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Erorus t1_jcvzaxl wrote

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: "Endless Eight" episodes.

Eight of the 28 episodes of the series are each mostly the same as the other seven, with slight differences, until the time loop is broken in the eighth episode. Thankfully, the repetitive episodes came in the second season.

They aired one after the other, in their regular weekly timeslot, so I can only imagine how frustrated viewers were as it first aired, wondering why this episode is pretty much the same as the last, and the one before that...

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reddit455 t1_jcvxpzc wrote

>Since today is a Sunday, I suspect we will be getting an announcement tomorrow, on Monday, that the series has been pushed back.

3/31 is a Friday.. they have ~2 full weeks.

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my tin foil hat theory is they're waiting until possible indictments drop on a certain former POTUS. Nixon will start "trending".. every talking head is going to say it 20x a night - that's a lot of free PR.

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hannahstohelit t1_jcvv5xt wrote

Reply to comment by MSGRiley in Avenue 5 by MSGRiley

My understanding is that there was a writer's room, with each individual episode being mainly written by one member- not uncommon for shows. But they all did work together with Iannucci.

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Mech-Waldo t1_jcvud4w wrote

Well you basically already listed most of my favorites, except for the first episode of Bravest Warriors, a web show by Pendleton Ward. I love it because at the beginning of the episode they find themselves from the previous time loop dead on the floor, so they try prevent that from happening, >!but at the end of the episode they die anyway in the same way next to their other dead selves, time loops back and when the next version of them sees two other versions already dead they say nope and just leave without fixing the time loop. Because even when knowing they were gonna die they couldn't stop it, so obviously they couldn't do it, better to just give up and dip.!<

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Paperfoldingfractal t1_jcvu6aq wrote

"Heaven Sent" is interesting in that it is the exact opposite of a time loop! >!In that, time doesn't loop, and it's the Doctor himself that's reset between each 'loop'!<

This tripped me up on first watch, because I thought it was a time loop episode, but realised that that would create some plot holes >!If it was a time loop episode, then everything would reset, and thus the whole point of bashing the diamond wouldn't make sense!<

But it's explicitly not a time loop, and therefore certain observations change between each loop >!(gradually over time, the stars change postions)!< which is how he realises each time he's looping.

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NanoGeek t1_jcvtmxe wrote

Reply to comment by MSGRiley in Avenue 5 by MSGRiley

The original Star Trek was very nearly cancelled after its second season. Only a fan write in campaign saved it for one final season.

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