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Streaming shows can get way too indulgent with long episodes because there are no fixed timeslots. But old TV shows were sometimes obligated to stretch to fill a timeslot by any means necessary, and that was sometimes terrible. You know you are in for one when an ep starts with an ad for itself.

24/10/26, 4:38 am0 reposts1 like

Will Rosecrans

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And then the cold open between the ad and the credits includes multiple flashbacks to previous episodes. In slow motion. And then it cuts to a woman climbing a rock wall, by herself, with no dialogue, for a while, before she falls in slow motion. Then lays on the ground...