I do this (I watch the first season when it comes out and then if I really liked it I’ll wait until the whole series is complete so I can binge it in one go, and if I just thought it was just okay I’ll watch the seasons as they come out because I don’t care that much if I miss stuff on account it forgetting what happened previously) and I know it screws with viewership numbers when it comes time to decide what to renew/axe but when the alternative is rewatching the entire series every time a new season comes out…
(Otherwise known as the tale of why I’ve watched Bojack Horseman S1 five times)
Those are actually becoming an artform of their own. The best ones subtly hint at the areas of focus in the upcoming episode and get your mind tee’d up.
As I mentioned in another comment, it just binged through a show called line of duty, and the ones they did were very, very good, especially as the seasons went on. In season six, they started by recapping certain elements from season one, and did that clever “wink“ to hinted what might soon be to come. It didn’t spoil anything, because the “thing“ happened pretty early on in the first episode. Each episode after that showed them again, but progressing through a bit more into each season before it addressed what happened in the previous episode.
Everything that happens in every season finally culminates in season six, so they put it together pretty well.
With streaming/binging being the norm, I tend to skip those. I most likely just watched those scenes, unlike watching actual television where a week has passed since I watched it.
For the basic ones, yeah, but for some shows on streaming, you see previouslys that address stuff that happened several seasons back if it happens to be relevant for that particular episode.
I just finished watching line of duty, and some of the previouslys brought stuff up from a few episodes back or even a few seasons back. As another commenter mentioned, some shows do it better than others.
On the other hand, if they do depart from a joyless slog from one plot point to the next, people scream “filler” like it’s a crime against humanity. I do have some sympathy for people writing shows, but I agree that too many of these shows began life as single-movie pitches that were padded (or at least never edited down) rather than a traditional mini-series, which is what they are, or a season of TV slimmed down to the high-points.
I’m fine with diversions that play like small movies of their own and reward my attention. But, series makers lately seem to think that they’re Kubricks making another ‘Spartacus’, and make me watch platoons marching to formation until I fall asleep right in the chair.
Honestly way better than having to remember everything that happened for an entire season thats basically 8, hour and a half long movies.
I struggle a lot with shows that have 2 or 3 year hiatus between seasons. (Who’s that and why do I care about them?)
Same problem here. Unfortunately the only good solution is to wait until they are done and watch then.
I’m waiting for EastEnders to finish so I can start watching from the beginning.
Any day now.
I do this (I watch the first season when it comes out and then if I really liked it I’ll wait until the whole series is complete so I can binge it in one go, and if I just thought it was just okay I’ll watch the seasons as they come out because I don’t care that much if I miss stuff on account it forgetting what happened previously) and I know it screws with viewership numbers when it comes time to decide what to renew/axe but when the alternative is rewatching the entire series every time a new season comes out…
(Otherwise known as the tale of why I’ve watched Bojack Horseman S1 five times)
The good shows will have a “last time on X “at the beginning of each episode, aka “The Previouslys”
And at the end of that recap christopher judge will announce: “and now the conclusion”
I’m also excited about Stargate coming back
Those are actually becoming an artform of their own. The best ones subtly hint at the areas of focus in the upcoming episode and get your mind tee’d up.
And the worst outright spoil twists for you.
I wonder who the mystery villain could be - maybe the character with a grudge from two seasons ago that the “previously on” chose to remind us about?
I just try not to pay attention to them.
As I mentioned in another comment, it just binged through a show called line of duty, and the ones they did were very, very good, especially as the seasons went on. In season six, they started by recapping certain elements from season one, and did that clever “wink“ to hinted what might soon be to come. It didn’t spoil anything, because the “thing“ happened pretty early on in the first episode. Each episode after that showed them again, but progressing through a bit more into each season before it addressed what happened in the previous episode.
Everything that happens in every season finally culminates in season six, so they put it together pretty well.
With streaming/binging being the norm, I tend to skip those. I most likely just watched those scenes, unlike watching actual television where a week has passed since I watched it.
For the basic ones, yeah, but for some shows on streaming, you see previouslys that address stuff that happened several seasons back if it happens to be relevant for that particular episode.
I just finished watching line of duty, and some of the previouslys brought stuff up from a few episodes back or even a few seasons back. As another commenter mentioned, some shows do it better than others.
I’m more annoyed that shows blatantly and egregiously stretch the runtime, so that what could be a two- or three-hour film takes a season or two.
On the other hand, if they do depart from a joyless slog from one plot point to the next, people scream “filler” like it’s a crime against humanity. I do have some sympathy for people writing shows, but I agree that too many of these shows began life as single-movie pitches that were padded (or at least never edited down) rather than a traditional mini-series, which is what they are, or a season of TV slimmed down to the high-points.
I’m fine with diversions that play like small movies of their own and reward my attention. But, series makers lately seem to think that they’re Kubricks making another ‘Spartacus’, and make me watch platoons marching to formation until I fall asleep right in the chair.
Totally agreed