[ SECRET POST #4901 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4901 ⌋

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

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

DS9 didn't start out as serialized, though. That element was added later. It started out as similarly episodic to TNG. DS9 developed over time. It isn't the same at all as a planned serialized show like B5, even though there are some other elements of those two shows that are similar.

Some shows are serialized. Some shows are serialized and planned. And others are serialized and supposedly planned and yet it turns out they really only planned for one or two seasons. I think this secret is referring more to that kind of show, the prestige kind of serialized show based around a serialized concept where it turns out the writers didn't actually plan past the beginning of their "very cool concept" and it shows.

[(Anonymous)]

That's my point! DS9 is a really successful show despite the fact that it started as a very episodic show (and largely remained that way), and that the serialized elements were developed gradually without detailed planing in advance.

IMO the problems start when the people in charge put too much emphasis on the larger serial plot and it's not good enough. But I also think that, like, if it leads to a bunch of great episodes, it's not really bad writing. Season 1 of Twin Peaks is heavily serialized, and ends without resolving any of the basic serial questions of the show. But it's still one of the best seasons of TV ever made. And that would still be the case no matter how ultimately satisfying or unsatisfying the ultimate answers were.

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Sure. But a serialized, planned show can also be really well done. I don't think serialized or episodic are inherently better. Either can work, and a mix can work. It depends on the show, and it depends on having writers that can find the right balance. And some shows do require having a plan up front, and that's okay. A planned show can be good too with good writers and a good plan.