Padding

I’ve complained here and thereabout stories that don’t actually seem to get anywhere, or which get lost in a detour for a few hundred pages before finding the path again, or that can’t seem to work out what they’re about. Lately I’ve been watching a lot of television with much the same problem. Original Netflix series, Amazon Prime series, and series off regular ol’ TV. Most of these original series have thirteen episodes per season, because as we all know, God cleverly arranged a year to con...