“Filler” shouldn’t be a dirty word when it comes to TV.
Here are some episode tropes to remind you of why.
In the modern age of streaming and prestige TV, less is often considered more.
A season of TV will be six, eight, or if yourereallylucky, 10 episodes long.
It has been a bone of contention.
During the recent writers strike,shorter seasons of streaming showswas one of the fields of conflict.
But these discussions ignore a key and important fact: The filler episodes are the best ones.
Forget your lore and your arcs and your show mythology, forget your season finales and your two-parters.
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This is what was taken from us.
Ideally somewhere that is one of your already standing sets!
What Happened Last Night?
Your head is clanging.
Weve all been there.
You know the deal you hire someone to play a lab assistant in season one.
They do a good job so you bring them back again.
Over time you feed them a few more lines, maybe even the occasional joke.
Then suddenly, without warning, you have a fan favorite on your hands.
Why not have the baddies invade, take over and disable all but one or two of your cast?
Then the one survivor character can crawl through the air ducts to take out the baddies one by one!
I Hardly Know Her!
And what can be more fun than giving what character amnesia?
Like playing minigolf through the stargate.
TV Show: The Movie!
Have they got no respect for canon?
Lets do a Vegas episode.
