Why 'Arrested Development' Really Represents A Breakthrough For Netflix
They are empowering show creators to experiment with the medium.
<blockquote> <p>[Creator Mitch Hurwitz] said first that the episodes would each focus on a different character, that they could be watched in no particular order, and that events in each episode would become clearer as viewers watched more of them. And second, he explained that some of them were different lengths, though they are all roughly thirty minutes long.</p> </blockquote>