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Stupid broadcast television...
I hate it when networks do this - they order eight episodes of a series...you get into the series, then they decide to cut it to six - and skip over two episodes, showing just the finale one. Which would work fine if the series is well Law and Order or episodic story like Castle, but not if it has evolving characters and an on-going story in the background.
That's what they did with Killer Women - they slashed it from eight to six, ignored the fact that it had an intriguing serial plot line - it's a hybrid: episodic and serial.
Clearly whoever scheduled this didn't watch the series.
At any rate the last episode was a cliff-hanger, Billy, the heroine's brother was just caught by her DEA agent boyfriend drug smuggling. I tune in this week - and we've skipped ahead to the season and series finale. The middle two episodes are gone.
This is sort of akin to watching a movie and missing 30 minutes of it. Or reading a book, and discovering the publisher for no apparent reason removed two key and very vital chapters.
How hard would it be to show all three episodes?
See? This is why people are fleeing by the droves to streaming services, cable channels and DVD. It's the stupid broadcast networks own fault - they've sold their souls to advertisers and ratings. If you can't trust the network to show you the entire story - why bother trying it?
Eh...going to bed. Stupid annoying day. Won't bore with details. But world you win, I give up.
That's what they did with Killer Women - they slashed it from eight to six, ignored the fact that it had an intriguing serial plot line - it's a hybrid: episodic and serial.
Clearly whoever scheduled this didn't watch the series.
At any rate the last episode was a cliff-hanger, Billy, the heroine's brother was just caught by her DEA agent boyfriend drug smuggling. I tune in this week - and we've skipped ahead to the season and series finale. The middle two episodes are gone.
This is sort of akin to watching a movie and missing 30 minutes of it. Or reading a book, and discovering the publisher for no apparent reason removed two key and very vital chapters.
How hard would it be to show all three episodes?
See? This is why people are fleeing by the droves to streaming services, cable channels and DVD. It's the stupid broadcast networks own fault - they've sold their souls to advertisers and ratings. If you can't trust the network to show you the entire story - why bother trying it?
Eh...going to bed. Stupid annoying day. Won't bore with details. But world you win, I give up.