Twin Peaks had the same problem. If it wasn't a "soap opera", writers just didn't know how to do a continuing series, and acted like in the old days where they could pull anything out of their butts and continuity wasn't a concern. VCRs changed all that; people no longer forgot what happened last week.
Twin Peaks had the same problem. If it wasn't a "soap opera", writers just didn't know how to do a continuing series, and acted like in the old days where they could pull anything out of their butts and continuity wasn't a concern. VCRs changed all that; people no longer forgot what happened last week.
Streaming services were the nail in the coffin. Watch a few episodes in a row and you're "WTF!?"