Do you watch episodes in order?

Submitted by Mythdon3 t3_yqwbuv in television

Depends on the show. If it's a show with an ongoing storyline, like Power Rangers, I watch all of the episodes in order.

But if it's a sitcom, drama or animated series, I'll watch random episodes and just pick whatever episode that sounds the most interesting. Those shows are easy to watch out of order because almost every episode kind of tells its own story.

But if it has an ongoing storyline and a lot of the episodes aren't standalones, watching in order helps keep me invested and keeps the suspension going, especially if there's a lot of story or character arcs. I like when it's a great show and not a mediocre one where watching in order feels like a chore.

Also if a show has thousands of episodes or close to it, like the Pokémon anime, for example, there's no point in watching all of those episodes for the sake of it. Shows with that many episodes tend to have so much filler and the same old, same old, so there's no point in being invested, just picking which episode out of a thousand that fits your mood.

Watching in order only works for serialized shows, but any other shows, picking apart which episodes out of the bunch is the way to go.

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Persist_and_Resist t1_ivqki0v wrote

If I am watching a show intentionally, I watch it in order.

But most of my life I was subject to the whims of scheduling, so missing a few episodes and only getting to watch them years later was the norm.

Definitely don't see any reason I'd intentionally watch shows out of order. But if I happen to walk in on a show halfway through and it looks awesome it still sometimes happens.

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facebook57 t1_ivqp6ck wrote

Shows distributed in the last 8-10 years on streaming platforms? Always in order. Sitcoms from the 90s and 2000s where they were on linear TV originally (Friends, California Dreams, City Guys etc)? Shuffle em up!

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jtsa5 t1_ivqlmtn wrote

If I've never watched it, definitely in order. Even repeats usually in order. Sitcoms with a lot of eps maybe shuffle those up.

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supreme_shoe41 t1_ivqufoh wrote

It depends.

Shows with ongoing story arcs such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Yes

Shows that are more episodic such as Law and Order? Nah

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mickeyflinn t1_ivthveu wrote

First time through yes. On re-watches if a show is episodic, not necessarily, if it is serial, yes.

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bitca57 t1_ivuqh7a wrote

If I'm watching a show for the first time, then I always, always watch it in order from the very first episode. I like to see every episode of a show if I'm going to watch it. Now, if I've already seen the show before and I feel like watching it again, I might skip over a few episodes or even start at a later season depending on how I'm feeling. But for first time viewing, I always start from season 1, episode 1.

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