[ SECRET POST #4769 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4769 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

If you don't like arcs, then what modern tv do you watch? Most modern tv does arcs. And Trek has done arcs since DS9. That doesn't mean that is all Picard will be (I expect we'll get plenty of episodic stuff too), but arcs have been part of the Trek formula for a long time, and they aren't going to go back to episodic-only. That just isn't modern tv.

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NAYRT

Arcs can vary a lot in how much of the show they take up. It's quite a different thing if the serialized arc elements of a show take up 10% of the show, versus 90% of a show. And I definitely prefer the lower end of serialization, like AYRT - I want time for the characters and their situation to breathe - and as it's becoming more and more common for TV shows to be heavily if not exclusively serialized, I've just started finding fewer and fewer TV shows I like watching.

[(Anonymous)]

Anon from one two comments up - Yes, this. I don't mind overreaching story arcs, but I find it exhausting when a show is nothing but. It's too intense to make for comfort watching. For that, I tend to turn on old favourites were I can pick a random episode or two of self-contained stories and then put the show away and leave with a sense of closure. No need to remember what exactly happened in the episodes before or wonder what will happen after. So many current shows are simply not suited for casual watching. With seasons that are one big tightly-woven story, watching one episode alone feels like watching only a section of a movie. You can do it, sure, but it's unsatisfying, always only a part of the whole. And highly serialized shows are almost always so intense. They are not suited for relaxing, casual watching. They are made to be events, create buzz and keep the watchers impatiently waiting for more.