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How Many Episodes Should You Watch Before Quitting a TV Show? A Statistical Analysis
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Interesting read. I think episode 3 is the magic number. The first episode is actually a pilot they worked on and maybe rewrote or recut to get the actors and tone, etc. Sometimes the pilot is very different from the rest of the series. Episode 2 should be the actual tone and feel of the series but sometimes that can be difficult to get right so episode 3 is a make or break for me. By that time I should understand if I like the characters, understand motivations and something should have happened to peak my interest to keep watching. "Story of the week" or "non-serialized" shows I think are fine to check out another season episode if people are talking about it.
It episode 1 sucks I'm not going to watch it at all.
Yeah I’m with you. I don’t have one to two hours to commit to a show for three episodes to basically just be nice or give the benefit of the doubt. Either you have me in the first episode or I’m out to watch or do something else.
Yah true. If episode one is awful I won't continue. Maybe I weight them like episode 1 70% , 2 20%, but by episode 3 10%. So by episode 3 I 100% know if if I'm going to like a serialized TV show.