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Try before you binge! How to find your new favourite TV show

It’s not always best to begin at the beginning: from Mad Men to Seinfeld here are the later episodes you should watch first

Never trust a pilot. When you watch the first episode of any TV show, you are watching an act of desperation. A pilot episode has to lay out the premise, introduce the characters, differentiate itself from its peers and convince an audience of semi-attentive viewers to keep watching. Plus, don’t forget, it’s a complete fumble. Chances are it was written before it was cast, so the writer had no idea of the chemistry of the performers. The music might be off, or the direction, or a million other things.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3coyWHJ

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