Box Set Mania

As I mentioned previously, I recently finished watching the final season of The Shield. What I didn't share with you is how I watched it.

No, not in my underwear with Cheetohs dust stuck to my chest hairs. (I'm not that bad, people).

No, I watched the entire final season over three nights. I had recorded the show every week on my DVR. After the series finale was recorded, I decided to sit down and watch all of the shows back to back.

Why did I do that? Because watching a weekly serial has become harder and harder. No, I haven't grown suddenly more stupid. It's because I'm spoiled.

I've been spoiled by box sets. Yes, those wonderful collections of entire seasons and/or series. I love them. There is nothing more satisfying that sitting down with a great television show (yes, there are still some out there) and watching every episode one after another.

It allows for a much quicker immersion into the characters and the show. Things that occurred in a previous episode stay front and center in your mind. And the time is better spent, because you aren't wasting time with all of those blasted commercials.

How many times do you need to be sold on the value of a Ford truck or how great a Coca-Cola would taste or how unfresh you feel until you use a disposable douche from Summer's Eve?

So, I now have a large collection of my favorite shows on DVD now. It's become so bad that I don't mind not being in the immediate loop of a show. It'll come out on DVD soon enough and when it does, I'll lock myself away and watch it.

I may be boring around a water cooler, but at least I can watch the entire season of Greg the Bunny in one day. Can you?