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I think one big example that come to mind is Mr.Robot.
It’s like the writers took all the questions that they layed in the person mind and just throw it in the garbage and replace it with new blank canvas to write a new story.
I think one big example that come to mind is Mr.Robot.
It’s like the writers took all the questions that they layed in the person mind and just throw it in the garbage and replace it with new blank canvas to write a new story.
I don’t think this is a particularly unpopular opinion when it comes to this story twist being used in a lazy way. The most common version of this is in running TV shows where the episode is sort of a “what if” that wants to go wild without having any actual lasting impact.
In the other hand, one of the earliest versions of this trope in the story ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’ is haunting because of the ending. There is an actual point to the dream sequence, instead of it just being a lazy reset button. Lesser imitations of course will fall short. Though sometimes there are masterful beats using inspiration from the story like the emotionally powerful ‘An Incident at Owl Creek’ episode of American Dad.