(Such as the first episode of Batwoman season one, where it ruined who Alice was. What do I mean by that? I mean that it can’t be slow as molasses, but it also can’t be so fast that you wonder what they will do with the rest of the season. Third, a good pilot needs to understand pacing.
That’s a completely different issue.Ī good pilot will not drag on like this walker Of course, writing consistent characters is another blog for another day. (Which is why I haven’t finished The Vampire Diaries yet and stalled in season five because I hate Elena, but that’s another blog post.) So if the characters aren’t well written from the get-go, then the viewers aren’t going to care. If the viewer doesn’t care about the characters, they won’t finish the show. Sam and Dean Winchester, Elena Gilbert and the Salvatores, Oliver, Felicity and Diggle.) Thus it’s easier to establish who they are and why the viewer should care about them. (I’ve noticed that the magic numbers when it comes to main characters are two and three. In shows like Supernatural, Arrow, The Vampire Diaries, etc., the characters are more condensed. especially in shows like The Wheel of Time, Game of Thrones, The Witcher, etc., where there are a lot of main characters. It will allow the viewers to get to know them (the main characters, that is) enough. Second, a good pilot will not only establish the main characters but also let the viewer connect to them. as the show progresses.Ī good pilot will establish the main characters and why we should care Those shows ( True Blood, Arrow, The Magicians, etc.) are like, okay, here’s our world, but it also has *insert magic, vampires, superheroes, etc., here*, and you’ll eventually learn about the rules of the magic, vampires, superheroes, etc. Yes, they have their own lore and rules regarding vampires, magic, superpowers, etc., but they don’t have as much stuff to reveal in one episode as The Wheel of Time and Game of Thrones. They’re not set in mostly our world, such as True Blood, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, The Magicians, Arrow, The Boys, The Umbrella Academy, etc., which have superhero, magic, or supernatural elements. Those shows have their own world that they’ve created. Those shows must establish their lore early on, even if it’s based on a game or a book, because the viewers may not have read or played the original. Shows such as Game of Thrones, The Witcher, The Wheel of Time, Merlin, etc. This is especially important for shows that are fantasy based and outside of the modern or the usual world. It’s based on observations of watching, like, a lot of television.įirst, a good pilot must establish the world the show lives in. Not all do this, however, and some pilots can be well, not good. Sometimes production companies, like with movies, do a test run with the pilot to see how viewers react to it and to see if they need to change the pilot.
If a show has a good pilot, then that show might get more than one season, and well, if it doesn’t have a good pilot or even a semi-decent one, then that show may only run one season. It establishes what the show is about and what you can expect. I like to compare the pilot episode to the first line of a book. It keeps them coming back for more, and if a show doesn’t have a good pilot, then viewers may not continue to watch that show. The pilot episode is the episode that draws viewers in. As I am sure you’re all aware, the first episode of any show, otherwise known as the “pilot” episode, can make or break a show.
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