Egads, they killed off whatshisname!

[donutsweeper]

Continuing the lazy (I mean, *ahem* surprising and powerful) writing of TV these days four characters were killed off on shows I watched Monday and Tuesday. Is it sad that I'm only surprised that there were characters killed in only 3 of the 5 shows?

Of the deaths, the best (least awful?) written one was sadly completely unsurprising and I had assumed was coming. One death was off screen and poorly done, one a *sigh you have to be kidding me* kind of thing (although, I guess it's possible the person isn't dead) and the last had a totally ridiculous deathbed confession addition to it that went entirely against previously established canon.

The deaths happened in The Flash, NCIS and Blindspot (2 deaths).

*sigh*

Comments

[rabecka.livejournal.com]

What really annoys me (and the writers just don't seem to get it), is that my enjoyment of a show is based largely on the characters. If I don't care about them, or like the team dynamics, I quickly lose interest. When a character I like is killed off, it often kills my interest in the show. I'd say this is especially true of shows that attract a fandom, and even when a show ends, if the characters survived, so does the fandom. You just need to look at ST (going strong for decades), vs TW (imploded).

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Same here- it's all about the characters. On occasion I have tried to watch a show where I was more interested in the world building than the characters and it's never worked out. I fear that character development takes time and effort and tptb just don't care about that kind of thing anymore.