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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Interesting read. I think episode 3 is the magic number. The first episode is actually a pilot they worked on and maybe rewrote or recut to get the actors and tone, etc. Sometimes the pilot is very different from the rest of the series. Episode 2 should be the actual tone and feel of the series but sometimes that can be difficult to get right so episode 3 is a make or break for me. By that time I should understand if I like the characters, understand motivations and something should have happened to peak my interest to keep watching. "Story of the week" or "non-serialized" shows I think are fine to check out another season episode if people are talking about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It episode 1 sucks I'm not going to watch it at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yah true. If episode one is awful I won't continue. Maybe I weight them like episode 1 70% , 2 20%, but by episode 3 10%. So by episode 3 I 100% know if if I'm going to like a serialized TV show.

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