c/binge-worthy-shows

Binged all of Dark in 4 days last week, still confused about the timelines

I thought I was smart until episode 6 of season 2 hit me like a brick. Anyone else need a flowchart just to keep track of who is whose parent?

Warning: Tried to finish Ozark in one weekend. Took me 7 days.

Thought I'd crush Ozark in 48 hours. Standard 4 season binge. Wrong. I work as a real estate agent so my weekends are never really free. Showed a house in Austin Saturday morning and got stuck there for 3 hours. Then my phone wouldn't stop ringing. By Sunday night I was only on season 2. Took me a full week to finish the whole thing. Has anyone else had a show take way longer than you planned because life kept getting in the way?

Binged Lupin over a long weekend and it totally changed how I watch French shows now

I always thought subtitled stuff was too much work. But I gave Lupin a shot last month and finished all 3 parts in like 4 days. Now I can't go back to dubbed versions. The original voices just hit different. Has anyone else had a show completely flip how you watch things?

Dark really is as good as everyone says, I was wrong to skip it

I kept putting it off because the subtitles thing sounded annoying, but after 3 episodes I was hooked. The way they jump through time and still make every character matter is insane. Anyone else take way too long to start this one?

Why does every new thriller need 8 episodes when 4 would do

I was scrolling through streaming apps last night and noticed almost every thriller series drags out a simple twist into 8 hours. Just watched one where the big reveal happened in episode 3 but they kept adding fake suspense for 5 more episodes. It makes me lose interest halfway through every time. Anyone else wish showrunners would stick to tight 4 or 6 episode seasons for mysteries instead of padding them out?

I picked the gritty 90s crime drama over the shiny new Netflix series

Been seeing everyone hype up that new show about billionaire hackers but I chose to rewatch The Wire instead. 5 seasons in 2 weeks and honestly no regrets, the dialogue just hits different. Anyone else find themselves skipping the hype and going back to older shows?

I finally snapped during episode 7 of that hyped show everyone loves

So I was three days into binging this super popular crime drama everyone kept ranting about online. I was on my couch in my tiny apartment in Portland around 2 AM with my third cup of coffee. Episode 7 had this huge twist where the main character suddenly forgets a key piece of evidence they literally held in their hand in episode 2. I screamed at my TV so loud my neighbor banged on the wall. I paused it, went online to see if anyone else caught this plot hole, and found a whole thread roasting it. Turns out the showrunners admitted to a rewrite that messed up continuity. I immediately stopped watching and switched to a random documentary about deep sea fish instead. Has anyone else rage-quit a show over a stupid writing mistake like that?

My brother-in-law told me I was watching shows wrong

He caught me skipping the opening credits and said I was missing half the mood-setting. Now I let the credits roll every time and it actually makes the show feel more complete has anyone else gotten grief over how they watch something?

Just realized I spent 4 months trying to get through The Wire the first time

Every episode felt like homework because I kept stopping to look up who that guy was, and by the time I got to season 4 I was fine just letting it wash over me without knowing every name... has anyone else had to restart a show because they were overthinking it?

Finally finished The Expanse after 5 years of on and off watching

I started season 1 back in 2020 and kept dropping it because the first few episodes felt slow. Then two weeks ago I had a sick day and decided to power through. Suddenly everything clicked and I watched seasons 2 through 6 in like 10 days. The jump in production quality from season 1 to season 4 is wild, you can really see where the budget went. I think the turning point was the episode where they deal with the protomolecule on Eros. Has anyone else had a show that took them multiple tries before it finally hooked them?

Binged a whole series in 2 days and the finale ruined it

I got super into this crime drama on Netflix last weekend and watched all 10 episodes in like 48 hours. The ending was so bad with a nonsensical twist that just felt lazy, I actually threw my remote at the couch. Has anyone else had a show completely tank after a solid run and what do you do when that happens?

Started watching that Korean crime show 'Signal' and now I can't go to sleep before 2am

I figured it would be a chill background show but the time jumps and case connections hooked me way harder than I expected. After the third episode I blinked and it was 1:30am and I had work the next day. Has anyone else had a random show completely mess up their sleep schedule like this?

Rant: I was dead wrong about Dark and it took me 3 episodes to admit it

Everyone kept hyping Dark on Netflix and I just rolled my eyes. German time travel show? Sounded like pretentious nonsense to me. But my brother basically forced me to watch the first episode during a visit to Phoenix and I was bored stiff. Then episode 3 hit with that reveal in the cave and I was completely hooked. Has anyone else had a show they dismissed hard only to get totally pulled in later?

Unpopular opinion: I think The Wire is way overhyped

A guy at my local bar in Portland told me I was missing the point because I skipped season 2, so I went back and watched it. Now I get why people love it, but honestly, I still think season 4 is the only one that really hits. Anyone else feel like the hype makes it hard to enjoy?

My nephew asked me what a 'water cooler show' was and it threw me for a loop

I was talking to my 14-year-old nephew last week about the new season of his favorite show. He said he and his friends just watch it whenever and text about it. I mentioned it used to be a big 'water cooler show' and he just stared at me blankly. I had to explain that people used to watch the same thing at the same time and talk about it at work the next day. It hit me that for him, the whole idea of a shared weekly event is totally gone. Everything is just a personal binge now. Do you think we lost something good with that, or is it just different?

My buddy told me to skip the first season of The Wire and I'm so mad I listened

I finally gave 'The Wire' a real shot after putting it off for years, and it took me three tries to get past the first few episodes.

Shoutout to the 'slow burn' show that finally clicked for me

I kept hearing people call 'The Bear' a comedy, but after three episodes it's clearly a high-stress drama about work. Anyone else get thrown off by the genre tags on streaming services?

Shoutout to my friend who told me to watch 'Severance' with the subtitles on

I missed so many details in the first three episodes because the audio mixing is weird, but reading the dialogue made the whole mystery click. Anyone else find a show that needs this specific approach to really get it?

Vent: I put off watching The Bear for way too long because I thought it was just a cooking show.

My friend in Chicago kept telling me to watch it, so I finally gave the first episode a shot last weekend. I ended up watching all of season 1 in a single day because the stress and family drama felt so real. Has anyone else been surprised by how much they liked a show they were sure they'd hate?

My neighbor's kid said he watched all of 'Arcane' in one sitting

I was grabbing my mail and overheard him telling his friend he started the show at 8 PM and finished the whole first season by 4 AM. That's eight hours straight. It made me realize I haven't felt that kind of 'can't stop' pull from a show in ages. What's the last series that had YOU glued to the screen like that?

Warning: My friend in Denver said I was wrong about 'The Bear'

We were at his place last month, he said I quit after two episodes because it was 'too stressful'. He told me to push through the third one, that the whole vibe changes. Did anyone else have to get past a certain point before it clicked for you?

Just read that the first season of 'The Wire' cost about $50 million to make back in 2002.

Found that on a deep dive into old HBO budget reports. Makes you appreciate how much cheaper it is to produce a prestige show now, huh?

Spent $60 on a month of streaming to watch one show, and it was totally worth it

Can we talk about that new fantasy show everyone was hyping up?

I gave in and bought a whole month of that fancy streaming service just to watch it, cost me $18. The first episode was okay, but by the third one the plot just fell apart. I kept waiting for it to get good and ended up wasting a whole weekend on all eight episodes. What's a show you started that totally wasn't worth the time?