I have come to realize that I have an issue with commitment. Now, it is not what you may think. Sure, I can commit just fine to people and making plans, but when it comes to Netflix, I'm doomed.
I have become aware that I cannot commit to finishing any series on Netflix. I start out strong, hopeful and excited to begin a new show, but as time goes on and I watch more episodes, the more infrequently I begin to visit the show. It starts out by watching less episodes each time I attempt to binge watch. Then, more often the fewer episodes a night suddenly become fewer nights a week spent indulging in whatever series I attempt to commit to.
As the separation from the series grows from nights into weeks, I suddenly find myself drifting farther and farther away from finishing a series.
Is it that I'm bored? Too busy? Or afraid to commit to finishing all the episodes Netflix has provided me with? Is it that because deep down inside I know that as soon as I finish the last episode that it's over? Finished. When I watch that last episode, I'll be dropped. Netflix is going to dump me.
I am doomed. It must be my love-hate relationship I have with the numerous series on Netflix I have started. I love the show (most of the time), but the fact that often I'll be left in suspense is not something I want. They hardly ever put all of the series up, and it keeps me wandering.
So I continue to have commitment problems. I constantly find myself leaving one episode of a series to watch or taking years; literally "Gilmore Girls" has sucked me in for two years, and I'm still going strong, but will I ever finish?
The question really is, though, am I ready to commit to the last episode and push past the series? Will my commitment problems ever be resolved? The truth is that I don't know, and many others may feel this way too, but the glory of Netflix is that you can watch episodes over and over and over again.
That is, you can until they discontinue your favorite TV series, and your inner-binge watcher wrath comes pouring out, and so you go back to the dark, downward, commitment spiral. But, there is hope that someday the perfect show will suck you in and you'll watch all seven seasons in one month. Maybe. Maybe someday it will happen.
