What’s The Point of Watching A TV Show When The Internet Already Did It?
Ah, yes, another TV show coming to an end. Fans are already planning finale watch parties, writing up posts like a eulogy for the show, about how it changed their lives, and how they are not ready to say goodbye to the show yet. And then there are people who know the show only through viral clips and fan edits. While the serious fans wait for the finale, the rest of us are just waiting for the screenshots and recap gifs. Because why actually watch a show when the fans are out there creating these convenient, bite-sized clips that give away the gist of what is going on anyway? Let’s face it, most TV shows are at least 45 minutes long. While streaming services used to initially drop entire seasons at once, they have decided to borrow cable’s annoying strategy of dropping episodes on a weekly basis. Some are worse. They drop only one part of the season and then expect fans to wait an entire month before they drop part two. This is some serious commitment to make, and not...