What are some of your unpopular TV opinions about shows, the industry etc?

Most shocking plot twists are just bad writing, foreshadowing and reveals that make sense are thing to aim for instead.

Filler episodes are important because they focus on character development and they give a break from the main plot.

Filler episodes are important because they focus on character development and they give a break from the main plot.

Yeah I’m totally in agreement with this I need breathing episodes to care about characters. Day in the life episodes and bottle episodes help viewers connect emotionally with the characters. Too many shows these days expect viewers care about the central character just because they are the ones getting screen time.
Filler episodes are important because they focus on character development and they give a break from the main plot.

I guess it depends on the show. Some shows are structured to work like that. Other shows like Game of Thrones, Black Sails, just aren't.
- Black Sails is a rare exception, but most shows would benefit from having filler episodes

Most series should not have a second season

I wish more shows would just end.
- I've made a point of starting shows with endings recently.
  
  There is so much good TV to watch these days, patientgamers have the right idea.

Man in the High Castle was an interesting concept and interesting for the first seasons until it started getting into multiverse stuff. I tuned out once the Nazis had plans to take over a whole other parallel universe.

I was fascinated with the way a world would look like had they won, especially having never really thought about Japan’s role and sharing the United States as a territory. I like those sort of “what if” scenarios.

But they fumbled it once it got to that point. No idea if the book followed in that or not. I was just looking for the parallel “what if” world and to see the story take place there, kind of like experiencing the Wolfenstein games.

The way Phillip K Dick wrote that book was… pretty unique. He actually used a Chinese form of divination called I Ching. The book has a lot of seemingly abrupt and unforeshadowed plot developments because of that. Haven’t caught the show though so Im not sure how loyal it stays to the book.

Bad shows are best when binged, good shows are best when watched week to week.

Many people like to only watch shows by binge and will wait for them to fully be released. Usually this is a mistake, especially for good shows.

(Good/bad is also a poor phrasing, but in general week to week is a more enjoyable way of watching shows.)

Yes, I agree. It's good to let the episodes breathe and consume the season like a fine wine

Sitcoms suck, and while there are individual ones that break that rule, it doesn't make it worth the effort of watching new ones

Do you just mean the typical laugh-track sitcom, as opposed to other types?
- Those are the ones that led me to that opinion, but even the less typical ones and ones without laugh tracks get the stink eye too
  
  Tbh, even the ones I like, that hold up over time, they're just the ones that set up most of what made sitcoms so dead. Most of those were finished before I was even born though, and they still have the same kind of flaws.
  
  I respect when shows try to break out of it all, but any time a show is situation comedy, it inherently limits what they can do. I think one of the best examples of that is always sunny. They broke a lot of the old rules, but it's still so constrained by having to work within its situation that it still ends up masturbatory in its structure as it progresses.

I never found Seinfeld funny, same with Friends.

Sopranos was meh at best.

Better Call Saul was far more engaging
- I miss that show. 😭