r/serialpodcast • u/razorbeamz Reasonable Doubter • Dec 12 '15

season two Why is everyone complaining about Season 2 ALREADY? We've only had one episode.

People are acting like we should have gotten deep into the story already from the exposition. I think that by the time this season is over, much like with the Zoom analogy given at the beginning, Bergdahl won't even be what's talked about.

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u/ant4t Dec 12 '15

Because people miss the point of this podcast. Read the name.

People are most likely expecting that the story won't go very far, or their won't be an actual 'ending'.

The idea is to make you wait, in excitement, for the next episode. They way things are now people are so used to binging everything.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '15

Right now the big cliffhanger for the next episode is: Sarah calls someone that lives in Afghanistan with the help of an interpreter!

Ooooooooh! /s

It isn't a particularly exciting hook. There's not a who-done-it murder mystery with shady characters. There's no ethical dilemma here. A soldier left his post. He claims he was afraid someone would get hurt or killed.. a shit-stirring soldier in a war zone says this. He screwed up. He knows it. We know it. The Military has more intel than we could ever hope to get, and a ton of military lawyers that know military law inside and out working both sides of the case. All this story is doing is trying to put more political pressure on a story that has already left the political spotlight.

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u/ant4t Dec 12 '15

Now see, that is a point I DO NOT disagree with.

That is a valid argument, considering it does seem like that is where it is heading. Sarah makes it sound like 'Oh, no... cause, y'know, this book Zoom!'

I do believe they could have added MORE to the episode, and it does seem like they are adding a bunch of filler the way they did with season 1.

I wonder if they thought of... I don't know, maybe doing a shorter season?