The Vansome's massive television that takes up half of my living room has not been getting much use lately. That is a good thing. I have a tendency to become addicted to TV shows. Last year I was so overwhelmed with my job that I didn't make a point to watch anything except Fringe and Lost all season.
Hulu has become my new best friend. (Hey-did you notice I learned how to link?) The Vansome and I have started watching TV from the laptop. It kinda defeats the purpose of not having a television in the bedroom, but I'm still in denial about that. We were able to catch up on shows we liked and we're discovering shows we missed out on, not just from last season, but from the last few years.
I can't tell you how much I love the freedom of watching TV on my schedule, at my convenience. I don't know that I will ever be held hostage to a television show again. Except for Lost, but with the last season coming up, it's worth the sacrifice. I don't have the patience to wait until the next day for that show.
Our best discovery was Firefly. That is such an amazing show! I broke down and spent my dwindling financial reserves on the DVD of Serenity, the movie made after the series was cancelled. It is truly heartbreaking that the show was cancelled so early. I thought the movie did a good job of tying up loose ends, but it still left me wanting more. It was definitely better for me to have watched the series after the fact, though, knowing that it was cancelled too soon and the one season was all I would ever have. If I had been expecting more, I would have gone into mourning. For a stupid long time.
The Vansome is in mourning now over the cancellation of Defying Gravity. I had read a few weeks ago that it did not have strong viewership, so I began to prepare myself at that time. I tried to warn the Vansome as well, but he was in denial. It sucked mightily that they cancelled it right on the brink of the "big reveal" they had been leading up to all season, but what can you do? I know that they had a few more episodes complete, so I'm hopeful that ABC will offer them online. That's how we watch anyway, so it would be awesome for us.
We set the DVR on our PC to record Bones and Fringe last Thursday. We tried to watch them last night, and it did not go so well. The difference in audio volume between the episodes and the commercials made it almost unwatchable. Even fast-forwarding through them, we still caught enough to kill our ears and make us angry. I think we will stick to watching on Hulu.
PS Did I mention that I can knit while I watch TV?
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