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Roz Morris's avatar

Prose writers, take note! These red flag words and concepts tell you a TV show is going to disappoint you... If you find you're reaching for them to solve a story problem, pull back and rethink.

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Dave Morris's avatar

I'm hoping the Severance writers made good use of the three-year gap between seasons one and two -- but even as I type that I'm mindful of what Dr Johnson said about hope triumphing over experience.

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Matt Kelland's avatar

We bailed on Severance half-way through S2.

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Dave Morris's avatar

The ending of s2 would have been the perfect (if surreal) wrap-up for the series, seeds having been planted throughout that harked back to the finale of The Prisoner. But $$$ prevailed and Apple commissioned a third season.

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Matt Kelland's avatar

Ahhhh... another in the "keep writing it till the audience gets bored and the money dries up" school of entertainment. I'll take that as confirmation of my red flag theory.

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Diane's avatar

Agree. I'm similar to TV as I am with books - life's too short & there's too many to keep going with a bad one (paraphrase of your mum)

Though I was pleased I stuck with How To Get Away With Murder because I thought the twist at the end was very clever

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Matt Kelland's avatar

True, it's sometimes the case that the pay-off at the end is worth it, but most of the time, I can't be bothered to spend the time finding out.

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Diane's avatar

Realised last night, after starting then deleting various series on Netflix, that it's characters who hold me. If I care about the people or like them in the first 15-20 minutes then I'll stick with it. It's why I stayed with, & forgave How To Get Away With Murder, &keep watching Money Heist &why I watched the whole of a bad disaster 4-parter last night. I liked the characters & wanted to hang out with them.

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