Had a weird moment watching Dark last night that made me rethink how I binge shows

I was about 6 episodes into Dark season 2 and realized I had no clue what was going on. I kept pausing to look up character names online and trying to track the timelines. Honestly, I was spending more time reading recaps than actually watching. Then my friend told me to just turn on the subtitles and stop overthinking it. Now I just let the show flow and trust the story to explain itself. Has anyone else had that point where you had to unlearn your normal binge habits just to enjoy a complex show?

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leohart1mo ago

Totally dumped my usual way of watching with shows like Dark too. Swear I spent whole episodes just staring at the family tree on Google instead of the actual scenes. Subtitles were a game changer for me (and honestly just accepting I'd miss some stuff on the first watch).

taylor.phoenix1mo agoMost Upvoted

You used to think differently but this changed your mind. Honestly, that's exactly where I was a few years ago. I had this stubborn idea that subtitles were distracting and that looking things up online was cheating somehow, like I was failing at watching TV. Then I borrowed a buddy's stream of a complicated sci-fi show and realized I had to use both or I'd be completely lost. Now I'm the opposite, I almost prefer having notes pulled up on my phone during a slow episode. It actually makes the experience better because I'm following along instead of just nodding along confused.