Rant: Dear favourite television show,

lifestyle
September 19, 2013
This article was published more than 2 years ago.
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Emma Suschkov
The Silhouette

Dear Favourite TV Show,

I love you.  Truly, I do.  The plot twists, the drama, the jokes, everything that makes you special – I love it all.  Maybe, sometimes, I love you too much.  Those are the times when my mind is consumed by thoughts of seeing you, when, despite an imperative 8:30 a.m. lecture, I stay up ‘til the wee hours telling myself, “Just one more episode.”

Every time I finish an episode, I ache for the next one.  You know this, and yet you take no pity on me.   As if it’s not bad enough that I have to wait a whole week – seven gruelling days, 168 dragging hours, 10,080 minutes that each seem to last a lifetime – to see my beloved characters.

But all of a sudden, you up and decide to go on extended vacation, cutting all ties for months at a time.  Yes, those dreaded mid-season breaks.  Perhaps they have some legitimate purpose, be it ‘writing’ or ‘casting’ or whatever the excuse, but I think that the true purpose of these breaks is just to torment your many admirers!

For most of the working world, a vacation lasts a mere one to two weeks.  Not for you.  Your vacations often last six entire months.

Months of waiting and wanting and wondering; of reading outlandish theories on fan forums online; of scouring the internet until my eyes hurt and my brain has turned to mush for trailers, leaked video clips, set photos, anything to keep me going.   For a while, the pain of withdrawal is acute, all-consuming.  It gradually fades to a slow, dull ache, no longer claiming all of my focus but always present in the back of my mind.

I love you, but these mid-season hiatuses are poisoning your perfection.  Please, please, don’t put me through the pain again … though don’t we both know that even if you do, I’ll be there waiting for you when you return.

Yours as ever,

Impatient Emma

 

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