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Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

Hell, I remember shows from when I was a kid in the 1990s that had their story arcs structured in a way to rival many adult shows made today.
My first real introduction to serialized TV was through the 90s animated series ReBoot. It started off episodic in the first season, began dropping hints at future events and had some interconnecting episodes in the second season, and then went fully serialized in the third season. I think that's not a bad way to do it. Not everything has to immediately throw a bunch of questions at you and tease things along for the whole show.
 
My first real introduction to serialized TV was through the 90s animated series ReBoot. It started off episodic in the first season, began dropping hints at future events and had some interconnecting episodes in the second season, and then went fully serialized in the third season. I think that's not a bad way to do it. Not everything has to immediately throw a bunch of questions at you and tease things along for the whole show.
Reboot's third season is an many ways perfection, even twenty years later.
 
Reboot's third season is an many ways perfection, even twenty years later.
It's an amazing piece of storytelling from a time when western children's shows were usually too timid to attempt anything on that scale and with such serious stakes. I hope Prodigy comes close to the same quality.
 
I know it's way too premature to be talking about a series finale, but I'd like to see it end with it showing him happy on Talos IV.
 
The main excuse to have shows where everybody gets a weekly bout of amnesia in the past was because if you missed the episode, you just missed it and had to wait months for a rerun to see it. That's no longer a problem with the Internet and streaming services, so there's no reason in episodic shows not to at least have emotional throughlines.
 
There is also the joy of low maintenance entertainment one can just tune into once in awhile.
 
The main excuse to have shows where everybody gets a weekly bout of amnesia in the past was because if you missed the episode, you just missed it and had to wait months for a rerun to see it. That's no longer a problem with the Internet and streaming services, so there's no reason in episodic shows not to at least have emotional throughlines.
Indeed, yes. Even with modern shows there are moments that are extremely jarring when they miss an emotional beat or a moment and I'm streaming it.

There is also the joy of low maintenance entertainment one can just tune into once in awhile.
I mean, I guess, but that's a rarity for me now. If I want that I revisit old shows.
 
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