saw this review of the recent episode and it was talking about the same thing i mentioned:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillb...s-recap-faith/
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From the greats to the not so greats, every television show makes some kind of deal with its audience – especially if they’re serialized. Walter will die. Mulder will find proof of aliens. The island’s mysteries will be revealed. And while some are better at making good on this promise than others, the one thing that’s certain is the worst thing a show can do is not make good at all… but that doesn’t mean there’s only one way to do it. There’s no rule that says the promise can only be made good on in a series finale, which is even truer now, in a post-Mr. Robot world The promise can be made good on whenever the show deems it fit, and for Suits, that time is now.
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I was also just thinking about a show that I think did a great job of breaking from a potentially hamstringing initial plot point: White Collar. Perhaps the main driver of plot in the first season was Neal trying to find out what happened to Kate. They resolved the issue and managed to build a show without that constraint hanging over their head for subsequent seasons.
A show that did a terrible job of that was Burn Notice. Michael was always searching for the man in charge, and each season he would find said man in charge and kill him. Only to find out there was actually someone ahead of him. While I loved that show, it was definitely rinse and repeat as far as the overall plot was concerned.