Season 1s are great, setup, some payoff, a bit of lead into the overarching story. Then season 2 to X. The heroes win and then lose in the final episode, cliffhanger to next season. People get bored. Final season is announced and they wrap up the show.

  • freamon@endlesstalk.org
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    1 year ago

    It can certainly seem that way sometimes. Shows like The Handmaid’s Tale have been circling the drain of their own premise for a few years now. A big part of it, I think, is that they want to keep their main cast for as long as possible, which limits the options of what can happen.

    Give me a mini-series, or even an anthology series, any day.

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    1 year ago

    I like the idea that a lot of series are repeating Act II over and over. I had never thought of it that way, but it makes a lot of sense.