All too often, the show isn’t ruined by the new character. Rather, the new character shows up because the show is already ruined. Low ratings indicate that viewership is down (another sign that it’s ruined), which causes the suits to demand something fresh, which causes the writers to come up with things like new characters (and plots that don’t really line up with the show’s history).
It’s easy to say the show turned to shit when Oliver showed up, but the signs were there before.
All too often, the show isn’t ruined by the new character. Rather, the new character shows up because the show is already ruined. Low ratings indicate that viewership is down (another sign that it’s ruined), which causes the suits to demand something fresh, which causes the writers to come up with things like new characters (and plots that don’t really line up with the show’s history).
It’s easy to say the show turned to shit when Oliver showed up, but the signs were there before.