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indig0sixalpha t1_ja0u9sn wrote

was one of a number of shows that AMC canceled for a tax write off.

> The series has been canceled after one season, despite a two-season order, and pulled from AMC’s streaming service as part of the company’s cost-cutting drive. The second season, which had been produced, will not air.

> Pantheon joins shows such as Demascus, Invitation to a Bonfire and the second seasons of 61st Street and Moonhaven, which were all axed as part of a one-time tax write-down at the end of last year.

it just sucks that the first season was removed from the streaming service making it basically non existent.

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MRobi83 t1_ja0txih wrote

Depends on the show. If it's the typical network tv series where only a minor part of each episode follows week to week and you could really watch any episode on its own and out of order.... I'm fine with the week to week. I'm talking things like the Chicago series, CSI, fbi, 30min comedies, etc etc...

Now if it's a series where the entire season is 1 storyline and every episode follows each other... Definitely binge watch. I can't stand the week to week model of these. The one that comes to mind right now is Servant on AppleTV. This needs to be released as a whole, but apple insists on the week to week model and it drives me absolutely insane! I refuse to watch it until the final episode has aired.

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spinereader81 t1_ja0s5ro wrote

At least you make it that far! I get near the end of even one season shows and unless the plot is still really exciting, I feel like a kid finishing up my broccoli. I'm to finish simply because I made it that far and I'm mildly curious how it ends, but the thrill isn't really there anymore.

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garrymad-gm t1_ja0qve4 wrote

Depends on the show, I binged Breaking Bad in 3 weeks and I adored it, but ask me what happened in certain episodes and I’ll go blank, I obviously remember key moments and small ones aswell, but smaller details don’t stick with me as much,

For better call Saul, I also binged up until season 5 and watched all of season 6 live, and I can tell you absolutely everything about the last 13 episodes of that show, I remember small lines of dialogue, music played, episode titles, everything, it stuck with me more and I had longer to process episodes and mainly deaths, there’s 3 deaths in season 6 which stuck with me more than any TV show I’ve ever seen.

By the time BCS ended I even preferred it to BB, and the week to week release definitely helped that, I enjoyed each episode more, I could theorise, and think about it and process things. But I argue the week to week release only works with “good” shows, the good writing and acting has you thinking more and waiting for the next episode.

An new example of this is the last of us, my friend hasn’t played the games but started watching when episode 3 aired, she hates week to week releases because she hates the wait but she is loving the show and we can have conversations about it and she theorises what will happen next and how much she’s connecting to these characters, in a binge model that’s all gone, the latest episode ended on a massive cliffhanger for those who haven’t played the game and the binge model allows for “Next Episode ” to be pressed in a heartbeat, not giving you time to sit on things.

For comedy’s and lesser shows the binge model works because you can sit down and get through the episodes quickly and is more fun

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