A long-running police drama has seemingly resorted to a cynical ratings ploy to combat falling ratings.
For six seasons, Rescue Force has prided itself on providing realistic, compelling drama with occasionally funny banter between the main characters, and has earnt acclaim because of it.
But with ratings starting to fall, the writers of Rescue Force have used a tactic usually reserved for trashy soap operas.
According to the episode summary for ‘Fired Up!’:
Tragedy strikes the Rescue Force team in the cliffhanger season six finale when a massive fire engulfs their headquarters, placing everyone at risk. No-one is safe. Who will survive?
While it seems like the height of cynicism and desperation, the unofficial Rescue Force Recap fan podcast suggests there’s a more devious motivation.
In a special episode airing before ‘Fired Up!’, the hosts dig around and find out big egos and contract negotiations were behind the game-changing finale.
”Apparently a few of the big stars have believed their own hype and are holding out for more money before season seven goes into production. They’ve even hired slimy lawyers to find contract loopholes they can exploit,” said Recap host Kate.
“And a few of the younger actors have started fishing for movie roles and are ‘reluctant’ about returning for season seven!” added the other Recap host Sarah. “The producers were pissed, so they told the writing team to pull the ‘disaster’ card and show everyone that they weren’t going to put up with this petty crap!”
“They’ve deliberately left it as a cliffhanger to give themselves more negotiation time over the break. If certain actors want to walk, then it’ll be easy to kill them off; but if they play ball, then their characters survive. It’s quite smart,” said Kate.
”The last two seasons have been boring, and we’ve been using the podcast to reminisce about the excellent first four seasons. A cast refresh – or even a clean-slate reboot – is needed,” said Sarah.
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