Maybe it is just because now that shows have been gone for quite a while, when they come back, they can be confusing in some ways. But I think that something good can be done easily to help viewers. It is often done, but since it isn’t, it is good to remind people what it is and how helpful it is. All that we need is a simple recap to keep track of what’s going on with the show.
While some might be annoyed with shows that always begin with a recap, this seems strange to me. But that might not be the case. I like recaps. I can get annoyed when I miss them. I also get annoyed at times when they aren’t there.
It isn’t too bad when recaps aren’t there provided that they have never been part of the show. Thus, you aren’t too annoyed when they never happen because they aren’t part of the show much in the first place. But when they are there, even rarely, you can get annoyed when they aren’t.
What’s especially annoying is that some shows that have recaps don’t keep doing them. Once a staple of the show Survivor, recaps have disappeared in recent seasons. And they don’t even have a theme song anymore either. When recaps disappear from shows, that is especially annoying.
But the most annoying things about a lack of recaps is when a new season starts after a long gap of time has passed between seasons without a basic courtesy of what happened before the show went away. Even during a simple hiatus of a show with a long stretch of time between episodes in the same season, it would help to remember what happened even if we have seen all of what happened before the break. That is why we need recaps in the world of television.
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