Otherwise the character might could lose relevance. Not gonna diss the whole S2, but something definitely felt lost from S1, and i don't just mean the novelty that faded since the other series have done their things.
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Well, it's never a terrible idea to go out on a high note. That being said, Disney, Marvel, and Netflix are each individually known for dragging things out ad infinitum, so there's a 100% chance that we'll see Daredevil season 9 someday.
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Agreed though I do think they have enough source material to keep things high quality for a while (though yeah, they'll test that theory).
S2 was a bit below S1 for me but I know plenty of people that liked it better than S1. I do think it was a bit rushed to get Punisher "out there" and see what folks thought. In hindsight, maybe they shouldn't have tried to weave that into the Elektra/Hand story line all in one season.
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One plus is that the seasons are about half a network season, so it won't go stale nearly as fast. I have so many friends who tell me to watch shows like Supernatural. 250 episodes of a narrative series? I don't think I could watch that even from my all-time favorite show. I crave variety too much.
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Agreed - and they have the flexibility to go even shorter if they want to (Defenders, Sherlock etc.)
Soon enough I imagine the story idea itself will dictate how many episodes and at what lengths rather than some knee-jerk "must be a multiple of 13" thinking.
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Good point, that's what the best networks are already doing. I mean you have shows like Game of Thrones that only do 10 episodes.
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Yup. And HBO has much more freedom than "regular TV" does. Even some regular TV networks are cool doing over-runs from time to time and of course the "special 2-hr episode of ..." stuff has happened for decades - or more commonly "a special 1-hour episode of (insert sit com here) where (main character) learns a valuable lesson".
I think Netflix, without commercials and without a set start-end time, is at another level though - or could be. They're taking baby steps so far but I think they could eventually have "seasons" that are 7 episodes where some episodes are as short as 35 minutes while others in that short season are well over an hour etc. Whatever the story dictates. Same with scene breaks - without commercials you can have scenes as long as you want. There's no need for pacing or pre-commercial "hooks" to make sure people don't surf away.
The only concern is keeping the viewer watching that one episode and to a lesser extent making sure they watch the next episode. Netflix using that "next episode starts in 5, 4, 3, ..." bit is part of it too.
Anyway, just a lot more freedoms and essentially building off what HBO and other "pay TV" channels have started.
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