Fun
Frisky
Nostalgic
Intense
Adventurous
Choked Up
Curious
Romantic
Weird
I don’t know if anyone noticed, but this year’s Emmy nominations are pretty heavy. It’s no surprise that serious dramas like The Handmaid’s Tale and Westworld aren’t exactly bursting with joy, but even comedies such as Atlanta, Master of None and Transparent focus more on on atmosphere and mood and less on LOLs.
There’s a certain charm to being able to drop into a series during any episode because absolutely no character has developed, whatsoever. Or died. I’m getting so tired of characters dying.
Dense storylines are an epidemic. Even our reality shows have plots now! But what if you want a break from all these heavy stories? Then follow me! To K-Pop TV!
V LIVE is a streaming service filled with hours and hours of South Korean pop content. And lucky for us, almost zero percent of this content has any discernible plot!
The perfect example of plot-less television on V LIVE is Twice TV.
You know Twice, right? The multi-talented international girl group who produced five consecutive number one singles in less than two years?
Twice is made up of nine talented women. Twice TV, which just aired the last episode of its fifth season, does not showcase this talent. If you were expecting to see concert rehearsals, backstage drama or any real part of the business of being global superstars, you’re going to have to look elsewhere.
But if you want to see nine women go on vacation and eat some expensive-ass food, then start watching right now!!
Seriously, half of Twice TV is just shots of the girl group eating.
They eat by the beach!
They eat thousands of dollars worth of Swiss desserts!
They share gelato!
They make and then eat chocolate!
They wrap a bunch of stuff in lettuce and then eat it!
They even ruin a bunch of food along the way to get more food!
SPOILER ALERT: Here’s the entire plot of Twice TV 5: Twice in Switzerland. Twice takes a trip to Switzerland to see some cool stuff. They have fun! They get into some light shenanigans! They go home! End of season. No stressful cliffhangers. No character deaths. No whispered monologues. Refreshing, right?
Some of the pointless shenanigans the women get into include:
Greeting terrifying celebrity wax figures!
Dressing up as Charlie Chaplin!
Learning what a noose is!
Hanging over an alpine ravine!
Playing some Ricola horns!
You no longer have to feel bad about missing an episode of your favorite TV show because I promise you that, with this show, absolutely nothing happened while you were gone. An added bonus: each episode is only 10 to 13 minutes long — the perfect length for a television show. I heard some networks air two-hour premieres. That’s longer than an entire season of Twice TV. Just give me 11 minutes of Twice ordering room service and then get out so I can clean my kitchen.
Though it’s short and sweet, Twice TV is not just another web series. The show boasts more regular viewers than most Emmy-nominated programs. Veep gets around half a million viewers, and Better Call Saul never broke 2 million this season. Twice TV 4 pulls in 3.5 million per episode.
The next time a friend tries to corner you into talking about some sad prestige drama, you have permission to tell them all about how Mina won the chocolate making competition in episode 12 of Twice TV and that was literally the entire episode. Sometimes TV should just be fun and pointless. Plot is dead now. Long live Twice. Get over it, Emmy voters!
