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Whats a TV series that went completely off the rails, became absurd and lost sight of its own original premise? (piefed.social)
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I hear Riverdale was like that.

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[–] 59 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Prison Break.

Season one is breaking out of prison. So far so good.

Season two is a manhunt. That's fair, it's the aftermath.

Season three is breaking out of prison.. again! But this time in Panama. Technically that is the show, so alright.

Season four is a secret shadow organization who can cure all diseases but don't.

Also there is a post-show film that adds another prison break for some reason. Also I'm learning the show was revived for a fifth season, I can't say what that's about.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    It was conceptualized as a miniseries and not really intended to go beyond the first season. They didn't write it to have a plot post season one so it goes off the rails quickly as they tried to capture the original essence that made it popular while winging it on the story. Hell they didn't even originally write it to have as many episodes in the first season as they ended up having and iirc they even considered just making a movie instead

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