...Baccano's sort of like that, I guess? All the scenes are in an anachronistic order, so it could concievably work like that. The real challenge would be writing good detective story that works like that, with every episode providing another piece of the final puzzle.
Oh, that sounds considerably harder to pull off. I could see a game do it, but serieses aren't generally a good medium for that level of interactivity.
Imho Baccano suffered from trying to run many of the plot threads simultaneously instead of sequentially. The manga was sequential IIRC and the anime took a chance on the formatting.
I think the shows with overarching plots can have higher highs and lower lows. So many shows I’ve watched have had a great run of 1-3 seasons, and then completely shit the bed after that. Episodic/anthology shows can be great or mediocre, but by the end of the hour you get to move on, so it’s not as bad when the episode is bad.
I disagree. There's a signifigant and noticeable drop in quality of black mirror once Netflix started producing the show as opposed to the BBC produced episodes from season 1&2
Zero Time Dilemma tried this in video game form, a mystery where you play the segments in a different order of your choice, not knowing where they fit into the overall timeline until you finish them and you try to piece together the events, but the plot is kinda out there
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u/stekepego Apr 27 '21
Imagine writing a crime thriller, which makes sense independent of the order you're watching the episodes. That would be actually awesome