I agree so much with this. I've been thinking lately how much I miss old-style episodic shows, where the central focus was on the characters, a particular setting, and a theme, and you'd get self-contained stories where you had the opportunity to just...get to know the characters, and maybe see them get a break. Hell, sometimes, you'd even get a glimpse at what they did in their downtime! They'd actually have downtime!
It's not even that I don't like the modern "prestige television" model, with tightly-plotted arcs. I do. But I want the other kind of TV to exist, too. Sometimes, you just want to sit down with 45 minutes of characters you love getting into a mess that you know will be resolved by the time the credits roll.
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I agree so much with this. I've been thinking lately how much I miss old-style episodic shows, where the central focus was on the characters, a particular setting, and a theme, and you'd get self-contained stories where you had the opportunity to just...get to know the characters, and maybe see them get a break. Hell, sometimes, you'd even get a glimpse at what they did in their downtime! They'd actually have downtime!
It's not even that I don't like the modern "prestige television" model, with tightly-plotted arcs. I do. But I want the other kind of TV to exist, too. Sometimes, you just want to sit down with 45 minutes of characters you love getting into a mess that you know will be resolved by the time the credits roll.