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ImperialSympathizer t1_j1h6dy7 wrote

I accidentally watched the season 1 finale of The Knick as my first episode. I was incredibly impressed by the bold, uncompromising narrative choices the show made. It was barely telling me character names, much less why they were doing things. After that, the actual pilot felt like child's play.

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hoxxxxx t1_j1i7azd wrote

oh fucking thank you, i'm writing this down. i keep forgetting about the knick.

i caught like 3 episodes of it when it was live and loved it, then completely forgot about it. historical dramas are my shit.

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NoNefariousness2144 t1_j1hdj4l wrote

I did this with Fargo Season 3. Somehow the first episode I watched was episode 5 where >!one of the Ewan McGregor’s kills the other!<. I thought it was the first episode since Fargo seasons always begin with >!a character killing someone!< so imagine my surprise when I realised my mistake.

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ThatEvanFowler t1_j1l1hxf wrote

When I read the Southern Reach trilogy (those books that the Alex Garland movie "Annihilation" is based on), I accidentally read them out of order and didn't even realize it until long after I'd finished it all. I read the second book first, then the first one, then the third. They weren't numbered and, at least on those editions, it was really strangely unclear about the reading order. Weirdly enough, I think the books actually work better the way I read them, lol.

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[deleted] t1_j1hxblm wrote

I remember messing up and watching a season 1 episode while watching season 2 of Daredevil and going "wow this is bold, really showing a character's trauma staying that long". The actual episode was far less interesting, compared to that excitement.

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YoureAJoJoReference t1_j1hmawj wrote

I started from and finished the second season of "Vice Principals" and sort of felt like that too.

Years earlier I had watched s01e01 and still remembered the characters and main plot points, so I started s01e02, or so I thought... I thought it was bold of them to reference so many past events, really built their character well, as well as dropping the viewer in certain conflits without proper context.

Only after finishing the season (episodes autoplayed and this was before HBO Max, either they didn't display season number or I didn't realize) and was sent to the menu did I notice that by default they always feature the latest season. It think that's terrible UI.

On other instances I've fell for the same but realized within 5 minutes.

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