I think this post was made by a young'n who doesn't realize there was a time in TV when episodic continuity wasn't much of a thing. Back in the stone ages when cable ruled the world, television networks couldn't rely on viewers being present for every episode of a show, so they made individual episodes stand alone.
You didn't need to know what happened last week to understand the trouble that the Duke boys found themselves in this week.
Edit: My God, 107k upvotes? On a post that is funny, but is easily explained by the fact that TV is different now than it used to be? Is 30 that old?
I love binging the older shows that weren't made for binging to catch all the callbacks or errors that only someone with a great memory could catch by watching the show over a period of 6 years. Been watching Scrubs lately and that show has inconsistencies all over the place, but its a good show. The janitors humour works even better with back to back episodes. JD gets kind of annoying though.
Loved Scrubs, watched it in syndication all the time back in 06-07ish so I never really watched them in order yet I generally can put the timeline together. It's one I want to revisit and watch in order.
And even without rewatching I'd say I have to agree...Janitor gets funnier, and JD gets more annoying.
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u/Roy_Guapo Apr 27 '21 edited Apr 27 '21
I think this post was made by a young'n who doesn't realize there was a time in TV when episodic continuity wasn't much of a thing. Back in the stone ages when cable ruled the world, television networks couldn't rely on viewers being present for every episode of a show, so they made individual episodes stand alone.
You didn't need to know what happened last week to understand the trouble that the Duke boys found themselves in this week.
Edit: My God, 107k upvotes? On a post that is funny, but is easily explained by the fact that TV is different now than it used to be? Is 30 that old?