Why do shows on streaming platforms waste time with "previously on" recaps? (lemm.ee)

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Everything from the Boys, to Marvel shows, to Lower Decks waste so much time every episode recapping what happened previously. We're watching these shows on demand. If we needed a recap we simply watch parts of the last episode. Binging shows is so normal it's a meme now.

Do the people making these shows seriously think there's a possibility of network syndication or something? As if we'll eventually go back to the network model?

What do you think?

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[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

My only gripe with this is with anime like Bleach. Each episode is 3 minutes of recap, 12 minutes of actual show, and 5 minutes of credits and the outro scenes that have nothing to do with the story. It's somewhat infuriating to watch a recap of something that happened 10 minutes ago 4-5 times an hour.

Apart from that I don't mind them as there is so much content out there and many shows are doing weekly releases, making it easy to forget details.

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