We've all been there before. It's an act of betrayal, really. Someone recommends a supposedly amazing television program that you not only start to watch, but quickly fall in love with. And then it becomes your life for a while - you even go as far as to recruit your friends and family into the madness. You're in love, you're in love, you're in love and then...and then you lose interest after a few seasons. Maybe it's because the writing quality declined or your favorite actor left the cast or the plot became too ridiculous or you missed too many new episodes that you don't have the energy to watch.
Regardless, what was once your world is now...it's now some TV show that you used to know. And that's where things get weird.
Sometimes you'll look over at the clock, see that a new episode will be airing in just a few minutes and you'll wonder how they're doing these days. If their ratings are still good. If they're going to be renewed for another season. If your favorite character is still alive; if they're happy. If that couple you liked is still together. Now, you obviously don't care enough to take residence on the couch for six days to catch up on the three seasons you've missed so far, but...you can't help but be at least a little intrigued whenever you see one of your ex-faves trending worldwide on Twitter. Just...just a little.
But you're not going to go back to it. Sure, you had a lot of good times together in the past. And, okay, you still have an absurd amount of merchandise somewhere in the back of your closet that you can't seem to let go of (but, honestly, why do you still have those?It's been, like, two years... It's time). And yes, you continue to engage in conversations pertaining to character development and potential plot points for future seasons. But you really are done with the show. Really. It's still an enduring presence your life in some ways, and it will always be a part of you because of that, but you're done with it. You're never going back.
You have a good reason for cancelling all future DVR recordings and turning off the TV once and for all. Even if your friends and family who still tune in every week can't understand your decision, you did what was best for you. And that's okay. Despite how it sometimes may feel as if you're too obsessed with a TV show you don't even watch anymore, and despite how tempting it might be to fall back down the rabbit hole, your reasoning for abandoning it is good and valid, no matter what anyone says or thinks.
And, honestly, the TV show should have stepped up their game before it came to that. Because you deserve better than that.
