Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Netflix and Endings

I watched the end of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina last night and I am not happy. It isn't that the show ended. It isn't the events that happened to create that ending. No, my problem is the lack of realistic storytelling involved in that ending. I'll TRY to avoid spoilers here, but be warned; I may slip up. 

Throughout the series, several things have been established, things that could have prevented what happened. Certain people had abilities that would have altered the ending. The Spellmans have a resource on their property that could have altered the ending. They have skills far above and beyond what was shown that could have altered the ending. All of these skills were shown even in earlier episodes of this season.

It's frustrating. 

And honestly, this is becoming a pattern with Netflix. A lot of their shows are really good, then suddenly canceled, and wrapped up in a pretty bad way. 

For instance, and there probably will be spoilers here. I wish Bojack's showrunners would have been told the year before that the show was ending. I think ending the show with Diane driving Bojack to rehab would have been a solid ending all the way around. That season was dark, but complete in a way the following season just wasn't. There are a lot of things in the last season of Bojack that feel like they were going to have larger plotlines, but due to the show ending, that just didn't happen. 

Netflix needs to change this pattern because honestly, it's making me wary of starting new shows on that platform. 

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