Dilemma: what is The best way watch a series

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dilemma of best way to watch a series: week by week or all at once?

One of the things that Game of Thrones left me/us with was the Monday (morning many times) date with the new episode and, above all, the wider online hype surrounding it.

I've realized that I've since become somewhat addicted to this Mondays HBO date. After Game of thrones came Succession, then House of the Dragon, now The Last of Us. It's not that I like all of these series equally, but the weekly date itself as a shared/collective experience has itself become a rarer (and therefore more valuable) currency in the age of streaming and instant availability.

Back in the day, before streaming and binge-watching in seasons/bundles became the law, I often preferred to finish a season (or even a series!) and then watch it all together. Now, after everything that the relaxation of the boundaries between the small and the big screen has brought, I think I prefer the serialized version of consumption, since it is more faithful to the historical tradition itself and the special experience of the television medium.

In other words, maybe everything doesn't have to be a movie after all. And if the pacing is built right so that the segmentation of the narrative spreads smoothly (and addictively) over 2-3 months in depth, then the viewer's reward may indeed be much greater than a 5-6 hour cramming that doesn't let the experience breathe . It's funny, however, that mainstream cinema is becoming more and more serialized, while many series look more and more like 10-hour movies divided into parts.

Anyway, this is in the form of a quick reflection,I want to read your thoughts in the comments below. What is is your go to way of watching a Tv series

  1. week by week

  2. All episodes together

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I prefer watching everything at once.

So, for newer series, I just wait until the whole season, or even whole series, to finish before diving in.

This is mostly due to my schedule. It does make following the plot a bit easier without interruption.

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Noted! Tomorrow I will probably do an update with the results 😂

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It's great that you've found joy in having a weekly date with HBO series. Having a shared and collective experience has indeed become a rare and valuable commodity in the age of streaming. Enjoy your time together!

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All at once, imho 😎

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Noted! Tomorrow I will probably do an update with the results 😂

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I prefer all at once so I can watch as much as I want. But if a show is too long like one piece or detective conan with 1000+ episodes I lose interest.

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yes its almost impossible for someone to start one piece now and watch 1040+ episodes all at once it will make him get bored or get sick of it

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To start with, I don't watch series that often. In general I prefer to do something 'more active' when spending spare time on the couch. I don't mean active as doing sports or being physical, but where I have to make decisions. So I'm rather a gamer than a series watcher.

I often have a hard time to find a serie which could keep my attention to keep watching it. But when I found one, I'm more the type of a binger than watching it in small pieces :)

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