AIBU to not understand how people can watch the same TV series twice?

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DD is 19 and has Netflix. She is rewatching a TV series, is that the done thing now? How boring... You know what happens!? AIBU?

The only thing I've watched twice is the Sopranos.

I've watched lots of things again. It's normal, has been for years.

I read books over and over too.

Sometimes you miss things the first time round.

A series is not just about the plot though.

I rewatch lots of movies and tv shows, if it's interesting or fun I don't get bored rewatching it. I've watched lost a ridiculous amount of times

I can watch Outlander over and over.

It's not a new thing. I've lost count of the number of times I've watched Buffy and The West Wing

What if you love the characters, or the music, or cinematography?

You've obviously never watched the West Wing. I have watched the series more times than I can possibly admit. And lots of series improve with re-watching, in the same way that sometimes re-reading a book you pick up on subtleties you missed the first time round. I'm a big fan of re-watching. I got more out of Breaking Bad the second time round.

Have you never indulged in Pride and Prejudice curled up on the sofa under a blanket with a cup of tea and the biscuit tin?! It's my go to relaxation time!

There are many series I have watched more than once! When I am really enjoying a series I will often say to DH "this will be one to rewatch in a couple of years"

I've lost count the number of times I've seen each episode of Friends...

Oh definitely. I've just done a Buffy, Angel and Blake's Seven rewatch, loads of us on the Line Of Duty threads rewatched the earlier series, while watching Series 4 to see how it all hung together, and I'm weighing up whether I've got time to rewatch GOT series 1-6 before series 7 starts. The best shows repay rewatching and you get more out of them knowing what's to come. I don't rewatch over and over again repeatedly in quick succession like my teenager does though.

I'm rewatching Buffy since its being shown from the beginning again. It's like a cosy old jumper and I love seeing all the characters again. Do you never watch a film or read a book more than once? That's weird to me.

Also there's the joy of rewatching in the company of someone you've just introduced the show to.

Buffy/Angel. Firefly. Heroes.

Gearing up to another go round with Battlestar Galactica too.

DD has watched Once Upon A Time more than once.

I love rewatching my favourite tv shows! Always have.

Another one who has watched the West Wing several times. You can never have too much of Josh Lyman. I will rewatch all of The Wire one day too, as I am sure I missed half of what was going on first time around.

I've re watched Buffy a ridiculous amount of times. I still love it every time I watch it.

Yeah, but she has just finished it and then started from the beginning. No time in the middle, no watching with someone who hasn't seen it... That's different.

I suppose that's the point of box sets really. I could quite happily watch Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes again and again even though I know what's going on. Mind you, I reread books as well. Watching or reading something when you know where it's going gives a whole new perspective.

I read The Lord of the Rings, then I read it again, then I read The Silmarillion and then read it again. MIND BLOWN! Then again, I'm a complete and unashamed geek:))

She obviously really enjoyed it then!

I rewatch most things that I enjoy, same with books, I have lost count of how many times I've reread some of them!

Excuse me, rewatching all 208 episodes of TOWIE over here

DD will watch Les Miss multiple times in a week.

US Shameless gets repeated a lot too.

OP, what is it she's rewatching?