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I think you're right that they did develop multi-episode character and story arcs and mythology, but I feel like it was done organically - not quite so meticulo
by zhengyi13 4y ago
I think you're right that they did develop multi-episode character and story arcs and mythology, but I feel like it was done organically - not quite so meticulously planned up front, and so it kinda devolved into incoherence in the end.
- jeffbee 4y agoTrue. Another example from the 90s would be Homicide: Life on the Street. It was "influential" in that David Simon himself went on to make The Wire and other famous shows. It had an overarching story in the murder of Adena Watson. And it imported a bunch of famous film actors to television as later "prestige" series would do.