At 15 years old, this sci-fi gem beat the odds of cancellation and boldly told stories that could alienate new and old viewers.

At 15 years old, this sci-fi gem beat the odds of cancellation and boldly told stories that could alienate new and old viewers.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
      29·
      2 years ago

      It gets much better after season 1.

      Season 1 is basically ‘monster of the week’. Everything is disconnected, but it’s a fun romp through sci-fi.

      Season 2 starts the real plot. Things start to connect. They start to leave hints for future episodes, things tie back to previous episodes, and the characters get more complex. It’s very well done.

      The last season gets a little weird :-)

    • Volkditty@kbin.social
      19·
      2 years ago

      IMO, yes. Near the end of season 1 it starts to become apparent that all those “random” monster-of-the-week occurrences aren’t really random, and the plot becomes increasingly more serialized as time goes on.

      • inspxtr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        can I skip season 1, or which episode of s1 that I should be watching that I can begin season 2?

        • Akuchimoya@startrek.website
          6·
          2 years ago

          A lot of things that happen in season one set up or are referenced in season two. While you probably could get away with skipping season one, you’ll miss out on context.

          Rewatching S1 after S2 is pretty amazing, though.

          But you can definitely just not watch the last season. It’s basically disjointed from everything.

      • ZeroCool@feddit.chOPEnglish
        10·
        2 years ago

        Aren’t there only 5 seasons?

        Yeah there’s only 5 seasons. I assume their source must’ve split the first 4 seasons in half for some reason. That would result in 9 seasons of 10-13 episodes.

    • kinther@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 years ago

      There are only 5 seasons that I’m aware of. If you enjoy the idea of parallel dimensions and movement between them sparking a war, that’s the basic premise for seasons 2-5. It can be a slog, but I’d argue if you liked Star Trek, LOST, or even Breaking Bad, there’s a similar arc but each season can be a slog to get through.

    • wahming@monyet.ccEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      I gave up a couple of seasons in because it just seemed like a monster of the week show with no real impact after each episode.

  • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    I’m currently researching this. Such a great show. Had stood the test of time well. Dunham and Walter are great characters. Thoroughly enjoying it, and it’s been long enough that I’m watching it for the first time again 😀

  • Adalast@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 years ago

    This show didn’t beat any odds. Anna Torv was related to the Fox programming director. I think she was his niece. The show was taken to EXACTLY 100 episodes to qualify it for residuals and syndication so she could be financially set. I read a whole analysis article on it from a guy who uses statistics to figure out which shows will be canceled or not and by the end of the run, he essentially wrote off the cancellation until it hit 100. The continuation never had anything to do with ratings, reception, or anything. It was nepotism, plain and simple. The show was at the bottom of Fox’s ratings for all 5 seasons. It should have been canceled after season 1.

    Don’t get me wrong, I am happy it didn’t. I loved the show and the nepotism led to steady jobs for hundreds of people for 5 years and finally allowed a really weird story to be told all the way through, but it did not get to do all of that on its own merit.

  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    2 years ago

    if the last season wouldnt exist this show would almost be perfect but my god, the last season was such garbage that it literally took me several attempts to even understand why they are suddenly where they are, its such a tonal whipslash too