Voyager should have done a whole episode that was just a series of horror vignettes of the entire crew in increasingly malicious/difficult/terrifying situations that start off seeming like normal Voyager antics (Every main character gets their turn to 'star' in one scenario somehow tailored to them sans Harry who's conspicuously absent and the Doctor) and end with like, Janeway once again heroically sacrificing herself for the crew after finally figuring out what's wrong only for the episode to end exactly how it began. Only the first scenario plays out until the very end, every subsequent scenario ends faster and more brutally than the last and as the episode progresses we see the crew retaining scars or pains from previous deaths we witnessed though to them these wounds are mysterious or they give a narratively coherent reason for having them. Though there are some clues as to what's happening this largely remains unexplained and unresolved until the NEXT episode which is 'The Killing Game'. Everyone would have loved this! They would have cheered and clapped!
So, I finally started listening to Re: Dracula this past weekend. (I can do serials if I'm reading, but it doesn't work for things I listen to. I need to build up a bunch of it and binge, so I had put off listening to the podcast til it was mostly done.)
You guys, it is so good. I have sampled a lot of Dracula audiobooks over the years, including some full-cast ones, and I genuinely think this the best I've ever heard. I'm only 20-some episodes in so far, but there have been so many tiny amazingly effective choices that have made me so happy. (Never getting over the moment where Dracula just casually dropped into a completely unremarkable British accent for half a sentence, just to freak Jonathan out. Beautiful. Perfect. Dracula has never been more frightening.)
I'm so happy this is a thing that exists in the world.