Overheard a couple at the gym talking about skipping the first season of a show

Joel Moore · 2026-03-14T08:10:07.69735+00:00

I was on the treadmill yesterday and two people next to me were talking about 'The Wire'. One told the other to just start with season two because season one was too slow. That got me thinking, you miss so much setup and character work if you do that. It made me realize how often people give that kind of advice now. Has anyone else been told to skip a whole season of a show to 'get to the good part'?

blair_nguyen6mo ago

Feels like people want instant payoff from everything now.

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moore.beth6mo ago

Ever feel like you're the only one who waits for stuff?

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grant4784mo ago

Skip the first season of The Wire? That's crazy talk. You'd miss the whole point of the show and how everyone is connected. It's like trying to read a book by starting at chapter ten. Some stories need that slow build to make the payoff mean something.

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sean8546mo ago

Yeah, the "skip to the good part" thing drives me nuts... like @moore.beth said, nobody waits for anything. I had a friend tell me to skip the first season of Parks and Rec, but you'd miss all the groundwork that makes the later jokes land.

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