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Petrichor02 t1_j5v5zzu wrote

Reply to comment by durgertime in I want the Nolans to make a show by romanf_267

If you watched all of the first season and felt like it was just a regular cop procedural then you missed the serialized subplots that were threaded throughout each episode that tied into the overarching narrative.

Eventually the serialized subplots become the full plot instead of subplots though, which is where a lot of people fall in love with the show. I personally liked the mix better than when it went fully serialized, but that's just me.

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durgertime t1_j5vipnc wrote

Oh I saw it, but b-plots threading through a procedural show was already quite common in various detective/legal/cop shows by that time and I didn't really see anything that was exceptionally interesting about it, while all of the crime drama was really bland and uninteresting. Is there something about the subplot that really develops and gets interesting?

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PM-ME-UR-PIZZA t1_j5vokrt wrote

Without spoiling too much, the next couple of seasons goes way deeper in the HR/corruption angles, while building up the angle of the Machine as a character on it's own, as a Super AI. If you want more spoilers I can give it, I am just on my third rewatch of the show so it's pretty fresh

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bros402 t1_j5x66ov wrote

Those B plots become A plots.

and the machine becomes a character

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Vincent_adultman98 t1_j5xbt9a wrote

So around the end of season 2/start of season 3 they close up the crime drama aspect and make it more about the A.I and originations surrounding the A.I.

In terms of plot development it's a lot like Fringe, in that seasons one and two you're not sure if it's going to become more or less serialized and then after that it leans really heavily into the sci-fi aspects.

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