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ex-Lethality Jane

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With Lost coming to Netflix everyone has been bemoaning how binge watching and streaming models of television mean no one makes filler episodes anymore, and it's just kind of sweet that we all so fondly remember these.

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ex-Lethality Jane's avatar ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social
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Writers room: so what are we going to do this week Frank from 30 Rock: I dunno, fuck it, make them all body swap or something

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Jeff Bachtel's avatar Jeff Bachtel @jeffbach.bsky.social
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Omg my college friend group had weekly watch parties! It was a full house!

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Andrew S.'s avatar Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social
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When I re-watched SOPRANOS I was impressed that most episodes were good self-contained stories that also advanced the larger plots. On most prestige shows, it’s “here’s 50 minutes from the middle of this season’s 9-hour movie”.

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Jessica's avatar Jessica @jewishreader.bsky.social
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Even at the time I would watch British shows thinking 'wow, this six episode season model is so great, why don't we do that.'

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SpoolandThimble 's avatar SpoolandThimble @tanyaduncan.bsky.social
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Right?!?! I’m trying to watch a show with my 14 yr old and she LOSES HER MIND at commercial breaks because she’s never encountered them on TV. (YouTube, sure)

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Isaac Rabinovitch's avatar Isaac Rabinovitch @isaac32767.bsky.social
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Personally, I don't miss filler episodes because I'm a "and then what happened" kind of guy.

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