io9 has an article titled 10 Lessons Every Other TV Show Should Learn From Vampire Diaries.
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Here is an excerpt:
3) The supporting cast is there to be killed off.
What’s the point of having a sprawling supporting cast, if they all survive? They just hang around, causing crowd scenes and cluttering things up. And having their supporting-casty feelings and things. If it wasn’t for the fact that we just watched season one of Game of Thrones, I’d say that few shows are as willing as TVD to off people right and left. Even some of our favorite characters — poor Aunt Jenna! — are cannon fodder when the show needs to put an exclamation point on a sentence. (Although how the hell is Alaric still alive?) This show’s body count, and its willingness to let people stay dead, is inspirational.
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