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Even just a couple years ago, 22-23 episodes was pretty standard.
The final season of ENT had 22 episodes. And I remember when that was considered short.
That's true for me of episodic too. At least with serialization things feel like they matter, for the most part. Obviously there are exceptions and episodic shows can do character arcs well, and serialized shows can do them poorly. But, if an episodic show has a bad episode I'm just as likely to be done with it.
This is what we’ve been talking about for the last 4 pages or so
Clearly not as bad as Move Along Home, If Wishes Were Horses, or The Fight
There were 32 episodes in 2020, the most in any calendar year since 1999 (which had 40 episodes). 1993's 56 episodes is still the most in a year (all years from 1993 to 1998 had about 50-some odd episodes).
It's very possible we'll be seeing 56 episode years again.
It's very possible we'll be seeing 56 episode years again.
Sometimes we were lucky to get 10 good ones out of that 26.
Clearly not as bad as Move Along Home, If Wishes Were Horses, or The Fight
Two of those I quite like, and one I don’t remember from the title.
My least favourite episode, (Enterprise notwithstanding because I haven’t managed to put myself through all of it, and ditto DSC because I kind of stopped midway through S2 and just haven’t got the desire to go back) is actually Fistful of Data’s.
I highly doubt that. Why would they double book a week when they could simply air new eps for another 4 weeks. And counting a 1/2 hour cartoon the same as 1 episode of DS9 is not really a good comparison, especially when we start getting Prodigy which is geared towards kids. So maybe we do get adult Trek and Kiddie Trek in the same week after it becomes clear that not as many adults watch it.
This is what we’ve been talking about for the last 4 pages or so
Didn’t read the thread, just dropped a comment on what I saw and moved on.
"Kiddie Trek" vs. "Adult Trek". Oy vey. The show hasn't even aired and we're already dismissing it as nonconsequential.
And I didn't just count the "1/2 hour cartoons" as full episodes, but the one 15 minute Short Trek (Children of Mars) that aired in 2020. All Star Trek is equal in my eyes. I make no judgment on the quantity or quality of an episode.
52 is probably the cap if all the shows are airing on P+. But with Prodigy likely transitioning to Nickelodeon for its second season first airings, and rumors of the CW airing the Academy show, we have openings outside the 52 limit.
Granted, we'll probably never get there, with the self-inflicted limit of about five shows in production at a time.
Like how Futurama described TOS. "79 episodes, about 30 good ones."Sometimes we were lucky to get 10 good ones out of that 26.
And now thanks to streaming services, you can watch those 30 and get 30 complete stories.
With serialised re-watching a single episode is not as satisfying an experience.
Satisfaction is in the eyes of the beholder.
This is where I'm at. Very few serialized shows have any rewatch value. Lower Decks has been the only one that I revisit regularly.
I revisit PIC more than DSC, partly I suppose because there are less than a third as many episodes thus far and less to catch up on. Plus it's a better-written series than DSC which says a lot for how unfocused the latter has been over its run.
I rarely rewatch episodes anymore. TOS maybe but rewatch value in Trek is just not top of the list of priorities in entertainment. What I enjoy in serialized shows is those scenes. From Daredevil to Discovery there are gorgeous scenes that embody what I enjoy. Those I watch again and again.
I guess their is a first time for anything. Not sure what a angry Trek fan would even be like.
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