Binged an entire 8-season show in 5 days and now I feel like I lost a real friend

Started watching this crime drama last Wednesday on a whim, and by Sunday night I had finished every episode, stayed up until 4am three nights in a row, and now I'm just sitting here staring at my ceiling wondering what to do with my life, has anyone else gone through that weird empty feeling after finishing a long series?

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the_diana3d ago

Same here, now I'm just sitting here eating cereal at 3am with no plot to pay attention to.

jake98610d ago

Man I feel this so hard. I did the same thing with The Wire last year, watched six seasons in two weeks and then just sat there on my couch at 1am feeling like I lost my whole friend group. For three days after I kept catching myself thinking about the characters like they were real people I knew. It's rough when you spend that much time with a show every single night and then suddenly there's nothing.

julia54910d ago

You said "six seasons" but The Wire only has five seasons. I had to double check because I felt the same way after finishing it. That empty feeling is real though. I remember just staring at the menu screen for like ten minutes trying to figure out what to watch next. Nothing fills that void right away, you just have to let it sit for a bit.