Lone Star

**Blaaaaaaaah** · 09-29-2010, 07:46 AM

The first episode was good/interesting but it would have made a better movie. I can't see it lasting for a whole series.

**Ralath** · 09-29-2010, 08:05 AM

That's why you want to watch the whole series!!! Because you want to see HOW they do it!!!

**Blaaaaaaaah** · 09-29-2010, 08:06 AM

^ And it'll prob turn out crappy.

**Ralath** · 09-29-2010, 08:06 AM

And we'll never know~~~~

Anyway, shows are usually pretty good their first season because writers basically have the story all planned out and outlined. It's seasons 3, 4, 5 where you really start to see problems because some writers don't have it planned out and they're just making it up as they get to it.

**Hraesvelg** · 09-29-2010, 01:11 PM

That hasn't been the case for most TV series. Season 1 is generally a time for the cast and crew to really get to know each other and gel. Do you remember season one of a lot of great shows? Most of them were really weak compared to later ones. Just for example, Star Trek:TNG, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, X-Files, Stargate:SG1.

There have been exceptions, of course, but this is a modern idea that the first season of a TV show should be great.

**Ralath** · 09-29-2010, 08:02 PM

Hm.... I guess I have a different representative sample than you. LOLOL.

I'm thinking more along the lines of Gossip Girl (1st season was still the best, every season afterward is unwatchable), Office (first six episodes weren't very good because they copied the UK version but then really picked up after they started being original), Desperate Housewives (good first season), Vampire Diaries (amazing first season), Glee, Grey's Anatomy....

Lololol. But yeah. We have totally different sample sets.

**Hraesvelg** · 09-29-2010, 11:21 PM

Yeah, we watch totally different tastes, especially if you think the US Office is better than the UK one.