An Uncomfortable Edit

Last week Fata and I watched an episode of a show which we have seen for 7 seasons, 10 if you count the spin-offs. At the end of that episode, I had an uncomfortable feeling, like there was something wrong with the show… like the edit just wasn't right… something felt 'off'…

The next day, on the way to work, there was a spirited exchange while I tried to explain to Fata that discomfort about the previous evening's episode. I couldn't verbalize what it was exactly that caused the uneasiness.

Was it because there was no scene that established the talents' arrival at a different location? There were always the gratuitous in the airplane and at the baggage carousel scenes an the earlier seasons.

Was it because there was not enough explanation of where they were at or going? Or the pacing wasn't as exciting as before? The dialogue wasn't as tense/witty/engaging? There was definitely a problem with the chronology, there was a location where one of the talent was seen wearing a glove on her left hand, but the explanation for the left glove happened only three-quarters into the segment.

But to no avail, Fata didn't get it, so I had to leave it at that.

Almost a week later, a chat with a colleague revealed that he had the same discomfort with that episode and the episode after that. He even said that there were strange shot sizes used in the edit. He figures there must have been a different editor on these episodes cos the 'feeling just wasn't right'.

Yippee! Someone who knows what I mean! :P Kumxia!