Pacing In Dead Boy Detectives Episode 07

Pacing in Dead Boy Detectives Episode 07

One of the things I really appreciate about Dead Boy Detectives is the way the writing is structured with regards to the pacing, and I really notice this in particular with Episode 07.

Episode 07 is the penultimate episode in the season, and there's a bunch of heavy stuff that goes on; everything's coming to a head.

There are so many shows where a pivotal episode like this would be absolutely relentless, with one thing piled after another. I think if that were the case here, I'd approach rewatches with mixed feelings. I'd want to watch the episode again because it was important, but would go in fully expecting that on a personal, emotional level, I was going to have a bit of a rough time for at least an hour or so.

But I've never minded rewatching Episode 07 at all, and I think that part of that is the pacing and the fact that it's so well-balanced.

The action sequences are important, but they're also fairly short and interleaved with quieter scenes. It's not consistently dark (both in emotional tone and in lighting), but cuts back and forth with more brightly lit and slightly-lighter-in-tone scenes. Even though there's a lot of emotionally high-stakes stuff going on, there are frequent reminders of love and hope and the characters supporting each other, even when they're apart.

And I think that's another part of what makes this show, in general, so enjoyable and so rewatchable, for me.

it's time for the girls!!

one of my favorite things about dead boy detectives is that it doesn’t take its monsters too seriously because the monsters themselves aren’t the scary part - it’s the symbolism, the things they represent, that are truly scary. yeah, teeth face and the sprites and the demon that apologized for dragging edwin to hell are goofy because they’re not what we’re meant to be scared of. the real horrors are parental abuse, internalized homophobia, xenophobia, bullying, abusive relationships, stalking… i could go on and on. anyway this show is brilliant and i need 20 more seasons of it please and thank you

Dead Boy Detectives Writers' Room Quotes Part 1

Inspired by Zack Ogle's tweet

Part 2 | Part 3 (coming soon!)

This time around on Episode 02:

I paused to read the plaque on the moose bobblehead when Edwin is trying to smash the bracelet off his wrist, just after the opening credits.

It reads: "Feeling optimistic at Cape Disappointment"

…

I have many feels about this at the moment.

The real question is

What form would David the demon take in season 2 now that he has un-possessed that body?

Are we sticking with the same guy?