We've all started a new show that we like and would totally recommend for our friends. Right now, my shows are "Stranger Things" ('80s-style thriller) on Netflix and the old show "Smallville." When we start a new show or re-watch one, so many emotions are involved and it's hard to keep track of them all.
1. Excitement
You turn on the show, ready for it to start, and by the end, you're ready for the next episode. The suspense is killing you because you think, "No, I'm not going to watch the entire first season of this show in one day," and then it's dawn the next morning.
2. Apprehension
Is the show going to be good? Is all of the hype worth it? Your finger is hovering over the enter button, and then you press it with some hesitation. You might have heard from your friends that the show is fantastic, but sometimes your friends are hit or miss.
3. Becoming Invested
The show becomes your life. You live it. You breathe it. You become it. You also binge-watch it on weekends because why not?
4. Anger
Why did this character do this? Why did she have to die? Why did he have to get amnesia and forget the girl he loves? There are so many emotions running through your head right now, but the primary one is anger. How dare the writers for putting this in the show.
5. Heartbreak
Like anger, we have questions. We want answers. We don't want our faves to die, not after they were in the show for so long *cough "Grey's Anatomy" cough.* After one particularly heart-wrenching episode, you could be found curled up in a ball with a tub of ice cream bawling your eyes out.
6. Happiness
They finally figured out who killed him/her! And you knew that it was this one character that looked pretty shady from the beginning. Your best friend was wrong, you were right, and now you get to gloat. Hah.
7. Shock
Did... did that just happen? You weren't ready. Your best friend beside you wasn't ready. Your mom, 50 miles away and watching it on the DVR with you because you didn't get to watch it before, wasn't ready.
8. Defeat
It's over. There's only five minutes left in the episode, absolutely no time for anything new to happen (unless it's "Scandal"). But wait. Who's walking into the building? Your favorite character from season one that you thought had died because they disappeared? It is!
9. Pride
Your favorite season one character has the key to fixing the conflict just in time for the season finale. You're glad that they're back, because that was an open plothole just waiting to be filled and you needed that character back in your life.
10. Satisfaction
You've finished the show. You're good. You can finally rest in peace now that the conflict is solved and the characters are in varying states of happiness. But wait. When's the next season coming out? Next year?