• yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    When a show focuses on women in season 1 and in season 2 they add a white male character as a love interest. Examples: Supergirl, Once Upon A Time, Yellowjackets.

    Similarly, when a shows focuses on women in season 1 and they add a whole bunch of male characters in season 2 that they give a ton of screen-time to. Extreme example: The Wilds

  • pseudo@jlai.luEnglish
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    2 months ago

    A character explaining that justice is following your gut rather than the law while being some sort part of justice system.
    I stopped many show because of that.
    That is also why I loved what B99 did so much.

  • CitizenKong@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Unnecessary cameos by guest stars that completely pull you out of the narrative. Bonus points if it’s Ed Sheeran.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Starting to answer backstory questions no one really wanted to know. For example, I knew Seinfeld was running out the clock as soon as they gave Kramer a first name.

  • AgentGrimstone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Romance between two characters that seems to come out of nowhere because the main characters have already gotten together.

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Original writer/creator/actor leaves the show. There can be a lot of reasons why they leave, and sometimes it’s a really good reason, but the show almost always suffers.

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Clip Show! Nothing says “We’re out of ideas” like a rehash of the currently available greatest hits.

    • mercano@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Clip shows are usually about “we didn’t adequately budget and need to make an episode using only one set and one day of shooting.”

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      The SciFi (before the rebranding) Dune miniseries are really good. They’re my favorite versions of Dune so far, and they did Dune Messiah and Children of Dune too. Those two are both part of the “Children of Dune” miniseries.