Stories of the week will achieve at least partial closure, whether tidy or ragged. The content and stories are adult, but accessible to kids. After an episode, no matter what highs and lows have been experienced, the audience will feel reassured. Natural character humour should be allowed space whenever possible. Humour is often a natural cover for pain, vulnerability, stress, anger, all sorts.
Pace needs to be maintained.
Gaps in the pressure and the workload are also revealing. The gaps are used to recover from fatigue, to catch up on emotional and private needs etc., and they are squeezed in. Pace must not flag. It must be controlled, but not allowed to slip away. Even the most searing and intimate moments fit into the demands of a shift.