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Do you HAVE to see every episode?

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  • 19-07-2005 12:36pm
    #1
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭


    I dunno about you but when I'm into a show I have to see EVERY ep of it (esp when I'm getting close to completeness). It's not just do it because 'I need to know what happened' but also so for the feeling of completeness it gives me. When someone asks 'did you see the ep where...' I can confidently answer 'yes'. TBH it would actually make me slightly uneasy knowing I'd taken the time to see (for example) 199 episodes of my fav show X but that there was still 1 ep out there to be seen that I had missed during the run!

    So do you need to see every ep of your fav shows or would it not bother you in the slightest if you never ever saw the 1or2 remaining eps that you'd missed?

    With Regard to my favourite shows .... 38 votes

    I must see every episode.
    0% 0 votes
    It Wouldn't bother me if I only ever saw 199 eps out of 200.
    100% 38 votes


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    #2
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,131 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Definately to maintain the story line (in the likes of Six Feet Under etc.) - but also to understand what people are talking about when discussing it (like the Family Guy threads here).


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    #3
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,989 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Absolutely every single one! Actually had the same problem as you, where I had missed just one episode of the X-Files and had to wait ages to see it again but I made damn well sure I did even if I was no longer enjoying the series.

    I can't also jump into series halfway through their run anymore. I need to see it from the beginning so I get all the references to continuity, etc. You appreciate it all the more that way...


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    #4
    CrimE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 719 ✭✭✭CrimE


    Yeah I have to see every episode especially for shows like 24 etc. cause I can't stand it when I don't know whats going on. Drives me insane :mad:


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    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    if you dont see every episode of something like 24 then whats the point imo


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    #6
    SoupyNorman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,257 ✭✭✭SoupyNorman


    Mossy Monk wrote:
    if you dont see every episode of something like 24 then whats the point imo

    true, but a show like family guy say has no continuous story line so i wouldnt mind missing the odd one.

    i missed the season finale to nip/tuck twice (sky1 and TG4)and im raging as i heard it was a dinger, i have another chance as C4 are showing the series again so i will be watching closely!


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    eggshapedfred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭eggshapedfred


    i dunno about having to see every episode of a show, but if theres a new programme that seems interesting, then I'll make an effort to stay in and watch it when its on (e.g Lost, Dead Like Me). i think dvds of tv shows are great - no ads, you can watch more than one ep at a time, plus you have them all in order and theres commentaries (usually) e.g. Alias, Firefly. watching tv shows on dvd is more enjoyable than watching them on tv (especially with RTE's erratic scheduling)


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    #8
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Yes, I do. Unfortunatly (or fortunatly, depending on how you look at it), with the exception of the West Wing, most of the other series I have followed have had crappy or no scheduling on Irish terrestrial (the joys of being in four channel land), so I've done the majority of my following on DVD.


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    #9
    *Angel*
    Registered Users Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭*Angel*


    Yup I have to see all the eps of my fave programmes.


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    #10
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    All my fave TV yes. But If I liked Soap Opera I could go a while with out seeing every episode. Thank god I dont like soap opera.


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    #11
    tvnutz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭tvnutz


    For my fav tv shows,yes i have to see every ep!


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    #12
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,130 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Yes, I have to see them all and I have to see them in sequence. so I don't watch regular TV any more, it's far too restrictive.


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    #13
    Cake Fiend
    Registered Users Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭Cake Fiend


    pickarooney wrote:
    Yes, I have to see them all and I have to see them in sequence. so I don't watch regular TV any more, it's far too restrictive.

    Good ol' bittorrent...


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    #14
    netwhizkid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,558 ✭✭✭netwhizkid


    My favourite shows are, Desperate Housewives, First series finished, Re-running on RTE during the early hours. And Mile High on Sky one the current series finished last week and i hope they'll do another. I never missed one of these once, I wish i'd sky+ it would be so handy for recording them for when i can't watch them. Instead i pre-programmes the VCR to record them to blank tape. I couldn't miss an episode of Desperate housewives and Mile high. Home and Away i can miss occasionally.


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