A Chekhov’s Firing Squad is when a TV show or movie has almost no plot in the first several episodes, and then proceeds to
pull all triggers at once. The
way that this turns out is a show feeling bland, with presumably filler episodes for most of the season, though these episode actually build foreshadowing and silent plot. These
small, unnoticed details
go completely unheard or said, until they all hit you at once like a freight train.