It's just not set up for it. Reminds of Star Trek - the original and Next Generation, along with The X-Files, which had similar issues with arcs. They weren't set up for it.
So when they try it feels shoe-horned, contrived, or implausible.
There's of course shows that have the opposite problem. Farscape, Buffy, Angel, and Firefly - worked better as arc series - or letting themselves be serials. The writers were better at emotional character arcs - and struggled with stand-a-lones.
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Date: 2021-09-28 02:25 am (UTC)So when they try it feels shoe-horned, contrived, or implausible.
There's of course shows that have the opposite problem. Farscape, Buffy, Angel, and Firefly - worked better as arc series - or letting themselves be serials. The writers were better at emotional character arcs - and struggled with stand-a-lones.