The early days

life — Valerie on January 15, 2010 at 3:09 pm

Ross and I watch TV shows in an odd way. Since we’re so busy all effing week every effing week (trust me, my gcal will make you weep, WEEP I TELL YOU), we just wait until a show is completely finished and spend late nights and weekends plowing through full seasons in no time.

Watching TV this way make you very aware of how characters and shows change from season to season. And I’ve discovered something about myself:

The first season of a show is always my favorite. Always. I’ll elaborate:

Battlestar Galactica
I think the first episode is one of the best things that has ever been on television. It’s genius. While I loved (loved, loved, looooooooooooved) the whole show, that first season is just spectacular to me.

Gilmore girls
I love Chilton Rory way more than Yale or taking-a-break-from-Yale Rory. Plus we didn’t see Christopher that much which was a good thing. Christopher, I’ll punch you in your dumb face, how ’bout that?

Firefly
Ok, this one doesn’t really count because it only lasted one season. BUT IT WAS SUBLIME.

Top Chef (and really any other reality show)
Sure, other seasons are good, but I love the first season because people don’t know what to expect. It just seems less contrived.

Dawson’s Creek
Joey bugged the HELL out of me in this season, but I think Pacey was at his cutest.

LOST
One word: Boone. I’ll say it again: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE.

I want to hear your thoughts on this. And if you have no idea what I’m talking about with any of those, well, clearly you’ve got some TV watching to do.

9 Comments »

  1. Veronica Mars. The first season is just fantastic and is far superior to seasons two and three, which are still pretty good.

    Comment by Mary Alice — January 15, 2010 @ 3:48 pm

  2. Oh! And I’m totally with you on BSG and Firefly. :)

    Comment by Mary Alice — January 15, 2010 @ 3:53 pm

  3. Mary Alice, I talk about the first episode of BSG all the time. The Cylons attacking every 33 minutes? BRILLIANT.

    Comment by Valerie — January 15, 2010 @ 4:06 pm

  4. Totally agree with you (especially about Chilton Rory). First seasons are usually the best. However, even when shows start to go horribly downhill (I’m looking at you, Heroes), I can’t let go because I need closure!

    Comment by Anna — January 15, 2010 @ 7:24 pm

  5. Mary Alice, I love me some Veronica Mars too! Though I think I loved season two a lot too (they’re running together for me). Val–I thought you said Battlestar Gallactica’s season one bothered you?? I definitely loved season one of 24 the best! What season of LOST are you and Ross on? I’m not sure which is my fave…

    Comment by Anne W — January 15, 2010 @ 9:56 pm

  6. Watching the Gilmore Girls slowly leach the life out of one of the most incredibly understated buncha talent on TV is probably better experienced over weeks than years. By the last season, we’d become grudging fans prepared for week after week of small disappointments. The first few seasons, though? Amazing. Brilliant. Lovely stuff.

    Comment by John — January 16, 2010 @ 9:10 am

  7. i agree with all of those except dawson’s. seasons 3 and 4 are my favorites.

    Comment by Sarah Hudgins — January 16, 2010 @ 8:16 pm

  8. Wonderfalls, also a one-season wonder, was amazing. I can’t really get on board with Gilmore Girls — for some reason, Lauren Graham bugs the crap out of me.

    Comment by Tammy — January 19, 2010 @ 5:51 am

  9. I’m so glad I watched Firefly on Hulu. And I’m glad I had to go to Netflix for the last of them, because there was all this wonderful, lovey cast and crew stuff on the disk. Now I need to see the movie ~

    Comment by Maggi — January 19, 2010 @ 12:30 pm

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