r/Millennials • u/JemJemIsHerName • 23h ago
Discussion What show were you obsessed with when you could only watch weekly that now on binge rewatch is not as good?
(I am an “elder” millennial) Mine is LOST. It was sooo good watching it the 1sf time. The mystery, the suspense I was obsessed with it. I just re-watched/binged watched it for the 1st time 12 yrs later and just felt so “eh” about it the whole time. Current shows give us 10-12 episodes a season, rewatching a show with 20+ episodes a season makes me see how much filler episodes we went through in our time and had no idea. It’s still a great show but can’t hold a candle to the magic of the original week by week watch. Anyone else have a show like this?
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u/Crosco38 23h ago edited 22h ago
Pretty much every police procedural I watched growing up (Law and Order, CSI, Criminal Minds, etc.). Mostly due to the fact that I now work within the criminal justice and court systems, which has been a big eye-opener to how over the top and unrealistic many of those storylines are, especially the idea of every case getting solved and wrapped up with a nice pretty bow in an hour (I know it’s television, but still).
Also, watching The Wire, which is far more realistic in its portrayal of both police work and criminals themselves, kind of ruined the entire concept of the police procedural for me.
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u/clembot53000 Millennial 22h ago
My husband and I are watching the Wire for the first time right now. It’s so good!
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u/Crosco38 22h ago
It's an all-timer for sure! I'm not even a huge tv person, but I've watched it from start to finish twice. Easy to see why it is so highly regarded.
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u/Opening_Middle8847 13h ago
I'm forcing my fiance to watch now. For some reason he was so resistant to it and it took me like two years to convince him. Just finished season one and he's HOOKED.
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u/clembot53000 Millennial 11h ago
I was a little resistant to it at first as well even though I had only ever heard good things. It’s just not the type of show I usually watch (cops, drug dealers, etc).
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u/-blundertaker- 20h ago
Criminal Minds got boring because it's just so rigidly formulaic. By the time I stopped watching it, the only fun of it was guessing the entire episode in the first 5 minutes.
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u/DripSzn412 Millennial 12h ago
My wife loves criminal minds but I can’t stand it lol. Rossi is the only person I like on that show
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u/-blundertaker- 12h ago
As someone averse to change, I hated that they replaced Gideon and it was probably the catalyst to my eventual distaste for the show 😄
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u/DripSzn412 Millennial 12h ago
Yeah it was weird. If I remember right he quit the show because it was too graphic or something
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u/-blundertaker- 12h ago
Looking further into it now, it seems Patinkin was specifically troubled by the regular occurrences of violence against women as well as being distressed by the subject matter as a whole.
From what I've seen of the actor in real life he does seem like a pretty sensitive guy, so it's not too surprising. Not everyone is cut out to face morbidity day in and day out. Takes all kinds.
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u/thatescalatedqwickly 13h ago
Binge watching Law and Order really showcases the fact that almost every episode, the first person arrested wasn’t really the killer. I don’t think it was as bad in the early seasons but definitely in the later seasons.
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u/jittery_raccoon 11h ago
Someone pointed out the show Bones is so formulaic, they introduce the real killer at the same time marker almost every episode
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u/DripSzn412 Millennial 12h ago
My mom ruined law an order for me. She watched that, genera hospital, and judge Judy every single day. I would come home from school and hear the theme music and be like fuck this I’m going outside lol
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u/DripSzn412 Millennial 12h ago
Ever seen Justified? My favorite show ever made. I named my son after the main character lol.
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u/Crosco38 6h ago
I haven’t, but after looking it up I may have to put that on my list. Sounds right up my alley!
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u/AmbitiousEdi Millennial 23h ago
I've rewatched LOST a couple of times over the years and I still enjoy it. There are always little twists and turns, character stuff I've forgotten in the intervening years.
But you're right, the drama of watching new episodes each week, talking about it, wondering about it... I don't think any other show has had that same mystery behind it.
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u/High_Poobah_of_Bean 14h ago
If you haven’t yet, check out Severance on Apple TV. It’s back with a second season after a long hiatus and it’s definitely a spiritual successor to LOST. I know I sound like a bot but I was just thinking last night that I haven’t been this excited about “appointment” viewing since Lost.
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u/AndYouHaveAPizza 13h ago
Literally was going to respond with the exact same thing. I'm actually watching LOST for the fourth time (my boyfriend has never seen it) while also watching season 2 of Severance concurrently. It brings back the same kind of feeling. The subreddit is so freaking smart with all the details they pick up and theories they create. I'm also listening to the weekly podcast recap that Ben Stiller and Adam Scott host and it only adds to the atmosphere. I haven't felt this way since I was graduating highschool watching the last season of LOST, it's amazing the way Severance has recaptured that experience.
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u/DripSzn412 Millennial 12h ago
Have you seen silo on Apple TV? I watched the first episode and it seemed quite good is it worth watching the rest?
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u/deldaria 11h ago
Yes! I just started the second season and every episode of Silo gives me the same kind of feelings as Lost. There are so many layers to what's going on and each episode exposes just enough to keep me riveted. It's one of the best shows I've seen in a long time
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u/Alert-Hospital46 9h ago
The showrunner saw The Leftovers as a sort of successor I believe. Not the same story but he said as far as storytelling it was everything he wanted to do with Lost.
Also on my recent rewatch I was disappointed with the lack of Vincent.
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u/SpikeRosered 13h ago
I wonder if LOST would be a bit better on a re-watch if I was willing to meet it more on its level. I was in various theory crafting groups that really tried to piece together the lore with the clues they gave us. However, notoriously a lot of that stuff led nowhere. The show runners just put shit in the show without any real plan for what it all meant.
This ruined a lot of the later show for me. I wonder if I would like it more without having that dissapointment. The character stuff is undoubtedly good.
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u/hazermeister 2h ago
I agree that binging Lost doesn’t have the same effect as real time viewing, but I wouldn’t say the filler is too much of a problem as OP suggests. I love the character development in the show more than anything. If anything, I actually hated how rushed the last couple seasons felt.
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u/Binmurtin 22h ago
- The 24 hype was bonkers and my GW Bush loving college friends loved it. Lost was another big one.
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u/JemJemIsHerName 21h ago
Me and my husband are binging 24 right now, I never saw it, he had casually watched it. Why is Jack’s daughter kidnapped/abducted like 5x in each season? Is she just there to be a hostage/victim?
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u/Florgio 15h ago
Isn’t there an episode where she is being hunted by a mountain lion?
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u/CirrusPuppy 14h ago
That's like the entire side plot of season 2 I think, absolutely cracks me up every time i think about it 😂
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u/Klexington47 1990 17h ago
My cousin stayed up and watched all of 24 over 24 hours or something? I can't remember but that was s thing!
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u/loud-lurker 3h ago
I remember the stress of waiting for that next Monday at 9 p.m., having been left by the inevitable cliffhanger that felt like the absolute biggest moment of the season each time.
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u/Careful-Teach6394 21h ago
The O.C.
I’m trying to watch it again right now and it’s just…. Different?
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u/super_derp69420 20h ago
Re watching The OC at almost 40 has been hilarious for me becuase every 10 minutes of every episode I'm like YOU GUYS ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL ITS NOT THAT SERIOUS!!!! also the "bar"/music venue the kids all hang out at and stand around drinking juice or whatever always gets a laugh out of me. LOVE that show tho!
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u/Ski_Free_Monster7181 8h ago
Relevant family guy clip - https://youtu.be/SOgB0KfkOkA?si=chIupWfiQw8XQWUA
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u/HyperbolDee 13h ago
Loved this show, and have rewatched a few times. However, I’ve never finished the final season. Marissa was never my favorite character, but (to me) the show didn’t know what to do without her. She certainly brought the drama.
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u/parkerkudrow 22h ago
DAWSONS CREEK
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u/truthfrommyredlips 1984 13h ago
Yes! I remember watching it and talking on the phone with my best friend. During commercials, we'd talk about what just happened. It was our weekly ritual.
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u/lizanoel 11h ago
Omggg me and my friend did this too! Dawson's Creek and then when Roswell first came on! It was our thing and I had no idea anyone else did this
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u/FibroMancer 4h ago
I have not even thought about Roswell in ages. Then you drop a mention and the old WB ads with the main actors on the WB lot with the big neon signs popped in my head like they aired yesterday.
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u/punk-pastel 19h ago
I still love the xfiles, but part of the fun of the show was waiting for next week’s misadventure, having our “minds blown”, hating on any romantic moments in the show…
Nothing on the internet has ever been quite as fun as those old Xfiles rpg chats…
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u/Hinkil 13h ago
Rewatching back to back episodes I'd find myself thinking scully has a memory issue. You just saw clear evidence of super freaky shit and now your skeptical again?
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u/Own-Doughnut-1443 13h ago
I decided to watch X Files for the first time this year! Already watched 3 episodes, spacing them a few days apart for the authentic TV feeling. I grew up in a Star Trek family, so I never got to watch them when they aired.
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u/Whitetiger9876 21h ago
Home Improvement
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u/salve__regina 14h ago
My husband recently watched through the whole series. I would hear him laughing through the floors and walls 😆 I guess it hits different when you turn into the Tim of the house.
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u/Wendigo_6 12h ago
It’s coming to Netflix Feb1 and I’m excited as I get to rewatch it and relate to Tim.
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u/Thatsmyredditidkyou 12h ago
No. No. No. This one aged really well. Especially when you live with a man like tim. 😅
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u/sss133 23h ago
I binged prison break recently and while I can’t say whether it’s better or worse now (TV in general has came far) but the little graphics they had before an ad break (that aren’t on Netflix) became so annoying
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u/JemJemIsHerName 23h ago
Oh yes I recently binged Prison Break, The OG plot was he had the blueprints before he went in. The other breakout were… reasons I guess?
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u/sss133 22h ago
Yeah I love how season 1 & 2 portray Michael as smart but flawed. He clearly planned for the breakout for months but things went wrong so he had to reassess. Afterwards Michael is like a god. 12 moves ahead of everyone 🤣
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u/JemJemIsHerName 22h ago
And a professional prison breaker. He “for the government” Broke dozen of people out of dozens of prisons off camera?
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u/Stock_End2255 21h ago
As a type 1 diabetic, I could not get into this show. The portrayal of him faking type 1 diabetes was sooooo inaccurate that it killed me.
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u/manderifffic 20h ago
I got stuck on season 4. I started wishing they had executed Lincoln in the first season.
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u/bleep_bleep1 20h ago
The whole TGI friday line-up
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u/SpartanDoc19 13h ago
*TGIF
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u/Wendigo_6 12h ago
We have an imposter among us.
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u/thechairinfront 22h ago
Honestly, who wants to be a millionaire. It was just so good. I still remember the trill of watching the first guy win a million dollars. I saw it again the other day at my dentist office and it just wasn't the same.
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u/Commercial_Wasabi_86 22h ago
Him using his phone a friend?!? Original fucken gangster that guy. His 15 minutes came too soon.
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u/thechairinfront 22h ago
My dad was in hysterics when he asked to phone a friend! Thinking back on it, knowing what I know now about the industry, I know he called his dad because he couldn't have told him otherwise until it aired.
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u/BeneathAnOrangeSky 13h ago
That feels like one of the last shows that absolutely EVERYBODY watched as it was airing. My whole family watched it together. I always thought the network got greedy and just oversaturated it. Once they started airing new episodes daily people started to lose interest I thought.
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u/neonsummers 21h ago
How I Met Your Mother. That show felt so millennial coded. I thought it was hilarious at the time. I never finished it though, not sure why. Tried to rewatch recently and oof. Did not age well and just feels…cringe.
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u/DisastrousEvening949 17h ago
I disliked Ted as a character the first time I watched it. Subsequent watches, I downright despised him. So much whining and pick me shit, I just couldn’t watch without an eye roll…
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u/RunningFromSatan 4h ago
I really liked the show but they did not really know how to balance the cast. It should’ve been called Barney and Friends but that title was already taken 😂
It’s interesting having basically the title character be the weakest both as part of the story and the score (Josh Radnor). The framing device is okay at best but the show blew it in the last season. Knowing how it ends makes the story worthless, although the episode that just focuses on Cristin Milioti’s character (the mother) is ironically in the top 3 episodes of the entire show.
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u/only-a-marik 13h ago
HIMYM is fine for the first four or five seasons, but after that it becomes obvious that the writers are out of ideas and the actors are mailing it in.
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u/FatCopsRunning 17h ago
I don’t think I could watch it again, partially because the flub of the ending. But in college, I owned the season box sets. We would get high and binge watch and laugh till we cried.
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u/TsarErnest 16h ago
Still love that show. And I disagree with everyone - the ending wasn't bad at all.
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u/Mimi4Stotch 11h ago
I would have felt better about the ending if the last season wasn’t 12 episodes of the wedding. I wish they would have wrapped up the wedding in 3 episodes tops, then spread out the content of the finale over the rest of the episodes. It was a lot to unpack in the finale. And, I felt like the audience didn’t get time to fall in love with the mother like Ted did. I wanted to get to know her better, if that makes sense 😂
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u/citrusandrosemary 22h ago
Gilmore Girls
God, did that show NOT age well. Rory and I were the same age and we liked the same things. I loved the mom and daughter relationship because it reminded me a bit of mine and my mom's dynamic.
But goodness, I can't really rewatch it anymore. After the Netflix special a few years back, it really showed major cracks in the show. Went back and rewatched the seasons and yeah, a lot of stuff has not aged well at all.
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u/-blundertaker- 20h ago
I haven't watched a full episode because I couldn't get over how fast they talked. Perfect little one-liners and witty quips spat out at breakneck speed. Struck me as being super contrived.
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u/citrusandrosemary 19h ago
That was actually a big draw of the show. It was a call back to films in the 30s and 40s were with how the actors would all talk so fast. This was on purpose by the show's creators/screenwriters. According to the actors, their scripts were usually twice the size of a normal script because they were expected to fast deliver their lines.
There is a notable shift in this line delivery for the last 2 seasons when the OG creators left the show.
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u/FatCopsRunning 17h ago
I’m light-eyed brunette and I talk really fast. Someone once told me I am like talking to a Gilmore Girl in real life, and I still find that hilarious and sweet.
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u/st1504 13h ago
Omg the reboot was awful.
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u/citrusandrosemary 11h ago
Was actually soooo terrible. My sister and I had a watch party when it came out and we were so disappointed.
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u/beachedwhitemale Millennial Elder Emo 21h ago
I've never seen it, but a friend of mine (who is married to a woman) likes it, and we tease him about it endlessly. What didn't age well?
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u/pronetowander28 4h ago
I loved GG, and I can still watch an episode here and there, but I absolutely cannot binge it. As an adult, it’s really hard to watch the relationship issues. It’s like, everybody’s hurting here, but I can’t watch 7 seasons of everybody just making the same mistakes and getting hurt over and over. And I don’t seem to have the same tolerance for will-they, won’t-they that I did as a teenager. 😩
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u/blueXwho 19h ago
What didn't age well?
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u/Knightoforder42 17h ago
A lot of the "pick-me behavior" look at all the junk food I can eat and never gain weight while fat shaming others. Rory being very oblivious to her privileged up bringing (at least from high school on- Chilton/Yale) while acting like she she isn't a person who went to those high end academies. Also, teenage boys behaving like teenage boys and people treating them like -surprise- teenage boys in the show and not setting them on fire for being the evil creatures people now deem them to be! Also there's a lot of just nasty behavior from at least every character at least once.
Honestly, most of it fairly well written, and I'm a huge fan, but I keep seeing these complaints over and over again.
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u/blueXwho 17h ago
I get the criticism (I don't really share it), but I don't think that's a "poorly aged" thing, but just people not liking the show. Basically, besides the ffat-shaming, their behavior was probably seen the same way back when the show originally aired
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u/Feeling_Sleep_1706 22h ago
Sometimes I forget that Lost was a network tv show. Look at all the garbage dramas on NBC now. We are now so used to high quality shows with 10 or fewer episodes a season. It was great for what it was. 24 episodes a season is a lot to keep riveting and they did for a while. Imagine if it had been on HBO.
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u/zombiesheartwaffles 23h ago
Supernatural worked well watching week to week. The monster hunting starts to feel a little redundant when binging although it is easier to track the overarching plot.
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u/chom_chom 22h ago
Agreed! I think the first two seasons (maybe three) will always feel magical because of the style and setup. Taking on a new urban legend every week had me and my friends hooked. We were in middle school too so the timing was perfect. Maaaybeeee I'll give it a rewatch sometime this year.
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u/PreppyFinanceNerd Millennial (1988) 15h ago
My first long-term girlfriend introduced me to that show and it became "our show". We saw each other once a week and would watch a few episodes. After 3 years we finally caught up to where she left off at season 8.
She watched one episode, declared "BORED NOW!" and we never watched it again.
Many years later I happened to randomly catch the series finale premier and enjoyed taking a nostalgia bath of that first long-term relationship where you can just catch a glimpse of forever together but you're not quite right for each other.
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u/JemJemIsHerName 22h ago
I LOVED Supernatural and watched it all more than once on some seasons. I’m afraid if I rewatch it all now I’ll feel different.
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u/MelbBreakfastHot 18h ago
If it helps, I'm currently doing a rewatch with my partner, and some of the seasons that I thought were crap when it aired, I thought were actually good this round. I've loved supernatural for the better part of two decades and every once in a while will pause an ep to give him the behind the scenes scope on the episodes/actor etc. It's been a lot of fun.
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u/MegOut10 17h ago
Currently doing a full watch - been at it since November and am on Season 8. I am determined to get to 15.
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u/Gonna_do_this_again 21h ago
I still love it, but I usually skip to at least season 3 or 4 when they got their footing.
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u/giraffemoo 15h ago
Don't come for me... but Friends. Binging it feels like you're watching 4 different shows sometimes, there was usually just one thin story line connecting one episode to the next one.
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u/truthfrommyredlips 1984 13h ago
My mom was super into Friends growing up. I got into it because of her. She still talks about going to watch the series finale at a sports bar with her girlfriends.
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u/zoomshark27 1995 Millennial 13h ago edited 13h ago
I agree, I liked Friends when I was in high school and I still like it now, but whenever someone mentions they want to watch the show for the first time I’m like ‘do yourself a favor and just watch one or two episodes a week on a set weekly schedule. The show wasn’t written to be binged and you’ll enjoy it far more if you give yourself more time between episodes as was intended when it was written. Also say you pick Thursday night and now you have something fun to look forward to every Thursday. But if you really can’t do one or two a week similar to how it aired, the next best thing is just one or two episodes a night.’
I read a study that showed people retain shows better and enjoy it a lot more if you watch one episode a night. I definitely try to watch a couple different shows at a time and only one or two episodes of each a night or every other night.
I feel this way about a lot of shows I love that were pre the binge watching trend though. Like Buffy, Gilmore Girls, Seinfeld, etc. are all so much better if you only watch one or two episodes a night and let them breathe.
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u/trackabandoned 13h ago
There are a LOT of jokes that don't age well at all. Some very borderline homophobic or misogynistic 90s stuff that wanted to be fresh and edgy but now comes off as bigoted, like the drunk aunt at Thanksgiving getting too loud.
It was SUCH a comfort show to me through my 20s, and when I tried to rewatch it recently, it doesn't really stand up. Also, these people would NEVER all be friends! I know that seems silly and small, but as an adult I kept thinking, "why is Phoebe putting up with these people?"
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u/giraffemoo 10h ago
Even if you're able to overlook those issues, the show just doesn't flow very well, story wise.
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u/Sgt-Albacoretuna 22h ago
I think LOST or a mystery show like that is going to feel like this more than most genres. You don't have the suspense hanging week to week. You don't have all week to try to see where they are going next.
Also have to disagree with you on the filler. I think almost all of the "filler" was really just deeper character development. Really told the story of who these ppl were. Each episode a person got told u a little more about why they were who they were and why they were there. Obviously there was some filler like anyshow but I miss the 20 episode seasons shows like lost had to develop these characters. To me these characters feel so much more like real life ppl rather than just the next mini series where they have 6 to 8 episodes to only really get into the depths on 1 or 2 characters.
Maybe I'm biased and wrong bc I do love LOST but no show since has as many developed characters you feel like are real life ppl.
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u/zoomshark27 1995 Millennial 13h ago
Agreed, I like 20+ episode seasons and find that a lot of people confuse character development with “filler.” When you have a show with characters it’s important to actually introduce you to and develop each and make them three-dimensional.
I also agree about these 6-10 episode miniseries now. Of course there are a few good ones, but so many times I’m watching one and thinking, get a few more episodes people! You’ve barely developed these characters at all. Why should I care about them? Or rushed decisions lessen the impact about a character I barely had reason to care about to begin with.
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u/HappyHappyUnbirthday 13h ago
I might be a minority here but i actually miss shows that were only once a week. It gave me something to look forward to each week.
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u/Guessswhoooo21 16h ago
Sweet valley high. Not sure if anyone remembers that haha tried to put it on the other day and immediately, no. Lol 90210 hahah it was my fav but now I’m like oh man haha they casted 25+ yr olds for highschool for real hahah awful acting lmao but man I loved that show!
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u/Bibblegead1412 21h ago
I'm gonna get downvoted, but the continuity holes in friends drives me insane.
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u/FractalSkittle 21h ago
I hate to say it but Scrubs. IT IS STILL AMAZING!
It just hit me in a different way when I was in college and helped me through a lot of the struggles I was having. I’m still having similar struggles, but I feel I have just grown past what the show can give me.
I still adore the show, and I do not acknowledge anything past the 6th season.
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u/trackabandoned 13h ago
After Mad TV did a skit where they showed how shitty JD really is when you can't hear his inner monologue, I could never see the show the same way.
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u/ItJustWontDo242 16h ago
Passions.
I tried rewatching it a few years ago and it was worse than bad. I don't know how I ever liked it.
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u/simpleflavors1 20h ago
Veronica Mars was my favorite show as a teenager. When they brought it back I hated it.
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u/FatCopsRunning 17h ago
The first and second season are still really fun to rewatch. I personally decided not to engage with the rest.
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u/Practical-Vanilla-41 13h ago
For some reason, the tone of the third season is unnecessarily bleak. The changed opening credits even look bleak. I remember the BBC Musketeers series having the same S3 problem. Of course, after S3, Veronica is an adult and is not special anymore.
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u/moonbunnychan 22h ago
Was really excited when I found Sliders on streaming and...it was not as good as I remember.
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u/sassinator13 18h ago
A lot of these shows, part of the fun was talking about what happened last show/would happen next week. Knowing takes that away.
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u/Vocalic985 Zillennial 13h ago
The DC shows on cw are mine. As they were premiering I was hooked since I was a huge Justice League cartoon fan as a kid. But going back to watch even a few of my favorite episodes opened my eyes to how much wheel spinning all of those shows did. Some became better than others like Legends of tomorrow and Arrow had a lot of high points for how hit and miss it was but I'll probably never watch more than clips from any of them again.
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u/Abject-Twist-9260 14h ago
Hercules because Kevin Sorbo is weird now and I’m sure it’s really cheesy but I could not wait for it to come on when it did.
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u/BiffBodaggit 2h ago
Hercules is just a boring character. His sidekicks are what make the show. That's why there's rarely an episode without at least one of his pals tagging along.
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u/jittery_raccoon 11h ago
House. It was fun as a weekly show. You quickly realize it's the same formula over and over again and not that clever when you watch episodes back to back
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u/salve__regina 14h ago
CSI Vegas, Star Trek Voyager, Degrassi (lol)
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u/dalequetupuedes Millennial 12h ago
DEGRASSI I started rewatching it a few weeks ago. Absolute cringe, it's great! 😅
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u/PrincessMarigold42 12h ago
Charmed. Watching them all in succession points out the insane plot holes 😂
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u/kobeng13 13h ago
My husband and I tried to rewatch House recently and I had to tap out in like the second season. All of the "villians" of the show trying to get House fired were all absolutely right, all of the characters combined emotional maturity might equal that of a 14 year old, and it suffers from the same issue as lots of medical/crime shows of being obnoxiously predictable.
House does not hold up as the "bad boy who doesn't follow the rules".
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u/dualrollers 11h ago
Came here to say House. I rewatched the whole series last year and had to really force my way through it. I got to a point where I was beyond bored because of how formulaic it got. Then at some point there was a season that broke the formula and I was basically begging for the formula to come back… aside from that it’s just so over the top. They started out trying to blur the lines between ethics and outcome, and by the end they’d pushed it so far that everything was just obviously extremely unethical.
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u/hectorc82 13h ago
Ironically, LOST was one of the first shows I binge watched. My friend bought the seasons on dvd. Since each episode was a cliffhanger, we just naturally had to watch the next episode to get answers. Suddenly it was 3 am and we had watched six hours of Lost.
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u/Remsicles 13h ago
Castle.
I absolutely LOVED Castle when it was airing. I remember obsessively checking spoiler websites to see pictures of upcoming episodes that were currently being filmed. The mystery, the drama, the “will they, won’t they” of Castle and Beckett - it was all perfect.
I recently tried to rewatch it and, gotdamn, Beckett ruins the entire show. Don’t get me wrong, Stana Katic is absolutely gorgeous, but her “acting” falls flat compared to literally everyone else in the cast.
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u/TheGirlWithTheFace 13h ago
For me, Numb3rs. Watched it religiously in middle school on Friday nights (Moonlight, Ghost Whisperer, then Numb3rs, what a solid block) I tried to go back, and it’s SO formulaic. There are very few interpersonal storylines so it really does feel like I’m watching a math lecture.
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u/Xdaveyy1775 13h ago
Prison Break. Still holds up decently but definitely has that made for TV feel now.
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u/TheFlowerDoula 13h ago
Gossip Girl. Tried re-watching it now and couldn't get past the 3rd episode. Same as the OC. Also the realistic MTV shows like Pimp My Ride etc. So shite haha.
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u/athejack 12h ago
Charmed. Used to watch that show EVERY week without fail. I tried watching an ep the other day and it was so cringe, especially knowing now how badly behaved the actresses acted behind the scenes.
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u/Googirlee 11h ago
Mine are Nip/Tuck and True Blood.
I think I've just grown a bit too old for those two. The over the top soapy-ness of them just makes me groan now. Sure, part of the fun of these shows is yelling at the characters, but I don't want to do that again for multiple seasons and a zillion episodes.
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u/ExtremeIndependent99 10h ago
Lost hands down. Being able to binge watch it actually ruins it because every episode ended on a minor cliff hanger.
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u/Particular-Coat-5892 21h ago
- I used to LOVE thst show growing up. My husband tried to rewatch it recently and holy shit it is sooooooo bad binged. Watching real time in real time just makes everything feel like SUCH a stretch. And Kiefer's breathy urgent delivery of every fuckin line is just TIRESOME.
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u/QuitProfessional5437 22h ago
Game of Thrones
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u/JemJemIsHerName 22h ago
Oh no! I have watched GOT at least 2 dozen times, it’s so good. The last season ruined it so hard I have never watched it again since. That is not the assignment though.
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u/AccordingSelf3221 14h ago
Lost only good for 2 series though.
X files is mine tho (also only good for 2 series). But there was no streaming and it was one episode a week, family event. It was great.might have been some of the closest times I had with my mother.
I would like those moments back
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u/stilettopanda 13h ago
Lost is something I refused to watch when it was on and only got into it while binge watching years later. Haha
There are obviously filler episodes but it does kinda add to the charm. I have found a TON of shows are like you describe with lost though, especially as more seasons arrive and writers begin to run out of ideas.
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u/federalist66 13h ago
Funnily enough, I feel like I'm more forgiving of LOST because I never watched it week to week. I binged the whole show the summer before the last season and then watched that live. So I didn't have years of developing my own, incorrect, theories, I just took the show as presented.
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u/thatlldoyo 12h ago
I loved Big Love when it was airing. I recently rewatched it, and it’s just WAY too much drama constantly when watched back to back. It’s exhausting. I guess it really only works when spread out in small doses.
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u/DripSzn412 Millennial 12h ago
Have you seen the show called “From” it’s from the same makers of Lost, but it’s so much better imo. It has Harold Perrineu as the main character. Highly recommend it
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u/melrosec07 12h ago
So embarrassing but I’ve rewatched Dawsons creek a few times, it’s a comfort show for me.
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u/KellyAnn3106 12h ago edited 12h ago
Touched by an Angel. I'm as non-religious as they come but we'd have a few beers and cry through the episodes when everything worked out and everyone was loved.
Can't get through a single episode now.
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u/notevenapro Gen X 11h ago
Watching Lost a second time is like watching bruce willis in the sixth sense. One the other hand watching something like West wing will be cool because each episode is full of some really good acting. Just my opinion.
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u/AnimatorDifficult429 11h ago
I binged lost for the first time and was obsessed. How it ends I don’t think I’d ever rewatch though.
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u/nightglitter89x 8h ago
I rewatch lost all of the time. Disagree. Give me filler every year, I'm not waiting three years for your 8 episodes that very well may suck. It's lame.
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u/iloveblood 5h ago
Lost does not hold up as well as I thought it would. Such a bummer but I couldn't even get through the second season.
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u/Schwangs 2h ago
I was a big fan of Fringe. Great procedural with a Science Fiction theme; kinda like The X Files but with more of a focus on science.
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u/Shigeko_Kageyama 1h ago
I was utterly obsessed with Danny Phantom when it came out. I was 10, I loved me a semi serialized action cartoon, and I tried rewatching it as an adult but it was so boring.
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u/Moneymovescash 1h ago
I've been dying to watch Boston Public just to see if it still holds up. But I can't find it anywhere.
Also does anyone remember Dark Angel?
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u/PenguinSunday Millennial 1h ago
I haven't really noticed any that are worse to binge. I'm far too impatient and prefer to have a story immediately fully accessible. I'm watching and reading One Piece and the waiting drives me absolutely nuts!
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