#this show is so weird so i dont blame you jkdgbkdjr

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i thought mlb was like. a magical girl-ish show. with.. idk a villain of the week format.???. whst the fuck happened (not in a bad way just insanely curious. like HUH)

JBDGJKDRB mlb is kinda like a mix of episodic and serialized. there's always been an overarching plot but the episodes werent strictly serialized. and yeah youre right about being villain of the week, thats pretty much how its structured!! just recently though theyve been picking up the slack on their overarching narrative elements so theres a lot more Plot happening now. it used to be they only left that for like, premieres and mid-season and season finales

its one of those weird shows that try to tread the line and are semi serialized. you can tune in and watch any episode and still get it pretty much, but there's some Special Tidbits here and there that would make you go hmmm if you missed stuff, but not enough for it to be SUPER bothersome. for a while my biggest personal criticism about the show was how they clearly wanted to be ambitious with the story and the expanded universe lore and whatnot but they were also just so afraid to break out of the status quo and literally even made an episode basically mocking the idea lol. they used to be really bad with handling their plot beats and threads but i can say that s5 was an improvement