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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 8291494" data-attributes="member: 5889">My counter to this, as when I watch the last season of many shows (and these are known last seasons), I am always astounded by how much time is often wasted. They will just be putzing along for episode after episode and then suddenly try to cram in all this plot into like 4-5 episodes (or hell sometimes 2-3). I will use &quot;The 100&quot; as a recent example....a show that was so &quot;not CW&quot; on the CW that I've been a fan for a long time.The had an entire season to end that show, and it felt like they didn't really start ending until like the last 3 episodes, and so of course completely botched it (that was an ending for the bad ending gallery if I ever saw one). They could have tied one plotline after another, episode by episode, finished the plot with an episode left, and did a nice epilogue to show how all the characters (which is the thing most of the audience actually care about) wind up.The other big offender are the &quot;mystery box&quot; type shows.... LOST being the predominant example. There was nothing &quot;rushed&quot; about lost, the writers simply threw out this mystery and just didn't really know how to end it well.I get that good endings are a skill....but that is part of why they are a key separator for &quot;hall of fame&quot; works..... if your whole product doesn't work, I may still enjoy it.....but you aren't getting into the same Hall as shows that nailed it from beginning to end.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 8291494, member: 5889"] My counter to this, as when I watch the last season of many shows (and these are known last seasons), I am always astounded by how much time is often wasted. They will just be putzing along for episode after episode and then suddenly try to cram in all this plot into like 4-5 episodes (or hell sometimes 2-3). I will use "The 100" as a recent example....a show that was so "not CW" on the CW that I've been a fan for a long time. The had an entire season to end that show, and it felt like they didn't really start ending until like the last 3 episodes, and so of course completely botched it (that was an ending for the bad ending gallery if I ever saw one). They could have tied one plotline after another, episode by episode, finished the plot with an episode left, and did a nice epilogue to show how all the characters (which is the thing most of the audience actually care about) wind up. The other big offender are the "mystery box" type shows.... LOST being the predominant example. There was nothing "rushed" about lost, the writers simply threw out this mystery and just didn't really know how to end it well. I get that good endings are a skill....but that is part of why they are a key separator for "hall of fame" works..... if your whole product doesn't work, I may still enjoy it.....but you aren't getting into the same Hall as shows that nailed it from beginning to end. [/QUOTE]

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