A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.
For example, if a series is titled "Surf
Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see
Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with
Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
