[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Aoi Kurenai

I can understand thinking some episodes don't advance the story, and I feel like this is the case with a few of the ones in the early 30s, but it's just not going to be easy to have a full grasp of the show if you end up skipping something like half of its run. If I were to have done that with Shinkenger, I would have thought the show was good because I skipped almost the entirety of the inconsequential middle portion of the show. You need the good and the bad to understand how the show was meant to be presented and fully understand what it wanted to do versus what it was capable of doing.

I guess the question becomes -- is one watching a show to enjoy one's self, or is one watching it to have an authoritative opinion of the show?

If the viewer enjoys a show better without the episodes that don't advance the story -- and his priority is enjoyment -- I think skipping episodes is a very valid way to watch a series he otherwise wouldn't have enjoyed.

If the viewer wants to have an authoritative opinion on the entirety of the show -- watching the complete product is obviously better.

Keep in mind that almost all weekly TV shows -- especially ones aimed largely at children -- are designed to be enjoyed even if you miss an episode here or there. Sure, you may not get the entire experience, but you are getting a valid experience.

I bristle at the suggestion that any one way to watch a show is "wrong," so long as the viewer enjoys himself.