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Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

You can't have good worldbuilding without good characters, and vice versa... there's no way to answer the question IMO. I would say though, I'd rather have a show with great characters & worldbuilding that eventually goes off the rails plot-wise (e.g. Game of Thrones, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, The 100) than something with a clear narrative direction, but characters you just can't bring yourself to give a stuff about (harder to give examples, but "Another Life" on Netflix is a recent example: I actually thought the idea behind it was great and the stuff it established, but if they'd all died at the end I would not have batted an eye).

Edited to add even more shows that "lost the plot". I can think of so many .

Ozark? I only watched a few episodes but stopped watching because I couldn't bring myself to like any of the characters. There was another one I'm trying to remember but I remember thinking I wouldn't care if they all died