Even when done well, the penultimate flashback episode has become such an endemic storytelling strategy in TV dramas that it should be abandoned on principle. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: ...

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One brilliant way flashbacks can be used is in special episodes. Flashback episodes take place almost entirely in the past and can be used to upend viewer expectations about what they have been ...

But while we get a vivid first-person taste of combat, with Dunk and Aerion pairing off in the jousting arena, showrunner Ira Parker leans into a narrative trend that slows the intense action down ...

There’s a pattern in TV storytelling that’s been hanging around for a long time, but it’s recently proliferated into a full-blown scourge. If you’ve watched almost any streaming dramas in the past ...