Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20151009223558/@comment-1894786-20151011021540

Farerb wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Farerb wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Adam just Tweeted that 5x12 will in fact be episode 100. Somebody do the math and figure out if that means both seasons 4 and 5 count as 23 episodes each or... whatever. 'Cause this confuses me. lol He just like to mess with us and contradict himself all the time. The thing is that he doesn't decide the schedule of the episodes, abc does, but it fits better for him that the 100th celebration will be in the spring premiere rather than the winter finale, even though that 511 is technically the 100th episode. I think that he thinks that the fans are stupid and I'm sure that if one day he announces that 501 is the 100th episode, I'm sure he thinks the fans will find some ridiculus explaination on how it fits (like taking a flight from Florida to New York via California).

Honestly, TV has standard on these things, and he can't just do whatever he wants. Moreover, he can't just claim one thing and than change it cause it doesn't fit with what he have planned. He just needs to adjust to the fact that winter finale is now 100th episode and not confuse people even further. It just makes him look fickle and stupid. Not really. They always said the Spring Premiere is going to be EP100. Now he's saying 5x12 (which would be the premiere if 5A has 11 episodes) will be EP100. Therefore, one can conclude that they consider the 2-hour special as TWO episodes, which would let 5A have 11 episodes, 11 hours, and have 5x12 be Episode 100. Adam always said that 511 is the 100th episode as well. https://twitter.com/AdamHorowitzLA/status/622442742459674625

This is not the only tweet. Clearly the guy doesn't know how to plan ahead and just changes his mind all the time - I guess that is the main reason the show has become this retcon plot holes festival. Ok, that was three months ago before ABC gave them an extra hour, which was announced this week. Obviously they had to shift things up and move things around. Now it's 5x12.

Stating it once in July, then stating something else in October when plans could've changed behind the scenes is not "liking to mess with us and contradicting himself all the time".