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Can anyone name some mysteries in stories where the answer ended up delivering and was better than the mystery itself? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by ApollosArrow@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’ve watched shows, movies, read comics or listened to podcasts where there is a lot of build up around a mystery, only for the end to be lackluster. In these the journey itself was more riveting than where we ended up. What are some instances where the answer lived up to the hype?

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[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not sure the genre or trope, but Poker Face (and 6 Feet Under), the additional subgenre for me is "who's gonna die in the first scene".

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I would call that a "killer of the week" format. There is a new crime/murder every week. Sometimes there is a season-long story as well (Natasha Lyonne's character running away from the Vegas baddies) and sometimes it's just the killer of the week story. Murder, She Wrote is a good example of the latter; you can watch MSW episodes in pretty much any order, it doesn't matter because each episode is basically self-contained. Any story external to the killer of the week is just to service actors being replaced or setting Jessica Fletcher in different locations beyond her hometown so she can face a new killer of the week. MSW is a whodunnit and also a killer-of-the-week show.