Yeah you're not wrong. Walter off in the corner doing acid. Broyles accidentally eats it again. Astrid/Astrisk staring in babysitter. Observer walks by. Peter says "Fuck this I'm going home" and Olivia asking which one resulting in him staring at her longer.
Eh, if you have a really good idea for mystery, and a really good plan for taking the lid off, it's actually very satisfying. If you didn't actually put anything in the mystery box then yeah keep the lid on; you can get by like that. But if there's actually something in there, and you have an exit strategy planned, it's basically peak media.
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village604@adultswim.fan · 23 pts · 91d
Isn't that an actual episode?
Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 31 pts · 91d
It might as well be
makary@ferment.site · 11 pts · 91d
@Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com
It could also be Fringe TBH
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Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 91d
Yeah you're not wrong. Walter off in the corner doing acid. Broyles accidentally eats it again. Astrid/Astrisk staring in babysitter. Observer walks by. Peter says "Fuck this I'm going home" and Olivia asking which one resulting in him staring at her longer.
God I miss that show.
ech@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 91d
Fringe was great when it was a mystery-of-the-week series. I lost all interest when it went into...whatever it was trying for in the last few seasons.
village604@adultswim.fan · 9 pts · 91d
Same with the X-files, IMO
SchadeMarmelade@feddit.org · 5 pts · 91d
Right? Iean I can't remember anything really (should rewatch it) but u recall they've been trying to male it some big, huge, incredible thing
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 90d
Like all Bad Robot productions. Mystery boxes are only interesting if you keep the lid on. That's why it's a really shortsighted writing style.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 90d
Eh, if you have a really good idea for mystery, and a really good plan for taking the lid off, it's actually very satisfying. If you didn't actually put anything in the mystery box then yeah keep the lid on; you can get by like that. But if there's actually something in there, and you have an exit strategy planned, it's basically peak media.
teslekova@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 90d
Ah, but who controls the lid???!!??
The government, and aliens.
Ah, but who is the guy in the place with the spooky music who knows about aliens???!???
Government dad.
Ah, but who is government mum???!!!!?? ... etc.
Matrioshka mystery boxes get dull after a while.
village604@adultswim.fan · 11 pts · 91d
There's actually a ghost knife episode, so it's really close.
Cort@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 90d
It's a Kurt Vonnegut short story