I'm not a big fan of Major either, but I must admit that we feel pretty differently otherwise. For a format like television I don't mind binge-watching, but I also don't necessarily want to watch with the expectation being that you need to watch the entire show to really get anything out of it, IMO the individual episodes should still be strong enough to stand alone and make an impact in their own way. With JJ for example, a lot of the time it felt like the focus was more on creating some memorable scenes in each episode as part of the overall story, rather than tightening the writing up and making the entire episode a real stand-out
I know what you mean about it feeling like a waste of time if some major development happens in one episode and is not then picked up in the next, but I'd argue most shows today do generally have an overall arc that carries over into the next episode, even when they're following the case of the week format otherwise
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Date: 2015-12-27 09:11 am (UTC)I know what you mean about it feeling like a waste of time if some major development happens in one episode and is not then picked up in the next, but I'd argue most shows today do generally have an overall arc that carries over into the next episode, even when they're following the case of the week format otherwise