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this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2024
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This graph just highlights the problem with popular TV shows that had no real plan for where they would go.
You do a season, it's popular, people want more. Eventually your quality declines, people lose interest and they just end weakly, if they even get that rather than abruptly cancelled.
If we only had one season of Heroes, we'd still be talking about it in the same hushed tones as Firefly, but it didn't and so we don't. It's just another in a long line of shows that started interesting, and quickly became mediocre. For that reason I'm kind of glad Firefly only got one.
I really don't want a show that lasts for 10 seasons. That's a massive time commitment. I want a story in as few episodes as it takes to tell it well. At least have an outline of what's going to happen, even if you haven't written it all out in full.
Same. I like it when shows do not overstay their welcome, and like it much worse when the writers pad the story for an extra season or three.
The IT Crowd is a fine example of this. Any more, or any less, and we might have been disappointed as an audience.
Meanwhile it is my hope that What we do in the Shadows knows when to call it quits.
depending on the show, community for example you can kinda just wrap it up and end it whenever you feel like due to the show writing.
I believe there's an entire episode written as the ending of the show, only to come back because actually get fucked, and the weird thing is that it kinda works.