Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31892121-20170621223348/@comment-13022928-20170622043623

You never know some episodes might not take too long to film, so I won't read too much into it. However I feel the shortened season is bad for the season. Season 4 felt kind of rushed, and glossed over stories that could have been drawn out more had the season been longer. Also I feel character development can be and was rushed when the season is shorter.

So far this is how I see the shows seasons being structured. The CW picked up the show to test it and gave thirteen episodes to establish. Season 1 gave good ratings and pulled in viewers so they renewed the show for a another season. Since it did good they gave the show more money to make a longer season. Since the second season was great they renewed the show for another season with the same length. However after the train wreck that was season 3 ended the network probably was like we'll give you another chance, but your on probation so we're cutting the money we'd give you. Therefore making season 4 shorter. Since season was great the network might give them money for a longer season.

This is just my thoughts/opinions and I don't know anything about how this stuff works.