I know Okenobi and Geiseric are doing a similar thing with Lost, but I have watched 5 seasons of House MD since early October.

I'd never seen it before and happened across season 1 in Asda for a tenner, so I thought I'd try it out. I quickly got hooked, having no job to go to, and have since bought and watched the remaining four box sets.

I was getting through 2 or 3 episodes some days, once the kids are in bed, or at school, your life knows no bounds!

While it was great at the time, I have nothing to watch now and, according to Next Episode, season 6 is halfway through, so theres no way I'm going to start watching on TV. I'll have to wait until the season is over and buy the set.

Apart from the aforementioned Lost addicts, does anyone else do this? If so, did you find yourself contemplating another show to fill the gap?

I did a similar thing with Life on Mars - I had no interest in committing to a weekly schedule to watch a TV show (Topgear is the only real exception), but I thoroughly enjoyed watching it at my leisure.

I did the same thing with BSG. In fact, I've since inflicted the same thing on at least two other people.

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I haven't seen the last series yet

Yep, and I generally do it when I re-watch stuff too (currently doing it with TNG).

Last time it happened was when i found firefly watched them all in 2 days then cried when i found out they cancelled it ,now youved started it i will have to watch them all agian.

Time well spent!

+1's for Firefly and BSG.
Have you tried The West Wing? The box set (all 7 seasons + a couple of DVD's of extras) can be yours for £50. Same price in hmv IIRC.
Also Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis were watched in pretty short order, although I'm waiting for the price of Atlantis season 5 to come down to a sensible level. £40 for a season or all 5 for £70. Gah!

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If you don't want to watch things on TV do you have a subscription to Love Film? They do box sets on that. Would work out cheaper than buying them.

I've made my way through the entire Sopranos run twice like that (even the weird fifth season and all the crappy dream episodes)

Oh, and the old He-man cartoon's first season (the second isn't released yet) - there's a lot of episodes there

I don't generally cram unless I'm catching up. I once did a season of SG-1 in a week to make the transition from terrestrial to Sky. House is an excellent show and I'm pleased to report that season 6 is absolutely superb. The opener was some of the most heartfelt, well-written and thought-provoking television I've ever seen.

The West Wing is an excellent recommendation. Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip is another superb show from the same guy - Aaron Sorkin. Studio 60 (like a lot of great shows) was canned after one season. The West Wing will keep you busy for a lot longer. Watch that first, it'll make Studio 60 more enjoyable.

I talk about it a lot here, but The Wire cannot be recommended enough. It's also a superb candidate for cramming because the details of the show are so intricate. It's about crime in Baltimore. The drug trade, and the how the police tackle it. Mostly though, it's a study of a city that is broken and a commentary on it's problems. The characters are incredibly well painted and the show is full of nuance. It makes you think, entertains you, and disgusts you in equal measure.

I do remember driving from London to Glasgow, then spending the entire next day with my friend and I slumped on sofas watching the last two series of Buffy back to back.

Did you have two TVs or use a mirror?

No, I haven't seen the West Wing, not even one epi, same goes for 24, prison break and just about every other major show.
I have considered 24 recently.

On SG1, a friend has the whole lot in one huge box set - but refuses to lend them out.

I bought Life on Mars season 1 for a tenner, but couldn't find season 2 in the shops. I wandered into HMV (first time in years) and asked them. They wanted £40 for it!

Got it new off ebay for £11 in the end.



Thats a good point, I may look into that. Cheers.

Did it with the first five seasons of House too.
I've yet to start my season five of Medium, everything else I watch I think I'm fairly up-to-dat with or I'm only a couple of episodes behind (see my comment in the Lost thread).

Mark

I've watched the first three seasons of (the new) Doctor Who since Christmas having had the Christopher Ecclestone set for Christmas and since bought the other two. I've just been reminded by this thread that it's just past the monthly credit-card cut-off date, so I might order season 4 tonight.

I've got through most of season 2 of Friends in the last couple of weeks as well and when I'm bored with those two, I've still got a few shows of Simpsons season 10 to watch (another Christmas box-set)

Believe it or not, I am also working through season 1 of Scrubs (third Christmas box-set) but at a much slower pace because we are both watching that.

I would say that the most I've watched in single sitting of any series DVD would be three episodes of a 45-60 minute show or three to five 20 minute shows- it depends on when I have to get up and change the disc. Friends is a classic example with four episodes per side on each DVD.

With the first season of 24, I saw half an episode on Sky, then bought the DVD boxed set when it was released. I watched the season in "nearly" real time, I watched the first 18 episodes back-to-back on the Saturday, into Sunday morning, then slept about 4 hours, then watched the rest - taking the 45 minute episodes, plus the "previously on 24..." bits, I guess I watched it in about 24 hours.

I did the same with the second and third seasons, then gave up on 24.

I watched all seasons of Babyon 5 back to back, in about a week - I was working at home and had them running in the background.