I'm one of those people who rarely rewatches a show. Once I watch it and have enjoyed it, I'm done. Maybe I'll rewatch a show decades later, like Beverly Hills, 90210, to recall pivotal moments I completely forgot about. There's so much great TV and so little time that you likely want to use your time to see new shows anyway. This means that when someone watches a show a second time, it's a good indication that the series is absolutely perfect and worth the investment in time.

The Sopranos is still one of TV’s sacred texts, but binge-watching asks for a different kind of pull that I’ve never found in The Sopranos. It’s good, yes. It has a great story, yes. But it takes a lot of episodes and time to produce enough substance to hook a viewer. In comparison, there are so many shows that hit harder and the next episode feels impossible to resist right when you start them.