I love TV. For a really long time I didn't really care to watch it rather preferring to find things to read or watch movies. I'm not sure if it's still a thing, but I first joined Netflix when you still looked up movies, put them in your "queue" and then waited to get them in the mail. I think I only ever had one movie at a time, but it was a thing my mom and I did on weekends. We would both add different movies we wanted to see and watch them together.

I loved it because I love movies, but buying so many DVD's takes up a lot of space and Netflix was a lot more intuitive rental wise than Blockbuster. That was a whole other story with due dates, late fees and dealing with store hours. Both the era of Netflix mailing you movies and driving to Blockbuster came to an end when Redbox became popular.

Around that time is when I started watching TV again, I finally figured out to start recording shows I wanted to watch (even if they were reruns I hadn't seen), and tuning into shows everyone at school was watching. Pretty Little Liars started when I was in 6th grade, I don't think there was a girl (or guy) that didn't watch that show when it first came on. 7 years later, it's been the only TV show I have somehow managed to keep up with and not lose track of. I love many TV shows that are still on, Law and Order: SVU (who doesn't love this show?), Survivor (thanks to the Pugh family for this one), Criminal Minds (see my last article regarding this *insert rolling eye emoji*), Big Brother (another shoutout to the Pugh's), Dateline, and many more.

From watching these shows both on Netflix and on TV, it's hard for me to say which I like better. Do I like waiting for a new episode of a show every week? Not really, but it does give me something to look forward to. Would I rather be able to sit there and binge watch an entire season in one night? HELL YES. I then later greatly regret that because then I have nothing more to watch. I feel as if I wasn't able to fully sit, cherish and evaluate the intentions that the writers had when scripting a certain scene or action for the characters.

This recently came to light when I realized that last year I finished the first season of the Netflix Original show "Narcos" in one week. I couldn't get enough of the show and watched it as much as I could (I ended up watching the whole season through again sometime after that just to have something to watch and yet again it only took me about a week). I don't know whether to blame my lack of self-control for not being able to take that time to appreciate the show or to blame Netflix for putting up the entire season up at one time.

I mentioned earlier that I am a huge fan of Pretty Little Liars and that this is the one show that I continually keep up with and watch week-by-week year after year. As much as I would love to sit and watch the whole season in one night (as I love to do with so many other shows), I like the suspense of waiting each week for a new episode. It gives me time to reflect on what's going on and make my own assumptions as to what's going to happen next, and (if you haven't heard) gives me time to cherish my most favorite TV characters ever since next season is the final one.

I do think there are drawbacks to both watching week-by-week, and a whole season at once and I could have an internal debate with myself for hours on end about which I prefer, but if it were to come down to life and death (and if I'm just being honest) I would prefer to have Netflix release their Original Shows, like most other TV channels, week-by-week. It would force me to maintain my impulse to just blow through the show and allow me to really (really) watch it and love it the way it's meant to be loved.