So I watched the second episode of the Dresden Files, and I'm noticing something that doesn't thrill me.  There's nothing wrong with it per se, but simply I was hoping for something else, something more.  It seems like the show is already falling into a typical episodic pattern.  Some carry over (read threat of high council and bad uncle history), but mostly we have some recurring characters, and a new bad thing each week to solve.  Nothing really wrong with that.  But the problem that I fear is that this will mean little to no character development.  It's a very Star  Trek Next Gen sort of pattern--occasionally you had relationships between characters, but mostly they were relatively meaningless episode to episode.  Whereas Bab 5 was written in an ongoing story arc where the episodes wove together toward a larger end, a larger goal. 

So, with Dresden Files, I'm looking at it in terms of story telling, and what I feel right now is that it's more thin than I want.  Can I judge that after a mere two episodes?  I don't honestly know.  They could always have plans that I don't know about.  But you know how you read the beginning of a novel and you can kind of predict certain things--patterns, plot arcs, and so on?  Well, I'm feeling that at the moment.  I'm hoping it gets a little past the episodic--and keep in mind that I realize episodic has done well over many years and allows shows to be shown out of order and for people to join a show whenever and not have to watch constantly.  But.  Look at Heroes and look at Lost.  The thing that's making them successful is developing the depth.  That's one thing that makes novels successful. 

Just saying.

Di