re: It's amazing how much Netflix' binge model now hurts its top shows like Stranger Things

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used to come on here and rant about how screwed up binging TV series seemed to me. Now I love finding an old show I missed and binging every season of i

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Finding an old show and blasting through it is not the same. Yeah, it's great that way to just sit down and watch a whole season or series but it doesnt matter because the show is long over.

Having a huge show go week to week and stay in the lexicon and news cycle of the public for a couple of months, and finding all the breakdowns and podcasts and analysis clips of people discussing interesting plot points is half the fun of mysterious shows like Stranger Things.

The first show I remember really taking hold of this was Lost, and True Detective S1 used it amazingly as well. but the tactic has been around for decades Hell, "who shot J.R." lasted for the entire summer after the season finale, and that was back in the 80s with no internet.