#bc op is a heller i think? anyway jokes on them bc the suggestions were actually excellent and valid

[prince-of-elsinore]

I find it so funny when hellers call it "gatekeeping" to insist you have to watch the first three seasons of the show to get it, as if it's the same as saying "you're not a real fan if you can't name X writer or director or character" I mean it's not like this is Grey's Anatomy or NCIS, folks, it's not some procedural drama, it is a show with a plot and season arcs, and the first five seasons are actually all one long arc, so yeah, coming in at season 4 is like showing up to Hamlet in Act IV, can you imagine having the audacity to claim your criticism and interpretation are just as valid as those who actually arrived on time and saw the whole dang thing? No one's forcing you to watch s1-3, but pretending that it's gatekeeping when people who did watch the whole five season arc suggest your opinions don't have a firm basis in the text? It's laughable