Warning: Full spoilers for True Blood Season 6 follow...
Yes, I had issues with True Blood's sixth season, but the new 10-episode structure wasn't one of them. And no, it's not just because there was less True Blood. 10 episodes allowed the show to focus on three main storylines, instead of the usual five or six. It streamlined the show like never before while revealing the simple truth that True Blood stories don't need twelve episodes. Can you even imagine this season getting padded out with two more installments? As it was, a third of the screen time was devoted to Terry mourning.
The downside of 10 episodes though is that it really shines a spotlight, even more than before, on the fact that this show just has too many damn characters. Characters who rarely arc. They just mostly remain the same while reacting in their usual manner to the new dangerous things that happen or the new crazy characters who wander into town. All while often mentioning how insane their lives have all gotten (or how they can't remember the last time things weren't totally bats***) as a way to meta-defend the series for giving us disorder instead of direction.
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