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Instead, they’re sweeping landscapes, a beautiful man on a galloping horse, a wistful goodbye between two lovers with no backstory.

But we realized so many of the “prestige” serialized shows felt like homework: too much backstory, too many episodes you had to absorb to be up to date.

With Franzen-esque fastidiousness, Choi unpacks each character’s backstory, exposing vanities and delusions in a cool, caustic voice, a 21st century Émile Zola.

Kachuck immersed himself in a wide-ranging education in avocados, from their agronomy to the unlikely backstory of their California triumph.

The backstories of those on staff and in Trump’s Cabinet would make “The Exorcist” seem like “The Sound of Music.”