It does not get *less* intense. Good job looking out for your own well-being.
Agreed. My anxiety responds to watching high-anxiety things sometimes.
Okay, I'm giving episode 2 a shot, because I really like the characters (damn Noah Wyle's charisma, and that one really pretty [guy] doctor [look, I don't know the names yet]) and people keep posting gifs of The Pitt on Tumblr.
Where medical dramas trip my anxiety is that they showcase how many truly horrific things can happen to the human body, holy shit. (And you may be thinking, Teppy, you have been a medical editor for basically your entire career, aren't you used to horrific medical shit? And that is correct! But reading about fucked-up medical shit is different than seeing it reenacted in technicolor on my TV screen.) And then I get panicky because holy shit, that's a thing that could feasibly happen to me or someone I love! And that is technically correct—anything could happen. I just sure the hell hope it doesn't.
Anyway, I'm going to watch episode 2, either after Daredevil tonight, or tomorrow.
Okay, I've watched episodes 2 AND 3 of The Pitt, and I may be in a groove where I can handle it.
I would kill or die for Mel. That is all.
You've got the core of it, then.
Yeah, I started watching with some trepidation figuring I wouldn't be able handle an actual binge but ended up devouring it once I got going
I would kill or die for Mel. That is all.
You got it! Mel is a joy all the way through and I love her. I have seen thoughts that it is better watching it weekly rather than binging.
Andor:
Dedra/Syril
is emphatically the most WRONG thing ever, and I am HERE FOR IT.
Three episodes a week is too much
Our household is finally catching up on Severance, and...it's slow, y'all. Remember back in the day when TV was written episodically and if there wasn't a lot going on in the mytharc because sweeps was still a month away, there would still be something like a complete storyline within EACH INDIVIDUAL EPISODE??? Severance needs that so badly.
Ok, yeah, now that you mention it. I was (and maybe still am) willing to consider it a sort of metatextual commentary on the timelessness and meaninglessness of corporate work but I had to work at it
Leverage:Redemption
I stopped watching partway through the first season. Not, iirc, because I didn’t like it but more just Too Much TV. Anyway, recently heard some buzz and decided to catch up and oh boy season 3 is gold! Not to shade seasons 1&2 but 3 is leveled up. I didn’t really realize that the character relationships and the grifts were just a tiny bit off until they clicked into their proper places this season.
AFAICT the only way to see it is through Prime which I do feel guilty about but the anti-billionaire energy surely offsets that on some level
