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Whether I think the show is good or bad, I just hate a show that offers nothing more than 1 or 2 main semi important main events per episode and a roadmap of cliff-hangered season with very little events to have happened in the whole season. And I thought Silo’s last season was slow?!! I think I misjudged it at this point. Ngl breaking bad, for example, had super cliffhangers but the show fed my soul with many conclusive events happening each and every episode, ending with more to look forward to. The building up of the story was just immense! There was some serious writing there. I have only seen it once and I can’t believe it was just 13 episode (sometimes less, sometimes a bit more) per season. That thing felt like the good old 24 episode per season but condensed. The episodes were just rich!

Do not read the following if you feel totally fine with the show and don’t want to ruin your experience!

This one, and I can’t deny it, is tempting to watch. But it lives on anticipatory tension and intermittent reinforcement. One of the worst strategies a show could follow. Nothing really happens, but your brain tell you to keep watching because the possibility of a payoff is always present. When she started visiting “places” and tried to find out stuff, held the cup of the material, thinking she’s so close of drinking it, my brain got a sip of dopamine but it wasn’t enough 😂. It depends on what’s called narrative tension without narrative density. They have a very simple short story with very poor writing and very little to offer and they need to spread that over 8 or 9 episodes and at the same time mentally obligate you to keep watching. It is kind of cheap if you understand how it works. Well at least the creators know exactly what they are doing. Hate me 😂.