Re: Season 3 BSG
Advertisers are demanding more time for their crap and paying less and less to the networks. The shows are paying the price, as a result, the long-term multi-arc series that were once scoffed have returned in force.
If you look at all the top shows, they all followed a continuing plot arc. 24, Lost (not anymore), Heros, Prision Break, and so on. Even older shows, that was once always episodic, are shifting over to the style. BSG also followed this, where each episode would lead into the next. That's how show producers and writers are answering the reduction from a 51 minute hour, to the 42 minute hour, to the 38 minute hour. Supposedly that will be cut down even more to a 32 minute hour.
The miniseries lead to 33, which in turn lead to the eventual first fuel crisis of the fleet then to kobol. Water lead to the Tom Zarek arc. That's why I maintain Resurrection Ship was where the show dropped a bit in quality, as they began a shift to more episodic format after that point.
I would've loved to see Black Market as a prelude to a big power play by Zarek to take control of the fleet from underneath everyone while trying to take control of the government. for example.
And the food crisis in season 3 could've been played out more. oh well.
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