Season 1s are great, setup, some payoff, a bit of lead into the overarching story. Then season 2 to X. The heroes win and then lose in the final episode, cliffhanger to next season. People get bored. Final season is announced and they wrap up the show.

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[–] 30 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I love the limited scope of British TV series. They even managed to do only a few seasons of Law & Order, for crying out loud.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    It’s not a creative or artistic choice; British channels simply have minuscule budgets compared to their American counterparts.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Sherlock proves it. It was given too much budget and time and what we got was overproduced bullshit.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    Couldn’t agree more. The final season was such nonsense it soured the whole show and I’ve never bothered to watch it through again (ignoring the incessant “tell not show” with being told how brilliant Sherlock is but never really showing that, and how the mysteries were never deductible by the audience).

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