One Has to Wonder

[kriadydragon]

What is it with me and taking forever to get interested in a show? Every single show I've ever loved I always got into about a season or two or many later. The only shows I got into from the start were Numbers and CSI New York and both shows I ended up losing interest in seasons later. I got into season one of Suits but, though I like the show, I have to admit it also pushes a lot of do-not-want buttons along with my like buttons, so it remains to be seen if it's the exception. But with the shows I absolutely love it's always been the opposite. SGA - got into it around season two. White Collar - the same. Dr. Who - the same. Even shows I like instead of love, like the Mentalist, I got into seasons down the line. Now I find myself getting pulled into Merlin after watching the most recent season (which was, what, season four, five? Yeesh! Took me long enough :P)

And I really don't get why this is. Anyone else find themselves getting into shows only after the fact that they've been airing for at least a season? Any theories as to why this is?

Comments

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I think that I just need more than one or two episodes to know if I'm going to like a show.

I wonder if this is my deal, that the show needs time to simmer a little and get to that point where its potential finally hits me. Thing is, though, I usually avoid the shows I have no interest in, certain that I'm never going to watch them because I don't want to, then suddenly - out of the blue - I want to watch them. Sometimes it's an episode that grabs me, sometimes a character, or like with WC sometimes a concept. But it's the abruptness of it that boggles be, because I will go from absolute dislike to absolute like in the blink of an eye.

[sholio]

Oh, that's interesting, because it's not usually that much of a switch-flip for me. Usually it's a slow progression from "hmm, this show is kinda interesting" to "NEXT EPISODE NOW!"

Though now that I'm thinking about it, I'd initially dismissed WC on the basis of the pilot, then it grabbed me immediately when I started watching in season three, so perhaps I do change that quickly too. :D But it still took me awhile to get actually fannish about it.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's really weird because once I find that little "something" it's like that's it, the show has me. Merlin, for example. I was watching an episode of Merlin because I was bored and nothing else was on. For some reason, this one unremarkable and brief scene made me intrigued in the friendship between the two main characters. So I started watching more and now I'm currently working my way through season one. One iddy-biddy scene and now I have a whole new show I'm into. It seriously amazes me the things that get me drawn into a show.

Getting fannish definitely comes episodes later, though, and I think there's always a bit of a fight before I finally give in. I don't like really fanning over something (to the point of writing fic, that is) since I have so much on my plate already. But, sometimes, it's nice to have another sandbox to play in, even if I only have one or two stories in me.