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Ask Alan: What makes a great TV plot twist?

Plus, who should star in 'The Rockford Files' reboot, and which Walton Gogins character could defeat all the others?

Ask Alan: What makes a great TV plot twist?
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Happy Monday, ya'll! Let's get to some video mail-bagging, shall we? Just a reminder: like it says in the introductory video below, you can send questions to alan@whatsalanwatching.com, and if you click on that link, it'll even put "Ask Alan" in the subject line for you. What a time to be alive!

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At the risk of being the guy who just repeats in print what he says in videos (and vice versa), this week we've got questions about what makes a good (and bad) plot twist), my dream casting for the latest attempt to reboot The Rockford Files, and which Walton Goggins character would triumph against the others if placed in a room with them.

Let's get to the videos, shall we?

The Rod Serling biography is in the final editing stages, and I'm looking forward to sharing the cover as soon as that's available, because it looks very cool. But in the meantime, the time I've spent obsessing over the creator of The Twilight Zone makes me particularly prepared to answer a query on why some TV twists are great and some are bad and should feel bad: