Serial storytellers can smuggle future plot points into jokes and asides that feel irrelevant in the moment. The audience doesn't need to catch it the first time — the clue rewards rewatchability and primes the sequel without spoiling it. Armor-testing banter about dogs and cats was the perfect vehicle because it sounded like world-building, not setup.
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