Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4753851-20140909163244/@comment-19765459-20140912155645

Grahamburglar wrote:   I'd also say, I think they view the show as less of a character-focused show and more of a plot-heavy, lots-of-twists kind of show.... which would be fine if the cast weren't making their characters so intriguing (which is an actor's job, so kudos to the casting department even if it kind of shoots them in the foot. :P) It also means Jeff and his writing team are more concerned about jaw dropping moments than continuity, which is bothersome to me as well. Agreed. They try to force character behavior to fit the storyline, rather than the reverse. This is why Scott is frequently either depicted as stupid and/or weak. The whole "True Alpha" thing was a storyline, not an aspect of his character. Once they had done it, they had no plan for how to handle a power-boosted Scott as a character, so they wrote him as, if anything, less capable than he had been in earlier seasons because they needed him to be in order to make their new baddies look tougher. Lydia also falls prey to this a lot. Her brilliance is very uneven. She is often written as almost apathetic to explain why she doesn't reach logical conclusions as quickly as someone with her intellect ought to.

This was also the reason for the big continuity breakage between the finale of S3a and the beginning of S3b. They were basically starting a new story arc, so they had to hit the reset button and re-position the characters (in some cases seemingly giving them amnesia) so that they would be in the right places for the new storyline. The cast is putting in a lot of work on their characters, but the writers are more focused on their vision for action scenes.

I won't call them jaw-dropping, because the simple truth is that they try to throw in so many such scenes that eventually they lose impact.