Abstract

This video essay explores a tendency in recent American television series to privilegeformal experimentation over plot. It considers examples of televisual “excess” in shows such as Twin Peaks: The Return, The Knick, Hannibal, and The Leftovers, and what their turn away from narrative portends for viewers and critics.

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