This has happened way too many times. First time it happened it was probably Game of Thrones, but when I love a show, I don’t watch it on purpose because I don’t want it to end. I only watch the show when I’m fully comfortable and relaxed, because I don’t want to waste those precious minutes for a wacky watch session like between classes, in the train etc. I only watch it at night in bed. I’m watching a show now and it’s taking me forever. EVERY DAY I think about it and how bad I want to watch it. Most days I end up not watching it at all though. I don’t want it to end.
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Same here. The last time I watched a show all the way through was in 2021. It took me 2 days. I am still married to my favorite character and still think about the show daily.
That cannot happen again. Never watching a show again.
I don’t know about TV shows but I do have songs that I love so much that I only listen to them a few times a year because I feel like I can’t listen to them Willy nilly. The moment has to be right.
Yeah it happens. There have been shows I watched very slowly and took years to finish because I never wanted it to end. Luckily there were cases when after finishing they announced new season out of nowhere (looking at Dexter)
I’m like this with songs I really like.
This is me and resident alien. I love that show. It’s the best, but I can’t rewatch it because I know what’s going to happen.
There are still shows from years ago that I haven’t seen the final episodes of and I can never rewatch because I don’t want to sully the memory.
Most of them are from when I was a teenager and I was a super fangirly type though, in the present day I usually watch new stuff I’m interested in straight through and then just mildly obsess.
yes! exactly! i’ve still never finished watching hannibal or house bc i refuse to let them end!!!
Yes, I’m also really nostalgic and sentimental.
Yes and then when I get to the last episode finally, I can take months to actually watch it.
Glad it’s not just me – this is so validating. I’ve wondered, is this abandonment issues, fear of loss, or what? I’ve never been able to handle shows w/sad endings or major character losses either, but I wasn’t seeing anyone else affected this way.
I don’t watch the last episode of most shows for this reason. Too many of my favorite shows got cancelled and ended on a cliffhanger.
Lol, no! But you watch shows however you want to!
I do this with movies. I like to savor them. But that’s partly because my ADHD makes my mind wander if I sit too long doing anything.
I do this all the time! Even with movies, books, or games. I don’t really know why, but it takes me literal months or even years to finish something if I like it too much. I guess in my case, I get too overwhelmed with excitement if I really like something, and it’s physically/emotionally exhausting.
New girl every night to fall asleep for the past seven or eight years 😅🤦♀️ it’s always sunny is a close second, then bob’s burgers then it’s always sunny in philidelphia
I had this with Dylan Dog. Love the comics, been collecting them for as long as I can remember. After watching the movie trailer, we just closed the clip in awkward silence and never watched it 🤣
Me and Lower Decks… same story
I stopped watching Grey’s Anatomy because I loved the characters and (Spoiler Alert) there was a big accident and some of them died. I couldn’t bear to watch it. I tried skipping the episode where they die and move on but I couldn’t. That is at the end of season 8. I have kept up with the show via reels and others have also died and it literally breaks my heart. I want to watch it so bad but I got way too attached.
So funny to tell anyone but this has happened more than once to a show. I can’t bear the negative things happening to people I care about so I just stop watching.
OMG Yes, I thought I was the only one who did such a crazy thing! I’ve been dying to watch “The Fiery Priest 2” since it came out, and I haven’t started it even though I think about it all the time.
Felt that too, just a feel of not wanting the show to end yet so a slow pace is what I do
I do the same with book series. I haven’t finished the Throne of Glass series because I just love it so much. I’ve reread the books 1-7 like 4 times but cannot bring myself to complete the series. Must be the abandonment issues hahaha
There are many many shows i have yet to watch the finale for because I didn’t want them to end. I only very recently finished Hannibal. Haven’t finished Supernatural. But yeah. Im procrastinating big time on the new shows right now.