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<blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 332917" data-attributes="member: 672">There is a great article about a 5 year time jump which Desperate Houdewives did.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.google.com/amp/s/screenrant.com/desperate-housewives-time-jump-5-years/amp/[/URL]Here some extracts:- Marc Cherry revealed the reason for the five-year time jump was a result of his desire to reset the drama before it escalated beyond his creative control. &quot;I wanted to go back to what the pilot was which was smaller problems&quot; . A major issue with serialized dramas is that the plot may become overcomplicated as each conflict starts to build off of one another. Cherry further cited that the most difficult part of <a href="https://screenrant.com/desperate-housewives-gaby-children-accident-time-jump/" target="_blank">filming Desperate Housewives</a> was, &quot;I don&#039;t like it when, kind of, the soap takes over.&quot; He wanted to reinstitute an element of relatability to these characters by distancing them greatly from the (previous) seasons.- Marc Cherry cleverly kept the series from becoming a confusing soap opera with a convoluted plot by resetting the narrative back to the standards of season 1.- By the time jump most of the children became unruly teenagers. Thus, Desperate Housewives was able to rejuvenate the dwindling engagement of its audience.A time jump would have been great for Dallas imo. Especially the children were uninteresting mostly to say the least. Making them older could have attracted younger viewers which they tried anyway with Sasha Mitchell, Kimberly Foster etc.When Larry was close to his 60s it would have been a wise move to reposition him as a Jock character instead of pairing him with women half his age.Would you have liked a time jump for Dallas?If yes, when should it have happened?After Pam&#039;s crash would have been a good moment for example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the-lost-son, post: 332917, member: 672"] There is a great article about a 5 year time jump which Desperate Houdewives did. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.google.com/amp/s/screenrant.com/desperate-housewives-time-jump-5-years/amp/[/URL] Here some extracts: - Marc Cherry revealed the reason for the five-year time jump was a result of his desire to reset the drama before it escalated beyond his creative control. [I]"I wanted to go back to what the pilot was which was smaller problems"[/I] . A major issue with serialized dramas is that the plot may become overcomplicated as each conflict starts to build off of one another. Cherry further cited that the most difficult part of [URL='https://screenrant.com/desperate-housewives-gaby-children-accident-time-jump/']filming [I]Desperate Housewives[/I][/URL] was, [I]"I don't like it when, kind of, the soap takes over."[/I] He wanted to reinstitute an element of relatability to these characters by distancing them greatly from the (previous) seasons. - Marc Cherry cleverly kept the series from becoming a confusing soap opera with a convoluted plot by resetting the narrative back to the standards of season 1. - By the time jump most of the children became unruly teenagers. Thus, [I]Desperate Housewives[/I] was able to rejuvenate the dwindling engagement of its audience. A time jump would have been great for Dallas imo. Especially the children were uninteresting mostly to say the least. Making them older could have attracted younger viewers which they tried anyway with Sasha Mitchell, Kimberly Foster etc. When Larry was close to his 60s it would have been a wise move to reposition him as a Jock character instead of pairing him with women half his age. Would you have liked a time jump for Dallas? If yes, when should it have happened? After Pam's crash would have been a good moment for example. [/QUOTE]

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