{"id":465437,"date":"2022-06-20T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T21:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/more-shows-should-take-after-legacies-keep-monster-of-the-week-alive\/"},"modified":"2022-06-20T00:00:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T21:00:54","slug":"more-shows-should-take-after-legacies-keep-monster-of-the-week-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/more-shows-should-take-after-legacies-keep-monster-of-the-week-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"#More Shows Should Take After &#8216;Legacies&#8217; &#038; Keep Monster-of-the-Week Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4ed1d325ca0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4ed1d325ca0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/more-shows-should-take-after-legacies-keep-monster-of-the-week-alive\/#%E2%80%9CMore_Shows_Should_Take_After_%E2%80%98Legacies_Keep_Monster-of-the-Week_Alive%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;More Shows Should Take After &#8216;Legacies&#8217; &#038; Keep Monster-of-the-Week Alive&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMore_Shows_Should_Take_After_%E2%80%98Legacies_Keep_Monster-of-the-Week_Alive%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;More Shows Should Take After &#8216;Legacies&#8217; &#038; Keep Monster-of-the-Week Alive&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div> <span>For the first time in nearly 13 years, The CW\u2019s <\/span><i><span>Vampire Diaries<\/span><\/i><span> universe is off the air. With spinoff <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> <\/span><i><span>Legacies<\/span><\/i><i><span>\u2018<\/span><\/i><span> fourth season serving as its last, and its June 16 finale already behind us, there\u2019s no telling when another <em>TVD<\/em> story will come about. However, during their run, <em>TVD<\/em> shows became the pinnacle of the supernatural soap genre with steamy romances, intriguing lore, memorable characters \u2014 and most importantly, a perfect amount of cheesiness (at least, when it wasn\u2019t trying to be too serious).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When it premiered in 2018 soon after<\/span><span> <\/span><i><span>The Originals<\/span><\/i> <span>finale, <\/span><i><span>Legacies<\/span><\/i><span> found ways to distinguish itself from its predecessors. Centered around the children of the characters from the previous two shows,<\/span><i><span> Legacies<\/span><\/i><span> has an interesting premise: <em>TVD<\/em>\u2019s Alaric Saltzman (<\/span><span>Matthew Davis<\/span><span>) runs a school for <\/span><span>witches, vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural beings, like tribrid Hope Mikaelson (<\/span><span>Danielle Rose Russell<\/span><span>), who h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens to be all three. Set a few years after her parents die on <\/span><i><span>The Originals<\/span><\/i><span>, Hope and her friends face villain after villain, but the multi-season big bad is Malivore, who consumes supernatural creatures and wipes out all traces of their existence.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1048817\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1048817\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1048817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/legacies-season-4-super-squad-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Lee as Kaleb, Quincy Fouse as Milton \u201dMG\u201d Greasley, Jenny Boyd as Lizzie Saltzman, Danielle Rose Russell as Hope Mikaelson, and Ben Levin as Jed in Legacies\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/legacies-season-4-super-squad-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/legacies-season-4-super-squad-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/legacies-season-4-super-squad-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/legacies-season-4-super-squad-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/legacies-season-4-super-squad-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/legacies-season-4-super-squad.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1048817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Reel \/ The CW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Throughout the seasons, Malivore sends the monsters he\u2019d devoured to attack the Salvatore School, and some of the kids, including Hope and twin Gemini witches Josie (<\/span><span>Kaylee Bryant<\/span><span>) and Lizzie Saltzman (<\/span><span>Jenny Boyd<\/span><span>), create a \u2018Super Squad\u2019 to fight them off, with a high success rate. But the monster-of-the-week format \u2014 the main way <\/span><i><span>Legacies<\/span><\/i><span> set itself apart \u2014 does more than provide showy action sequences with never-before-seen creatures: It brings up new struggles for the characters to grapple with emotionally and keeps things fairly easy to comprehend plot-wise. Best of all, it brings back the silliness that had beforehand mostly been snuffed out in the <em>TVD<\/em> universe, bogged down by spending a little <\/span><i><span>too<\/span><\/i><span> much time on the lore in the end. With<\/span><i><span> Legacies <\/span><\/i><span>coming to a close, other shows going forward need to take a page out of its book and keep the weekly monster format alive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though it took a backseat during<\/span><i><span> Legacies\u2019 <\/span><\/i><span>fourth season, the structure made up the bulk of Season 1 through 3, always connecting to the overarching Malivore plot before he bit the dust in the fourth episode of Season 4. Hope finally activated her tribrid powers and killed him (and as a result, her love interest, <\/span><span>Aria Shahghasemi<\/span><span>\u2019s Landon, died as well). Landon\u2019s death sparked the new season\u2019s central arc in which Hope turned off her humanity. Oh, and the gods became involved, but that\u2019s another<\/span><span> matter entirely. The fourth season had a noticeable tonal shift \u2014 it took after <em>TVD<\/em> much more with its arc\u2019s throughline and very few fun asides. But whereas the show took (maybe a little too much) time with Malivore and each of his monsters in the first three seasons, it didn\u2019t spend nearly enough on the gods in the final 20 episodes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cheatsheet.com\/entertainment\/legacies-fans-over-malivore-storyline.html\/\"><span>Some fans<\/span><\/a><span> were more than happy to see Malivore go \u2014 the MOTW format wasn\u2019t \u201cTVD enough,\u201d many claimed. But <\/span><i><span>Legacies<\/span><\/i><span> hinged on the structure to make it more original from its predecessors as well as other shows on TV right now \u2014 the condensed <\/span><span>eight-episode arc and tight storytelling seems to be <\/span><span>the go-to lately<\/span><span>. <\/span><span>MOTW also masked <\/span><i><span>Legacies<\/span><\/i><span>\u2019 fairly messy plot issues and assured that the average viewer, unfamiliar with <em>TVD<\/em> lore, could have a smooth viewing experience. (And these days, in the era of Marvel and <em>Star Wars<\/em> where almost all of the filmography is required viewing to understand a current project, <\/span><i><span>Legacies<\/span><\/i><span> was quite refreshing in this respect.) Sure, some of the monsters were blink-and-you-miss-them forgettable, but at <\/span><i><span>Legacies<\/span><\/i><span>\u2019 best, it was able to use the one-and-done formula as a tool to bring its characters back to Earth, focusing more on them rather than its too ambitious larger mythology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Monster-of-the-week is far from revolutionary \u2014 <\/span><i><span>Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/span><\/i><i><span>, <\/span><\/i><i><span>The X-Files<\/span><\/i>,<span> and, most recently, the long-running <\/span><i><span>Supernatural<\/span><\/i><span> did it best, though they certainly had their fair share of fumbles before getting it right. But the trope is tried and true; the series just has to strike the right balance of the smaller monster narrative and broader plot without losing its focus and comprehensibility. <\/span><i><span>Legacies<\/span><\/i><span> was able to do it decently enough in so few seasons. In particular, when <\/span><i><span>Legacies<\/span><\/i><span> introduces monsters that are already established characters, like <\/span><span>dark Josie<\/span><span> and <\/span><span><em>TVD<\/em> antagonist Kai Parker<\/span><span> (Chris Wood), it worked exceedingly well by pushing their characters to their moral limits and testing the viewers\u2019 loyalty to their favorite characters as well. Regardless, before its end, <\/span><i><span>Legacies <\/span><\/i><span>was <\/span><span>part of a <\/span><span>dwindling number of mainstream series still making use of MOTW \u2014 at least, before wrongfully abandoning it in its final season.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1048818\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1048818\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1048818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/supernatural-sam-dean-winchester-season-15-853x570.jpg\" alt=\"Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles in Supernatural\" width=\"853\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/supernatural-sam-dean-winchester-season-15-853x570.jpg 853w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/supernatural-sam-dean-winchester-season-15-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/supernatural-sam-dean-winchester-season-15-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/supernatural-sam-dean-winchester-season-15-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/supernatural-sam-dean-winchester-season-15-570x381.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/supernatural-sam-dean-winchester-season-15.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1048818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colin Bentley \/ \u00a9The CW \/ Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The MOTW structure needs to be employed more often and definitely shouldn\u2019t die out \u2014 it\u2019s exactly what makes television as a medium so great, distinguishing it from film. Syfy\u2019s wonderful, silly supernatural series <\/span><i><span>Astrid &amp; Lilly Save the World<\/span><\/i><span>, one of the latest shows to use the format, did it even better than <\/span><i><span>Legacies<\/span><\/i><span> and proved why it\u2019s such a valuable storytelling mechanism. It uses the monsters to further the girls\u2019 character growth while firmly avoiding slipping into mind-numbing formulaic territory; even better, each monster they defeat is part of a quest, crucial to reaching the big payoff. The monsters serve a purpose, even when they\u2019re ridiculous and provide more than a few laughs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Streaming shows need to follow in the footsteps of <em>Legacies<\/em> and <em>Astrid &amp; Lilly<\/em> and produce more series that aren\u2019t essentially eight-hour movies, and MOTW is the perfect solution. Episodes need to be broken up from each other to let the viewer catch their breath and allow them to get more attached to the characters without having the pressure of a too-heavy plot. As the successor to<\/span><span> <\/span><i><span>Supernatural,<\/span><\/i> <span>I can only hope that the upcoming prequel series <i>The Winchesters<\/i> takes up the mantel as TV\u2019s resident MOTW show \u2014 that is, if <em>Astrid &amp; Lilly<\/em> isn\u2019t brought back for Season 2. It\u2019s still my number one.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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