I am about to ruin things in so many television shows for you, so think twice about clicking on this... lol
If a character has more than a certain number of lines in a show, they need to get paid more. Shows are generally on a budget that means they'll give those lines to one of the regulars they have to pay anyway (even if it doesn't make huge amounts of sense) and keep the others' strictly limited. So the chances that a very minor character in a procedural that has spoken more than that number of lines at the beginning of an episode won't appear later and become more significant are virtually zilch. The main question is if they're going to be a victim or the perpetrator, although occasionally there are other, usually predictable, plot lines, like corruption or some kind of victimization, often issues with some form of harassment, say.
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Date: 2020-02-29 05:37 am (UTC)If a character has more than a certain number of lines in a show, they need to get paid more. Shows are generally on a budget that means they'll give those lines to one of the regulars they have to pay anyway (even if it doesn't make huge amounts of sense) and keep the others' strictly limited. So the chances that a very minor character in a procedural that has spoken more than that number of lines at the beginning of an episode won't appear later and become more significant are virtually zilch. The main question is if they're going to be a victim or the perpetrator, although occasionally there are other, usually predictable, plot lines, like corruption or some kind of victimization, often issues with some form of harassment, say.