Maybe we will check that out if we can make it through all these episodes.

We got hooked when Netflix aired the series, and we watched what felt like an ungodly number of them. The last one ended and we were like "wtf?" Nothing had been resolved. There were basically 3 or 4 major plots in various stages of unfolding and it was over. Only then did I hit up wikipedia and realize that we had not even begun to Shadow. We maybe saw 5% of them. And Netflix actually started their episodes with the introduction of Barnabas, leaving a shitload of episodes on the front end that we didn't see, as the series didn't introduce that element of the supernatural till pretty far in.

I also love how "not tight" the writing is. It is CRAZY how good series writing is nowadays, and it's fun to watch them introduce tropes and plots into DS in kind of a ham-handed way. I enjoy it in the same way I like the errors the live filming reveals. Not disparaging the writers because with the number of episodes, it was a herculean task to keep the quality up over both the time-frame and pace. The writing kind of ebbs and flows in quality like the tide and you can actually see it. Just like that boom mic that made it into the frame. Fun.