TV Tuesday: Getting Into It

[yourlibrarian]

When you are asked for show recommendations, do you find that you tend to recommend watching chronologically or do you pick the best episodes to tempt them? Does it make a difference which show or genre it is?

Comments

[firecat]

The farthest I’ll go is to say “the first few eps of S1 aren’t very good so be sure to watch through [# of interesting ep] to get a sense of what’s good about it. Or “if you don’t like ep 1–2, you probably won’t like the rest.”

[yourlibrarian]

I've done the same, although depending on cast changes I might suggest skipping an entire season, particularly if it's more episodic.

[violateraindrop]

Same! I would mention if a favorite of mine is further into the season.

A lot of people say you can just skip the first season of Parks and Recreation, but I wouldn't recommend it like that.

[tinny]

Exactly. I do that for Farscape, which is one of my all time favorite shows, but season 1 is so lackluster.