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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 342917" data-attributes="member: 57984">Actually, these kinds of inconsistencies probably irritate me more than it/they should -- I find the backstories on these shows is almost the most important fertile source for the contemporary narrative.i think audiences really like that stuff (and I certainly do) but for so many programs, there seems to be little or no motive to try and keep timelines from the past aligned.. And even when the writers need to tweak the history for some reason, an umbrella explanation can be manufactured to help incorporate the new data about the past, and reconcile any discrepancies. Or, with lesser issues, just assert that earlier information was wrong, the flaws of someone&#039;s memory.But the producers never notice those discrepancies and so they often happen left and right. Only the fans pick up on the goofy date changes.The show-runners should keep a big family &quot;bible&quot; when they start doing a series and record all historical dates that the scripts establish for this-and-that, to prevent errors. And if errors happen, once discoevered, they can be rationalized (e.g., they lied, they made a mistake) or one of those umbrella explanations can be implemented.But that doesn&#039;t tend to happen.Yes, they said the same for Roger Grimes 8 years later. Both victims had anachronistic haircuts.<img src="https://tvline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dallas-season-2-finale-dw.jpg?w=514" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 637px" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 342917, member: 57984"] Actually, these kinds of inconsistencies probably irritate me more than it/they should -- I find the backstories on these shows is almost the most important fertile source for the contemporary narrative. i think audiences really like that stuff (and I certainly do) but for so many programs, there seems to be little or no motive to try and keep timelines from the past aligned.. And even when the writers need to tweak the history for some reason, an umbrella explanation can be manufactured to help incorporate the new data about the past, and reconcile any discrepancies. Or, with lesser issues, just assert that earlier information was wrong, the flaws of someone's memory. But the producers never notice those discrepancies and so they often happen left and right. Only the fans pick up on the goofy date changes. The show-runners should keep a big family "bible" when they start doing a series and record all historical dates that the scripts establish for this-and-that, to prevent errors. And if errors happen, once discoevered, they can be rationalized (e.g., they lied, they made a mistake) or one of those umbrella explanations can be implemented. But that doesn't tend to happen. Yes, they said the same for Roger Grimes 8 years later. Both victims had anachronistic haircuts. [IMG width="637px"]https://tvline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dallas-season-2-finale-dw.jpg?w=514[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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