Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6252544-20140312041724/@comment-1916997-20140402224320

Wow. I'm seeing some interesting thoughts here. While I get worrying about a show loosing quality, I think we could have many more seasons of good quality, just based on the fact that they have all sorts of different classic liturature they could bring in, meaning we have plenty of different plots that would be good and fun and still high quality. As far as Once being a serialized show, it always has been, and that won't change, all the dramas on ABC (and most other stations I believe) are serialized, you miss episodes, you miss plot, it's as simple as that. I've even seen a recent trend that comedies (at least on ABC) have started becoming more serialized as well, with plot in one episode that effects things in a later episode. This is a big shift as comedies used to strive to not have any plot that changed things (other than an occational pregnacy/new baby), making it so you could watch the episodes in any order, or skip some and still know what's going on. I think the shift is due to you no longer having to watch an episode live, you can DVR it, or just watch it online or through Hulu or any other place that they decide to put it on, at any time, meaning you should be able to catch up easier if you miss a few weeks.