Discovery Grogu happens in the first episode and is literally the driving force behind every adventure he goes on in the first two seasons. The problem isn't that they don't have that anymore, it's that they completed it and then walked it back. They just completely threw away the entire point of those seasons.

They also do have a secondary ongoing plot, it's all the Mandalorian (the planet and people, not Din) stuff, which is the secondary plot for how many arcs of television at this point? It's old hat, and the show would be better if it was Mando getting into new situations every week instead of him messing with Dark Saber stuff and trying to rule people who have been nothing but shit everytime they show up in these shows.

All I can say is look up some of your favorite "dumb" controversies over the past decade or so. Tan suit Obama? Said by Sean Hannity once. Starbucks coffee cups not having snowflakes? Said by literally 1 random person. Seeing Red shouldve focused on 9/11? 1 person on YouTube that didn't even really have many subscribers. We had an entire week it felt like during the pandemic discussing if Topanga's husband found shrimp tails in his cereal. That's the world we live in with social media, little things blow up.

And if you are going to ignore that social media blows up unpopular opinions, you can't honestly accept that there were less offended people back in the day. That claim should be equally dismissed

My gf loved it, I couldnt get passed the bad writing. It was a 5/10 for me.

And worse writing

I think the problem is that there's a lot of easily triggered violent bigots out there, and they'll start send those death threats after they hear Tucker Carlson complain about the joke.

I only started watching Friends after My So Called Life was cancelled - that had been my Thursday night show in Fall 1994.

Some people got pissed that the usual "Bad boy get redeemed by the love of a good woman" storyline ended up with the bad boy being written out and this was somehow seen as Phoebe's fault.

disastrous final two seasons of an already declining show that weakens even its best moments in retrospect*

Back when "Law & Order" was still on TNT, I caught an airing of an episode where a character dropped the N-word, was a bit jarring to hear that on what was originally a network broadcast show.

It's funny to effectively ask "everyone" is something is as "everyone" says it is

I'm pleasantly surprised that this wasn't cancelled, with the way animation has been gutted in the past year or two.

Both those stories could be done today, but with changes so that the storylines are fleshed out to be more than big punchlines.

The last three Boba Fett episodes are Mandalorian 2.5 and an enjoyable watch. The previous episodes is Boba are, not great. Has season 3 lost direction? Maybe, but I personally have loved the episodes for what they are. Are they Andor? No, not even close, but they are fun, turn off your brain and watch shit explode fun.

Indeed. Very sharply drawn. All that said, I do share your preference for dialog that's more spare.

No reason to believe your claims

Considering the impending existence of Paramount+ with Showtime, not sure anyone is looking to sell Showtime, at least not as a stand alone.

Why do people insist on spoiling their show. Now we know she survives the series

I tend to view it all as building blocks towards the long arc of the return of the Mandalorians which is probably going to ultimately end with Din uniting the scattered Mandalorians and restoring their status in the galaxy.
The problem is the show is kinda running at a saturday morning cartoon pace and there are only 8 episodes per season.

Back in the early days of Season 1, I recall a quote from somewhere, probably an online article, that was essentially how did it take this long for someone to realize that casting Christina Ricci and Juliette Lewis together would be fucking magic.

I'm saying about the same number of people are taking offense today vs then, the only difference is social media. Some may discuss how opinions have changed and why things said then may not be popular opinions now, but thats not taking offense, that's just discussing friends from a modern lens.

Works for me!

Network sitcoms tend to have sucky pilot episodes. They're often awkward and choppy. That's why I usually give a network sitcom a few episodes.

[That being said, the pilot episode for 'Animal Control' was surprisingly good for a network sitcom pilot - might of helped that they borrowed the opening from a classic 'This American Life' segment.]

The reason I didn't give it much of a chance is because these Netflix crime/thiller shows have fooled me enough with their bad writing. I've lost patience. It's got nothing to do with being "grounded in reality."

I loved The Accountant btw.

I won’t argue with that at all. Very true. That’s what makes me love the show so much. They’re all such memorable characters with unique motivations.

I was feeling the same way, but honestly the show is back on track after yesterday's episode.