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From: Jms at B5
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[America Online postings by JMS]
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<H2>Story Arc</H2>
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95-12-12 19:16:26
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<PRE>{Too many filler episodes.}
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I just posted a lengthy reply to this basic thread over in the Season 3
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topic (which is where I first encountered it). That says pretty much
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everything I wanted to say on the issue.
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This happens every season. Some people like shoot-em'ups and don't want
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to see any other stories, deriding them as "filler" and let's get to the
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blow-stuff-up stuff. They seem to think that anything else is "lead" which
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has to be gotten out. Every season begins with standalone stories, from year
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one to now. Year two has The Long Dark and A Distant Star and Soul Mates in
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the first batch up. Then we hit the big arc stories, and everybody forgot
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about the "lead."
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In season one, we had six or seven strong arc stories. In season two,
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there were about 9 really strong arc episodes. In season 3, as of right now,
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there are 13-14 very strong arc episodes. In year 4, there will be about 17,
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and in year 5 they're pretty much ALL arc episodes.
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The series is moving as fast as possible, and as fast as intended.
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jms
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