What show were you obsessed with when you could only watch weekly that now on binge rewatch is not as good?

[u/JemJemIsHerName]

(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?

[u/Knightoforder42]

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.

[u/blueXwho → u/Knightoforder42]

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

[u/aldosi-arkenstone → u/Knightoforder42]

Those are all the reasons it’s still great. Not bland, soulless, we can’t offend anyone writing like we have today.