That's howyousometimesgetsuckedintowatching a showforthreehourswithoutevennoticing.
I havefoundthatpeoplearedeeplyembarrassedbyhowmuchtheywatchTV.
Deeplyembarrassedtonotbeproductiveandtaketimeoffandsay, "Actually, I watchedsixhoursoftelevisiontodaybecause I neededtonotlookatfivedifferenttabson a workcomputer, I justneededto..."
Wealsobingetobepartofthepublicconversation.
[Nearly 1/4 ofushaveliedaboutwatching a seriesbecauseotherpeopleweretalkingaboutit.]
Yeah, I love "Fleabag"!
So I thinkthereisananxietyaboutbeingcaughtupaboutthiscontent, whichisforcingpeopletobingemorealso.
Whenwecanidentifywith a character, itleadstothereleaseofthelovehormoneoxytocin.
Itcreates a bond.
"Wehavehadsuch a wonderfulmorning."
A serieslike "BigLittleLies", whichallowsyoutolookatthesameeventthroughtheeyesofverydifferentcharacters, you'reboundtobeabletofind a characterthatyoucanrelatetoandgoonthejourneywith.
Ifwe'remakingtimetowatch a seriesend-to-end, wearepotentiallycreatinghoursofspacetoworkwithouremotions, ourrelationships.
[Therewas a 41 percentleapinthenumberofcouplesseekingcounsellingafter "LoveIsland" 2019 beganairing.]
I haveprobablywatchedtelevisionwithover 700 people, andso I'veexperienced a lotofpeoplehavingbigemotions.
"No-one's funanymore, whateverhappenedtofun!"
Theepisode "Splats!" ofSexandtheCity, whichistheonewhereKristenJohnstonfallsoutof a windowcausespeople a lotofemotionsbecauseit's anepisodeaboutmovingonfromsomething.
Netflixknowsthatyou'renevergoingtowatch a showmidwaythrough, you'renevergoingtostartinthemiddle, you'realwaysgoingtostartfromtheverybeginning.
Sothat's whyyou'vegot "OrangeIstheNewBlack", whichhas a castofabout 40.
Soyou'reabletohavethatlevelofdepthoveraneight-hourseries, thanwhatyouwouldnormallydoifitwasseparatedintoeight 60-minutechunksshovedon a linearbroadcastchannel.
"Bingeing" is a wordthathasverynegativeconnotationstoit, right?