EPISODES VS SEASONS
OK SO i was thinking and started rambling about this on twitter, but i have certain shows that i will look to in full seasons whereas there are other that episodes pop out for me
This probably has a lot more to do with the structure of the story telling than anything else.
Mad Men is a much more episodic show than The Wire and there fore its pretty obvious that Mad Men is an episode show for me and The Wire is firmly a season show.
But then, FNL, which i do think is a bit more episodic, is a more so a season show for me? Like, i can definitely pinpoint certain episodes that are in my pantheon of greats, and i have trouble ranking the seasons other than 2 being the worst, but i do always think of and discuss and compare it in my head as 5 large collections rather than 70 some odd single episodes???
How I Met Your Mother is also an season show for me, whereas Community or IASIP are episode shows.
Young Justice season 1 is an episode season and s2 is a season season IF THAT MAKES ANY FUCKING SENSE.
Freaks and Geeks, oddly, is a season show or a series show if you will, even though i can tell anyone what happens in each of the episodes with very minimal errors. But it just all works together for me as eighteen pieces that fit together to make one perfect whole.
Arrested Development is ALSO a series show for me. Even though i can easily pick out a season and episodes above other i always view it in its entirety??? EXCEPT FOR SEASON 4 which is still new and different that i view as a separate season to the first three combined??
IDK IDK i could go on but this is silly
ps. i was supposed to be writting about my trip to nova scotia BUT THEN
This probably has a lot more to do with the structure of the story telling than anything else.
Mad Men is a much more episodic show than The Wire and there fore its pretty obvious that Mad Men is an episode show for me and The Wire is firmly a season show.
But then, FNL, which i do think is a bit more episodic, is a more so a season show for me? Like, i can definitely pinpoint certain episodes that are in my pantheon of greats, and i have trouble ranking the seasons other than 2 being the worst, but i do always think of and discuss and compare it in my head as 5 large collections rather than 70 some odd single episodes???
How I Met Your Mother is also an season show for me, whereas Community or IASIP are episode shows.
Young Justice season 1 is an episode season and s2 is a season season IF THAT MAKES ANY FUCKING SENSE.
Freaks and Geeks, oddly, is a season show or a series show if you will, even though i can tell anyone what happens in each of the episodes with very minimal errors. But it just all works together for me as eighteen pieces that fit together to make one perfect whole.
Arrested Development is ALSO a series show for me. Even though i can easily pick out a season and episodes above other i always view it in its entirety??? EXCEPT FOR SEASON 4 which is still new and different that i view as a separate season to the first three combined??
IDK IDK i could go on but this is silly
ps. i was supposed to be writting about my trip to nova scotia BUT THEN