Too much of the last season was written by Kistis and Horowitz, who went on to create the absolute narrative mess that was Once Upon A Time

The leftovers was from a LOST showrunner, and inspired by how people reacted to the ending. No spoilers in that as there's no direct parallels but if you didn't know, now you know, they share a writer

How long does it take you to blink?

Don't let the writers off that easy. The strike is why the season was only 11 episodes long, not why those 11 episodes were bad. Scripted TV shut down for a few months, they didn't replace their writers.

Yeah, there was a point where everyone literally stopped caring about the infectious plague currently in their research station cause the writers were already on the next idea lol

It's hardly the worst show ever, but it was supposed to be a spinoff and ABC said no, so it's presented like another season when season 8 was really supposed to be the end. It's mostly from new writers, and it shows. If you choose to watch it, definitely take some time away from the series for a while first, but honestly there just isn't that much to recommend, it's pretty bland

Yes, you're right, of course, but that's what people always want to talk about. It's an irritatingly persistent rumor, and remarkable how much nobody remembers the character explicitly saying the island was real.

...Sir, do you think my name is Turk Turkleton?

Same goes with LOST. You could be talking about a prop in season 2 and someone will bring up purgatory. But yeah it's absurd. "Horror writer writes disturbing scene" is NOT EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING

It's over, sadly, though with the way it's structured as each season being a separate story I suppose they could bring it back whenever.

I often see people ignoring 99.6 percent of the book and trying to use that one scene, you know the scene, to passive aggressively accuse King of being a pedophile.

I wonder if our hero, Whenerly, will finally be able to reach an area with enough cell reception to reconnect with her boyfriend, Hartford "The Heart" Romance

Deadline can occasionally be really sarcastic and snarky on the issues, but less and less all the time

You could take literally any motivational quote and go "what if Hitler thought this" but that wouldn't make it relevant.

"believe in yourself" gasp But Hitler believed in himself!

I believe in the commentary - which I listened to quite a while ago, mind you - he drops his head onto a safety mat painted to match the road and the sound is an egg hitting a table.

It's one of the darkest facets of human nature so the motivations fascinate us. Like most horror, it's a way to explore the emotions behind real fears in a safe way

That's literally most working writers. Everyone has to start somewhere. Reliable work gets you consistently hired

A lot of the ones on broadcast claimed to be educational because of the morals taught. If you ever watched Disney's One Saturday Morning, that's what the light bulb coming in at the end of the theme song and the announcer saying "in illuminating television" was about.

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The last 2 episodes of the season are actually (probably a coincidence) about the length of an 80s miniseries. Most had the typical 4 hour (with commercials) slot but some would have a 2 hour premiere and a 3 hour finale.

Lost, Scrubs, Breaking Bad, X Files, Stranger Things. For the record, Severance doesn't stay slow for long. I imagine most people who fall into the boring camp only saw the pilot.

There's been a couple "direct to book" spinoffs and reboots in the last few years that make me feel like they're testing the water, but I don't think any of them got any traction.

As for the Whedon factor, they'd probably just make it without him. That's what happened with the nevers, and he didn't showrun the last couple of seasons of the original anyway

The movie is just the showrunners sitting in beach chairs calmly and repeatedly explaining to the audience that the island wasn't purgatory for 2 hours

Fun fact, in season 2 when they knew they were canceled but producing episodes to fill out the contract, the writers wanted to put in a throwaway line about how Ross and Rachel were no longer together, just to give the show a lasting trivia impact. NBC said no.

It's a reflection of reality. Teenagers that young are still drinking today, regardless of the drinking age. Some don't, of course. It all depends on the friend group.