What if there was only one season?

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Over the last few weeks, I've been on a hot streak of Korean drama-watching.......and one major uniting factor with prime time kdramas is that they tend to have only a single season which stretches anywhere between 16 to 24 episodes. This usually means two things: that the writers have only that many episodes to tell their story in, and that - very importantly - there's a definite start and end to the story, and they have to wrap it, plot, relationships and all, in that much.

So today's question is pretty simple: if BSG had only got one season (plus the miniseries) from the start, what would you do with it, pilots-wise? Where could you see Kara and Lee's relationship going in 24 episodes if you knew you had only that much time and didn't need to milk the ratings to ensure another season?  

(and how much eyefrakking could you possibly squeeze into those 24 episodes?)





PS: Apologies for missing yesterday's DPP, and yet another reminder that the Meta Monday post is still up and running - if there's any piloty tangent you want to elaborate on, write/link it there anytime during the week and I'll put it in the end-of-week wrap post! (and do read the fantastic thinky-thoughts already posted by callmeonetrack and mserrada in the comments!)

Comments

[lanalucy]

Well, not specific to pilots, but we could cut out every last minute of Gauis' romps with his imaginary girlfriend. BSG spent entirely too much time in GB's head, and frankly, some of what they showed on screen was just gratuitous. ymmv

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oh goodness, yes. The entirety of Baltar's harem/crazy prophet bullshitter phase could be cut with absolutely no loss to the story (especially if it made way for a few extra pilots scenes)