Kevin Wampler wrote:
> There's plenty of shows in which the plot 
> follows an arc from beginning to end of the entire series.

There's also things like Big Bang Theory, where each episode is self 
contained, but they make references back to earlier shows. Fred does a favor 
for Mary, and calls in the favor ten episodes later. Jokes make references 
to what happened a dozen shows ago.  Etc.   The characters develop, slowly, 
and are relatively predictable in a stereotyped sense, but the series 
definitely has an order in which it should be watched.  Lots of books do 
that sort of thing too, with (say) serious injuries from the first book 
impeding the hero in the third book, etc.

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