How much is too much information for a TV episode synopsis to give?
Den Of Geek investigates…
Wow, television got good, didnt it?
In fact, that isnt a bad comparison…
I refer, friends, to the humble TV listing.
I mean, how else could these publications know about their content in advance?
Why do they do this?
Certainly not the viewers.
Oh look: theyve split up to look around.
I guess Hogan ends up in the garden or stuck outside unable to help his partner.
Yup, thats whats happening.
Oh, Miller has come across the bad guy.
He seems to have the upper hand, but we know thats not going to last.
We know how thats going to pan out too.
Hell probably exchange himself for the little girl, thus becoming the hostage.
Im going to make a cup of tea…
Oh, Fosters arrived.
Local police have set up a perimeter and the obnoxious man in charge wants to storm the house.
Foster doesnt want to because hes got a man in there, Godammit!
The obnoxious man in charge gives Foster some bad intel that may force his hand.
What could those tragic consequences be, I wonder?
So great, thanks for sapping any revelatory joy I would have gleaned from the next episode too!
How did it come to this?
Take that staple of weekday viewing: the soap opera.
With the exception of the odd-deliberately secretive narrative (e.g.
Who shot JR?)
people tuned in to see how events unfolded, rather than to be surprised by what the events were.
Thats changing, of course.
So whats the solution?
And that begins with those bloody TV listings…
