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Originally Posted by HenrikOlsen
Rapidly getting to be a very annoying cliché, though I've so far only seen it in tv series, is the "main character has to do a voice-over to explain what you should have learned from this weeks episode," which I think got introduced in Sex in the City and seems to be part of more and more series.
For me it's an instant turnoff on a series when they start on it and I basically avoid that series after that no matter how interesting the stories are since I know it'll have me shouting at the screen.
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Doogie Howser, M.D. did that, too, and probably in a very similar fashion. (I've never liked
Sex in the City, so I'm not sure.) Doogie kept a journal on his computer, and he typed The Moral of Our Story
TM at the end of every episode. Actually, when he later appeared on
Celebrity Poker Showdown, they got him to duplicate the expression he used when he typed the journal, including the little pause before adding the last, seriously significant line. (The actor has a name. I know it. I call him Doogie Howser anyway.)