[Locke]

Yeah I guess it is like weird, because I don't think the show had like outward filler episodes in the early parts. Like it isn't one of those Toku shows where you could like skip like 15 episodes over the course of the run and have a better show. But I just think what they achieved in 20 odd episodes, just didn't need 20 episodes to achieve.

And had I caught up to the show sooner, I would have possibly dropped it before it got to the twist, as those like early to middle teen episodes just dragged for me, almost as much as the opening episodes did, which is part of why I wasn't watching the show weekly from the start as I watched the first couple of episodes and just didn't like the show at all.

I eventually went back and pushed through them because it was getting hyped on my socials, and I was glad I did overall, I think the show found a better rhythm and flow and identity when it got the opening episodes out of the way, but then I dunno along the way I thought that got lost again, at least until the twist.