Yep. And they tend to be character driven stories with very strong emotional/pyschological arcs...which resonate strongly or hit people where they live.
To be fair, procedurals and episodic dramas are just as cliche and predictable, with tried and true story patterns that never change.
*The bantering detectives with "UST" that don't get together until near the very end. * The lead characters are often in peril, kidnapped, target of a serial killer, wrongfully accused of a crime they didn't comit, shot, knifed, but turn out to be perfectly fine at either the end of the second episode or the next season. *None of the lead characters die or change *Each mystery is neatly wrapped at the end of one or two episodes.
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Date: 2012-01-19 05:10 pm (UTC)To be fair, procedurals and episodic dramas are just as cliche and predictable, with tried and true story patterns that never change.
*The bantering detectives with "UST" that don't get together until near the very end.
* The lead characters are often in peril, kidnapped, target of a serial killer, wrongfully accused of a crime they didn't comit, shot, knifed, but turn out to be perfectly fine at either the end of the second episode or the next season.
*None of the lead characters die or change
*Each mystery is neatly wrapped at the end of one or two episodes.