Binge watching.

I love binge watching television.  It's a wonderful way to spend 13 hours.  Netflix recently released Season 3 of House of Cards.  I was drooling at the thought of this show releasing more episodes.  They were posted on Friday, February 27th.  Of course, this would be the Friday that I volunteer in Ian's class from 12:30pm to 3:45pm.  OMG!  I could've watched 3 episodes during that time!  Having a full Saturday and a busy Sunday with all of our usual running around kept me from watching season 3 as fast as I would've liked.  But I persevered and stayed up late watching and woke up early to keep watching.  By 11:30pm on Sunday night, I did it!  I managed to squeeze in 13 awesome episodes. 

Is there anything more delicious than having extremely high expectations on how great something is going to be and then having those expectations met and then some?  That's House of Cards.  Specifically, that was House of Cards season 2.  And now I can say that was House of Cards season 3 too.   Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright are absolutely brilliant.  The casting, script, storylines and acting is phenomenal.  I just can't get enough of it. 

Just like after finishing my binge watching of the first four seasons of Breaking Bad, having to wait for new episodes to be created is challenging. It almost makes me wish that I watch these shows at a slower pace and savor each & every one.  It's way too tempting to plow through and see what happens.  It gets the better of me and I will happily stay up for most of the night getting my fix.

Good thing I am not alone in my binge watching. The more of us there are, the more likely Netflix will keep this good thing going.