College is exciting - but it can also be exhausting. And when I'm knee deep in assignments and so tired I can hear my eyelids clink every time I blink, all I want is to curl up in bed and relive those days in high school when I would watch TV shows without feeling guilty. But the thought of catching up with shows already four/five episodes into the season - previously a laughably easy task - now seems herculean.
Considering how big a role TV shows used to play in my life, that is a huge loss to me. So here are the six shows I need back in my life, including everything I miss about them and all the questions I have from the rumors I hear.
[Spoiler alert]
1. Supernatural
This show taught me everything about I know about hunting (so basically nothing) but it also taught me that you always put family first - even if that means possibly dooming the whole world and signing too many demon deals and also possibly dying a bunch of times. Which seems illogical in retrospect but is so moving when set to old rock music.
Do I realize the show is playing with my feelings?
Do I care?
I miss their rides in the impala! I miss Cas not understanding pop culture and Dean eating pie and Sam being tall and Crowley being British!
2. Scandal
I cannot believe that fact that right this moment there are episodes of Scandal out in the world that I have not seen. It is a source of pain to me literally every day to know that I am deprived of her coats and speeches and all of the "white hate" angst.
I miss Olivia's ridiculous diet! And her yelling at Fitz! Also, I miss hating on Fitz (I feel like we can all agree that Jake is infinitely better than him but also that Liv is better than both of them).
HE'S NEVER GOING TO DESERVE YOU OLIVIA!
(He's not even a good President.)
Also I don't like how my feelings for Mel are affecting my feelings for Hillary Clinton because I realize my political convictions should not be based on TV but my heart does not.
(It's okay though because I can't vote anyway)
3. The 100
I pretend I watched the 100 because it explores how governments are formed and the repercussions of a monopoly or lack thereof of violence and also the show has incredible diversity, but mostly I watched this show because of Bellamy.
I miss his deep rooted pain and commitment issues and the fact that he calls Clarke princess. But, most of all, I miss his deep voice.
I mean, look at him!
Look at him being vaguely confused!
How does someone so confused look so good??
4. Empire
Every time my newsfeed shows me Taraji getting caught I have severe separation anxiety from this show. I need the music, I need the drama, I need Hakim's blatantly obvious mommy issues.
Also S.O to Jamal for repping middle children as the actual best (which we are).
5. One Upon a Time
I used to love how unnecessarily but also so amazingly complex this story line was and how far they could twist the family tree before someone (Henry) had to check in to therapy - but now it just makes me sweat to think of even trying to catch up with this show. Also I hear Hook is dead? And I can't handle that kind of grief - so maybe this is a show I'll have to stay away from for a while.
6. Bachelor
Okay I lied - I actually do keep up with the Bachelor.
Honestly I don't even have a reason for using this gif - I just find her mouth hilarious.
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My theory/justification for my problem/wild conjecture is that I need TV that is overly dramatic and often low quality just so I can get the healthy human dosage of melodrama and that enables me to function normally the rest of the time.
So, to all the shows I abandoned for all these months, who kept me sane (or at least entertained) for so long:
