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King of the Hill is pretty dry in the first season. It has some good jokes, sets up the premise, but it's hard to "get it". The humor is very dry, and to some I assume it's easy to take it as "It's some uptight white guy who likes his job I guess".

Texas City Twister is when all of a sudden the humor just made sense to me. Still very dry humor, but it was so funny. So many great jokes.

Sir if you're calling me a liar you better be holding something stronger than an umbrella. 9 iron ...Y'all have a nice day

I can't live in a beer can I can live in a trailer but I don't have a trailer because the trailer tipped over!

Speaking of Hell, if I wasn't so in control of my emotions I might be so inclined to suggest that's the sort of place making a.. a visit towards!

Fuel Filters?! Honey quick that jackass is buying all the fuel filters! I need a fuel filter what are they for I need one!

I love you! And Bobby! And Luanne! To a lesser extent!

All of these are 100% out of context, but it just hits everything that makes king of the hill funny. Everything is so tongue-in-cheek

Letterkenny, I think it gets good around the end of season 1 or beginning of 2. You still have to watch the first episodes to get an idea of who everyone is and their relationships though. Might have to do with just how strange the characters are in this random small town in Canada. It's pretty tough at first, but once you get to the end of the first season, something clicks and the show becomes pretty hilarious.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. had to vamp for too long before "Turn, Turn, Turn" but it got better and better the loopier it got, and the farther from the canon universe. And yet it's worth watching the early eps because things are set in place that the show runners fulfill later. In some cases much much later, and in some very satisfying ways.

Jericho only lasted 29 episodes, and while I enjoyed them all (plus the graphic novels that continued the story), I will admit it had a shaky start.

It was a mid-2000s CBS show, so it had to appeal to a wide audience, the kind who'd tune in to CBS of all networks during primetime. The show's overall premise had me hooked, but some of the side plots and characters are... distracting, early on.

Most people agree that the show picks up steam partway through the first season, though I haven't seen a consensus about a particular episode. My pick though, episode 7, "Long Live the Mayor".

The Sopranos, when Anthony Jr. starts piecing together what he's a part of at Jackie's funeral.

Trailer Park Boys, EP2 or so.
Benidorm, EP3.

You should do a reverse one lol. For me that would be family guy: first few seasons are funny af then...a very steep drop

Technically a streaming series rather than a TV series, but the second campaign of Critical Role (Mighty Nein). I started watching the series after seeing how popular Critical Role was online and that Mighty Nein was recommended for CR beginners, but I really didn't get it at first; it seemed so boring and slow. Still I stuck with it (listening to it in the background while I did other stuff), and I remember there were two specific moments where I finally understood its popularity:

Not that it was bad before, but the dark comedy of Succession didn't really click for me until the "Boar on the Floor" scene, Season 2 episode 3.

Steins;Gate season 2. Almost at the end.

What happens at that moment onwards signifies everything prior and even elevates the previous season even more (which is crazy cuz Steins;Gate S1 es perfect as is).

Prophecy Girl

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure part 1 is good, not great. It has its moments. Part 2 is noticeably better, there's a reason a lot of fans suggest skipping part 1 and coming back for it later.