Archived Netflix knows how long it takes to hook you on a show, down to the exact episode (qz.com)
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Archived Netflix knows how long it takes to hook you on a show, down to the exact episode (qz.com)
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[–] sniper98g 0 points 26 points 26 points (+26|-0) ago
If they can calculate that, they should indicate it on the shows on Netflix. That way when you are trying a new show you will have a "give it till at least here" point.
[–] ninjai 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Exactly. I remember watching misfits for the first time. I didn't really like it at all until episode 4 or 5. After that I really really enjoyed the slow.
[–] sniper98g 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
I've had a similar experience with books as well. The first time I started reading the Dresden Files, I though book one was kind of stupid, put it down and didn't come back to it for a while. Later on I went back and decided to give it another try, I thought it was OK and read on a bit. Once I hit book three, I was hooked. I binge read right though book 12 in the series (the latest one at the time) in about two weeks.
[–] barset ago
The Wire is the same way. Most I've talked to who lost interest never made it more than three or four episodes in which you generally need to the 5th or 6th episodes to really get a feel for the characters.
Then there's shows like Arrow where you spend almost half the first season not giving a fuck for the pay off to really start hitting in the last half to third of the season and just solid after that mostly.
[–] hectavex 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Cool idea. It's what you usually have to tell friends when pitching a show to them anyway, especially when they come back a day later and say they watched the first episode or two but it was kinda meh. "No I promise dude, you gotta watch like 5 episodes before it gets real good."
[–] Genr8r ago
That would change the math though right? Now more people watch Pinkman and proto-Heisenberg through two episodes and still figure out that bathtubs full of flesh dissolving acid aren't really their thing.
I still like the idea but I think it has its own Heisenberg uncertainty principle.