOTHING.
Everything you shouldn't be doing in a supernatural parody show was done here.
HOWEVER, I think it deserves a watch for two BIG REASONS. The first being that it is an infamous show that you need to know of. While the second is that... the final episode was not the end. After the release of seaon two, we got something huge. A movie titled "The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya" which is, hands down, one of the best cinematic experiences ever. A movie that you cannot miss.
To actually FEEL the movie, you NEED to watch the show.
Now how come a bad mid show be so essential? Well, just as I told you, the movie slaps hard that it makes you like the characters and the world that you hated initially.

Now... there is one crutial detail about the airing of this show.
This show was released in NO ORDER. Can you believe that?
Even if you go to wikipedia, you will only find multiple different watch orders which I think are... let's just say the creators themselves had no idea what they were doing.
However, I took it upon myself to come up with the most tolerable watch order that would allow the consumers to make sense of this show.
There you go :
-I- Season 1
01 - The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part One
02 - The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Two
03 - The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Three
04 - The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Four
05 - The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Five
06 - The Boredom Of Haruhi Suzumiya
07 - Remote Island Syndrome Part One
08 - Remote Island Syndrome Part Two
09 - Mystérique Sign
10 - The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Six
-II- Season 2
01 - Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody
02 - The Sight Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part One
03 - The Sight Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Two
04 - The Sight Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Three
05 - The Sight Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Four
06 - The Sight Of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Five
07 - Live Alive
08 - Someday in The Rain
09 - The Day Of Sagittarius
10 - Endless Eight I
11 - Endless Eight II
12 - Endless Eight VIII
-III- The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya

I split them in the form of seasons because it's more fitting. What I mean is that once you reach the tenth episode in this order, you can consider that a either a turning point that you should be prepared for, OR a stopping point if you decide to drop the show. Maybe you'll get it once you watch it.
As for the "Endless Eight" episodes there were EIGHT OF THEM but I believe you only need those three that I listed here. You can find more info about endless eight in youtube because, wo ho ho I DO NOT INTEND ON BRINGING THIS TOPIC IN HERE.
And finally, if you wish, you can just skip "The Sight Of Haruhu" episodes. I only listed them here because they are one of the infamous things about this show.
Anyways, I hope this helps.