Regret to inform you that President Biden issued an executive order today. There’s a minimum 1-year ban on starting your episode of television with an in media res action sequence putting key characters in unexplained jeopardy, followed by the on-screen words “36 hours earlier”
The text of the executive order reads as follows: “I love you knuckleheads but you have all overused this trope. It was once fun, but it got out of hand a long time ago. I’ll ban this malarkey for a decade if I need to!”
Sources close to the administration report that there is one exception to this ban: If a series has supplied a minimum of 3.5 seasons of consistently good television, that series gets to use this device ONCE. As a treat.
Btw when I said “36 hrs earlier,” it meant any time frame 😈 And this applies to all episodes of tv. Not just pilots. Yes, it’s been done well, even in pilots. But it’s a worn out cliché now. Don’t kill a woman to motivate a man, don’t do “in media res”+flashback. So tiiiiiired.
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