Consensus seems to be disliking this change, but curious if there are other perspectives
11 points
The idea of a “bottle episode” came about from producers running out of money and needing to do something cheap with what they had on hand. The long seasons gave creators a chance to try new things. You got backdoor pilots like Star Trek’s “Assignment : Earth.”
6 points
Yeah, but the ratio of something worth it to pointless filler was really bad.
2 points
