I'd add the one thought which is that I find the 'verse most interesting when read "backwards", i.e. in light of where things end up.
There's a lot of fun to be found viewing a series that way. That's largely the way I saw Farscape. It was still airing when I began watching, but it was during Season 4 and there were so, so many things that I didn't understand. Then I got pneumonia and spent time downloading earlier episodes and watching them. I still remember my delight in watching "A Human Reaction" and going "OH! That's what this is about!" and seeing "Nerve" and realizing that that was when the real mytharc took off. It was fun to know the destination and learn how they got there. So I definitely understand and embrace watching series in that way.
But both the marathon viewing and the real-time viewing have their pros and cons. For as crazy as fandom can be, generally, I have to admit that I had a lot of fun in the BtVS fandom during the years I was active (Season 5 onward). There were some low points, but there was a lot of fun. On the other hand, it would have been nice to have had some assurance of where things were going during Season 6. :)
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There's a lot of fun to be found viewing a series that way. That's largely the way I saw Farscape. It was still airing when I began watching, but it was during Season 4 and there were so, so many things that I didn't understand. Then I got pneumonia and spent time downloading earlier episodes and watching them. I still remember my delight in watching "A Human Reaction" and going "OH! That's what this is about!" and seeing "Nerve" and realizing that that was when the real mytharc took off. It was fun to know the destination and learn how they got there. So I definitely understand and embrace watching series in that way.
But both the marathon viewing and the real-time viewing have their pros and cons. For as crazy as fandom can be, generally, I have to admit that I had a lot of fun in the BtVS fandom during the years I was active (Season 5 onward). There were some low points, but there was a lot of fun. On the other hand, it would have been nice to have had some assurance of where things were going during Season 6. :)