Poison Trail 
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Subverting expectations, I guess.
Back in the day we'd call that "Shoddy writing and storytelling which somehow got past being shut down in it's early stages by anyone even remotely competent", but nowadays it's like... "Oh, that's_*totally_* gonna take viewers by surprise, who cares about how you can blow more holes into it than swiss cheese when you start thinking about the logistics of said plot twist?".
It's like taking concepts such as foreshadowing and character development, then flipping them on their head just to get that "Gotcha!" moment and self-gratification in the immediate airing of the episode, only to vanish right afterwards as the communityistops lbefting shell- shocked and begins to demand answers.
Controversies cause a lot of noise to be made and take relatively little effort to pull off, so it's no wonder we see it picking up as a trend within the entertainment industry.
Subverting expectations, I guess.
Back in the day we'd call that "Shoddy writing and storytelling which somehow got past being shut down in it's early stages by anyone even remotely competent", but nowadays it's like... "Oh, that's
It's like taking concepts such as foreshadowing and character development, then flipping them on their head just to get that "Gotcha!" moment and self-gratification in the immediate airing of the episode, only to vanish right afterwards as the community
Controversies cause a lot of noise to be made and take relatively little effort to pull off, so it's no wonder we see it picking up as a trend within the entertainment industry.