[ SECRET POST #4244 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4244 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Jane Austen's Emma]


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05. [SPOILERS for The 100]

[Monty Green/Harper McIntyre]


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06. [WARNING for discussion of incest]

[The 100]


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07. [WARNING for discussion of fictional shota/bestiality/rape]























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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

IA in principle but I also feel like just, like, skipping the shitty seasons is often a good option to explore

There's no law saying that you have to watch every episode of a TV show

[(Anonymous)]

There's no law saying that you have to watch every episode of a TV show

...no shit? Some people don't like feeling like they're missing a lot of important stuff or not get references to earlier episodes

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry if I offended you?

I think it's a balance between those feelings and the burden of forcing yourself to watch shitty episodes? Or, like, choosing to just read about an episode on Wikipedia to see if you're missing anything? IDK, I get the impression from people talking about the way that they watch TV that a lot of people are really committed to completism in a way that's alien to me and that I don't think really makes a lot of sense.

[(Anonymous)]

IA too, though other than TNG, very few shows' first two seasons are uniformly bad.

op

[(Anonymous)]

It just so happens TNG was the show that inspired this secret!

AYRT

[(Anonymous)]

HA!

(*solidarity-five*)

Re: op

[(Anonymous)]

With TNG, just watch the pilot, then that S2 ep where Data plays Sherlock Holmes on the holodeck, then skip to S3.

Re: op

[(Anonymous)]

You don't need to watch the first couple seasons of TNG to understand the later ones. There's not really an overarching plot like with more recent tv shows. Really you could watch any episode in any order unless it's a two parter. Even with the episodes that bring in recurring characters, they set up the episodes well enough where you can get the drift of whats going on even if you didn't see the character's introduction.

But that said, season one of TNG is pretty frickin hilarious, I appreciate the campy shittyness of it and how off the wall some of the plots are.

Re: op

[(Anonymous)]

LMAO OP, as someone who struggled through the first two seasons of TNG. I'd say watch the "Best of" eps that everyone praises if you really want to watch it. I've watched it all and honestly? Not super worth it.

[philstar22]

Well, I'd say season 1 of Babylon 5 is not great. B5 is probably my favorite show of all time. But I had to force myself to keep watching through season 1, and I usually only pick and choose a few episodes on rewatch. It was once I hit season 2 that suddenly I fell in love.

[cloudtrader]

There are a few season 2 episodes that are secret favs of mine, one I even wrote fanfic about back when I was in high school in the 90s (don't worry, it never made it to the internet, I think I showed it to my best friend and that's it).

[(Anonymous)]

Idk, if you can just skip a high amount of episodes up to entire seasons of a show without missing much, chances are it's not and probably won't be a particularly good show.

[(Anonymous)]

Many tv shows can have a rough first (or more) season because the people making it were still finding their marks at that point. Or, even if the first season isn't bad, the subsequent seasons could be on a whole other level. Fringe, Babylon 5, Next Generation, Buffy, etc. That's the reason I try to always hang on for at least the first (or the first two) season of a show before giving up on it. I've never been let down so far.

But, like it had been said here, you can simply look out for a resume of the episodes you're gonna skip then try watching the rest of the episodes from that point on. And, when you're finished watching (if it caught your interest) you could then watch the season(s) you've missed. Often, with the added benefice of perspective those episodes could look to you a lot better than they did the first time you've watched them.

[(Anonymous)]

I watched TNG during its initial run starting in '87. It really was the high point of 80s tv, tbh. That's how boring 80s tv was. I thought the first season of B5 was unwatchable and never went back. Never saw Buffy cuz I didn't like the movie that spawned it. But Fringe? The first two season of that show are great! It's the last two seasons that were horrible.

[(Anonymous)]

TNG being the trope namer for "growing a beard" is a very good example of a show that improve a lot in quality. It's one of my childhood show and I still love it, but yes, some episode could drag on.

B5 is an epic show and one with a very consistent overall story (everything was planned by the creator since the start). I kinda want to rewatch it now. The first season impact the rest of the story but is still skippable. The captain change from the first to the subsequent seasons. So, if you weren't attached to Sinclair maybe you'll like Sheridan better ?

Fringe is awesome, as are the first two seasons. But it's often agreed that the show became something even better (grew a beard) during season 3/4.

Buffy the movie is very different from Buffy the tv show because Josh Whedon didn't have much control for the Buffy The Movie. Again, if you find the first season unwatchable, you could read a resume of the episodes then start with season 2. However, one of the best thing about this show, for me, is the gradual character development. So, a resume wouldn't let you have a good feel of how the character are and of their relationships. It's a shorter season too so maybe if you watch an episode here and there it should be ok. Better, instead of watching the whole season just watch the "must see" episodes.

[(Anonymous)]

IDK, I don't think so? A series can be very uneven in quality, and still have good parts that are really good and worth watching.

[(Anonymous)]

Not necessarily. Some TV shows are very episodic and don't rely heavily upon a season long plot arc. This was and is still done on purpose - it's because they're not always written and filmed in the same chronological order as they're aired. Another reason is for syndication, where episodes might be broadcast out of order. The fact that you don't have to watch every single episode in order to understand what's going on is, under many circumstances, not a bug but a feature. It's very common.