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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

It is very hard to generate a new, full, complex, character-rich, plot-filled story every week -- let alone one that contributes to a giant, massive whole.

And I dunno. I think Buffy, X-Files, Supernatural, Lost -- all massively well regarded and influential shows -- are about 50% filler (or more).

Hard for us maybe, but if your job is to be the headwriter of a fifty episode series...you should be able to do that job. No excuses. You don't hire a guy to plaster your house only to find out that they aren't even a plasterer. Apples and oranges maybe but I still find it baffling that people defend this nonsense.

"Yeah but it's hard for the headwriter..."
"What to do his job?"
"Err...HARD."

And I'm not saying US programming is without sin, because they play to the ratings US shows are generally a fucking mess but even bad shows when you look at individual seasons there is rarely throw away episodes and they rarely fail as a whole cohesive unit.

I can't think of a single toku show which is worth watching from the very start to the very finish.