The drama that had already transpired had created a fertile bed for Story to grow in.
There was that secret assignation at the Bolton Hotel in Wellington when Heather was being turned from being a TVNZ loyalist by the black ops of TV3's news and current affairs. It was like something out of The Americans, without the wigs.
The new weekly show is also the latest recipient of the most infamous hospital pass of our televisual history. First it was Road Cops that copped it for occupying the ground zero left behind by Campbell Live, then Come Dine With Me NZ stumbled into the smoldering hole.
But just a few nights into Story, the four-nightly current affairs show hosted by Duncan Garner and Heather du Plessis-Allan (HDPA), and it finally feels like the dust has begun to settle. Ratings wise, Seven Sharp will always be a tough bastard to knock off, but Story already has the makings of something worthy of the time-slot.