Category: Storytelling
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How much can a great ending save a mediocre (or worse) season?
Tonight, the finale to Sons of Anarchy‘s third season airs on FX. It’s a 90 minute episode that, as you can see, showrunner Kurt Sutter has been hyping on Twitter. The last two Sons finales have been pretty damn great, as have the other extended episodes of the series so I should be filled with…
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Two days, 12 episodes — Entering Warehouse 13’s first season
Syfy’s biggest hit since changing its name — still can’t get over that — is Warehouse 13. The second season of the series begins Tuesday, July 6 and all the promos the various NBCU networks and channels have been running reminded me that I never watched the series last summer — even though I wanted…
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Emotion over “answers” — Discussing storytelling approaches in the finales of Lost and Supernatural
With the round of season finales out of the way for all the major broadcast television series, I’ve been thinking about which finales were the most effective and why. You know, because I have absolutely nothing to do with my life during the summer — or any time for that matter.
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The slow burn versus the really slow burn — Evaluating responses to the distribution of answers in Lost and Fringe
For fans of serialized television, nothing is more important than answers. Though some might claim they love the characters or individual episodes, gun to head, most fans of Lost would probably say they’re watching because they want answers to the questions that have been posed. What I’ve noticed this season by watching two serialized programs…
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PLUG: Can ‘House’ tell good stories anymore?
Until this television “ends” at the end of May, I’ll still be posting most of my recaps over at WEEKEND Watchers since I helped breathe that place to life. One of my better recent posts is from yesterday, where I wonder if the House writers know how to tell good stories anymore. Check it out.
CB, PhD 