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Analysing Semi-Serialized Television Fictions: the Ethical Stakes of Narrative Structures NARRATIVES / AESTHETICS / CRITICISM ANALYSING SEMI-SERIALIZED TELEVISION FICTIONS: THE ETHICAL STAKES OF NARRATIVE STRUCTURES SARAH HATCHUEL, CLAIRE CORNILLON Name Sarah Hatchuel (Mittell 2015: 20), as they include episodes that both Academic centre Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France stand on their own and advance various long-term narrative E-mail address [email protected] arcs. These semi-serial shows display a writing which, season after season, feeds on the very tension between Name Claire Cornillon their episodic and serial aspects, between short-term Academic centre Université de Nîmes, France and long-term features. This tension raises ethical stakes, E-mail address [email protected] particularly an ethics of care, which this essay will attempt to bring to the fore, drawing from the work of Sandra KEYWORDS Laugier (2014: 261). Laugier’s work invites us to understand Episodic; serial; ethics; ER; Angel; Awake; Lost; how television shows, through their durations and the Person of interest. various kinds of attachment they elicit, may educate viewers morally and make them attentive to what seems to be unremarkable within ordinary life. Her recent work on ABSTRACT TV series (2019) focuses on their representational contents The power of episodic television shows such as Columbo – situations, dialogues, gestures, dilemmas, identity (NBC, 1968-1978; ABC, 1989-2003), in which each episode politics and (political or moral) choices made by (groups tells a full story, has been highlighted by Jean-Pierre of) characters – but it does not take into account the way Esquenazi (2017: 107-28), who compares them to cubist specific narrative structures may encourage spectators to works, whose universes become denser over time. Yet, adopt a particular ethical view. The purpose of this essay surveys evidence that audiences generally prefer watching is precisely to focus on the ethics of care invoked through serial television shows whose narrative arcs develop over serial narrative structures. By analyzing several examples, numerous episodes (Glevarec 2012, Combes 2015). Series we will show that semi-serial shows thematize their own such as ER (NBC, 1994-2009), Angel (The WB, 1999-2004), narrative negotiations within the story world and, even if Lost (ABC, 2004-2010), Person of Interest (CBS, 2011-2016) they construct strong serial arcs, maintain the importance and Awake (NBC, 2012), which are the focus of this essay, of the episodic form as a metaphor of human beings in negotiate a “balance between episodic and serial demands” their very individualities and specificities. 57 SERIES VOLUME VI, Nº 1, SUMMER 2020: 57-64 DOI https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2421-454X/10393 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TV SERIAL NARRATIVES ISSN 2421-454X NARRATIVES / AESTHETICS / CRITICISM > SARAH HATCHUEL, CLAIRE CORNILLON ANALYSING SEMI-SERIALIZED TELEVISION FICTIONS: THE ETHICAL STAKES OF NARRATIVE STRUCTURES The power of formula television shows such as Columbo main sub-categories (Cornillon 2018), leading to a more nu- (NBC, 1968-1978; ABC, 1988-2003), in which each episode anced understanding of television seriality: has a certain form of autonomy, has been highlighted by Jean- 1. Formula semi-serialized shows (such as Angel, Person Pierre Esquenazi (2017: 107-28), who compares them to cub- of interest or ER) : in this sub-category, different story ist works, whose universes become denser over time. Yet, arcs are developed throughout the entire season or surveys evidence that audiences generally prefer watching series (regarding plot elements, the relationships be- serialized television shows whose narrative arcs develop over tween characters or the evolution of these characters) numerous episodes (Glevarec 2012, Combes 2015). TV series but every episode is structured around the same for- such as ER (NBC, 1994-2009), Angel (The WB, 1999-2004), mula. It is based, for instance, on the case of the week, Lost (ABC, 2004-2010), Person of Interest (CBS, 2011-2016) the patient of the week or the monster of the week. and Awake (NBC, 2012), which are the case studies chosen for 2. Episodic semi-serialized shows (such as Lost): in this this essay, are semi-serialized shows since they all negotiate a sub-category, each episode serves a long-term narra- “balance between episodic and serial demands” (Mittell 2015: tive plot but also features a certain form of autonomy 20) and include episodes that both stand on their own and based on a particular theme or linked to a character’s advance various long-term narrative arcs. On a narrative level, specific viewpoint. However, contrary to what hap- Lost may look, at first sight, like a pure serial show but the ep- pens with the formula semi-serialized show, episodes isodes generally follow a structure centred on a character and do not follow the same narrative pattern each time. his/her past or future, making them at the same time units Therefore, a very serialized show such as Stranger Things with some closed plots. This formal repetition was especially (Netflix, 2016-) does not operate in the same way as Lost needed because, during the first three seasons, no ending since its episodes have no thematic or formal specificities had been negotiated with the producers, so that writers had – they could be considered as parts of a very long film. On to make the show last as long as possible. Conversely, a se- the continuum that exists between episodic and serialized ries like ER may look like a pure medical procedural drama television, Stranger Things tends to be more serialized while with autonomous stories each week, but in fact its episodes Lost has a more balanced structure between the two poles reveal how the medical cases have lasting consequences on (Cornillon 2019). the recurring staff of doctors and nurses over seasons and The variety of structures that can be found in TV series even the entire series. has thus to be acknowledged in a more complex way than This essay relies on a specific terminology in French serial just a binary opposition. One has to think in terms of tension, narratology developed over the years (Cornillon 2018, Favard negotiation, hybridity and continuum instead of strict oppo- 2018, Lifschutz 2018, Hatchuel and Thiellement 2019) and sition. Semi-serialized shows (whether formulaic or episodic) on previous articles written on the relationship between ide- display a writing which, season after season, feeds on the ology and serial narrative structures in different TV series – very tension between their episodic and serialized aspects, for example, on Angel (Cornillon 2017), on Awake (Hatchuel between short-term and long-term features. This tension 2014), or on Lost (Hatchuel and Cornillon 2016). This essay raises ethical stakes, particularly an ethics of care, which this represents an attempt to draw a synthesis and a theoretical essay will attempt to bring to the fore. frame from these previous works in order to elaborate a new Sandra Laugier’s work (2014: 261) has invited us to under- methodology to study television series, especially semi-seri- stand how television shows, through their durations and the alized shows, and to share our first results with the interna- various kinds of attachment they elicit, may educate view- tional community working on serial narration and aesthetics. ers morally and make them attentive to what seems to be The terminology used here makes a distinction between unremarkable within ordinary life. Her recent work on TV formula shows (such as Columbo or CSI), serialized shows series (2019) focuses on their representational contents – sit- (such as Stranger Things or The Handmaid’s Tale) and semi-se- uations, dialogues, gestures, dilemmas, identity politics and rialized shows (such as ER or Lost, as we have just seen). The (political or moral) choices made by (groups of) characters – latter category is the one we are going to explore to under- but it does not take into account the way specific narrative stand precisely how its structural hybridity is a frame for its structures may encourage spectators to adopt a particular ideological and ethical content. Among those semi-serialized ethical view. Other volumes (Skorin-Kapov 2019, Watson and shows, and the examples chosen in this essay, we find two Arp 2011) engage with ethical issues through film or televi- 58 SERIES VOLUME VI, Nº 1, SUMMER 2020: 57-64 DOI https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2421-454X/10393 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TV SERIAL NARRATIVES ISSN 2421-454X NARRATIVES / AESTHETICS / CRITICISM > SARAH HATCHUEL, CLAIRE CORNILLON ANALYSING SEMI-SERIALIZED TELEVISION FICTIONS: THE ETHICAL STAKES OF NARRATIVE STRUCTURES sion, but fail to address the very ethics of film or television. actors, that is to say, guest stars. The narration leaves room for The purpose of this essay is precisely to focus on the ethics of these characters to be the centre of one episode. For instance, care implied by the shows’ narrative structures. Through four James Woods appears in season 12, in which he plays a pro- case studies (the number of which is necessarily limited by the fessor who is completely paralyzed; Forest Whitaker appears scope of an academic essay), we will test a new methodology in season 13, as a patient whose state deteriorates rapidly to analyse semi-serialized fictions, revealing how these shows during his stay in the emergency room and who will sue Luka thematize their own narrative negotiations within the story Kovac for malpractice. Serialized narrative arcs progress for world. Even if semi-serialized shows construct strong serial their part, but doctors always have to readapt their points of arcs, they seem to maintain the importance of the episode view to be more sensitive to their patients’ own perspectives. as a metaphor of human beings in their very individualities Several episodes actually adopt a patient’s point of view in and specificities. Our four examples are taken from network order to thematize an ethical issue both for doctors and view- television, a source of serial narratives which has generally ers.
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