[ SECRET POST #4901 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4901 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, totally! My point is that planning (a) is not necessary to make good episodes of a TV show and (b) doesn't always make a show better.

I think the problem with the later mytharc episodes wasn't just the fact that they had a plan, it's that they changed the tone of the show as a result of having the plan - they made it feel way less weird and atmospheric and conspiratorial. There's no fundamental reason that having a plan means that you have to change the conspiratorial vibes. It kind of feels like the vagueness in earlier seasons was just a way to be lazy and not come up with a story, not an intentional choice. Which is a shame because that atmosphere is one of the best parts of the show.

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Of course it isn't necessary for good tv, and the secret maker isn't saying that I don't think. But some shows, by there very design, do need planning, and when those writers don't plan far enough ahead and then fumble when the show reaches the point where they haven't planned any more, that reflects badly on the writer. There are also some shows where they did plan ahead and it worked really well. So planning ahead can make good tv, although it isn't necessary.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree that planning ahead can make good TV but I don't think that it's necessary and more I don't think that it's virtuous or a sign of good writing. If someone just made it up as they went along, I don't think that's necessarily the reason that it's bad writing, which I think OP implies.

And the other problem that I have with this way of thinking is that it I think it devalues the individual episodes.