oes anyone on here get really stupidly obsessive about a television programme or film?

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I get disks from "Lovefilm", and I usually watch them once, maybe watch a bit of the commentary or extras, then send it back to get the next one.

But I got the first episode of "Hornblower" starring Ioan Gruffudd and it's utterly obsessed me! Last couple of days, I have watched it morning noon and night. I could probably give a blow by blow account of every scene and have memorised some of the dialogue. Can't say I understand all the Naval jargon but that's the next thing on the list to do, that and read the entire works of C S Forester who wrote those books. And I want to go back to Dundee where there's a ship from that era and you can wander round it. I want to do that and half shut my eyes and pretend I'm on the ship in the film.

Today I had to get the children to stage an intervention and MAKE me seal up the "Lovefilm" envelope. But a weasly part of my mind is thinking... I have spare envelopes... I could rip it open just one last time.

Does anyone else get like this?

Oh well, it isn't the first time I've either embarrassed myself, or outed myself as a bit of a filthy letcher on here so never mind

Another vote for West Wing - a bit of a latecomer - first go round but we're on 2 episodes a night at the moment - my 15 year old says she wants to do something like Josh or CJ! Also just finished a Mad Men run. I'm now finding I'm too spoilt by high quality TV and everything else pales in comparison.

MrsDmitri, and on my thread too! What an honour.

Come on, we're all filthy letches on this thread. Let's celebrate it and not pack our bags and go on a guilt trip! It's only watching box sets of quality drama, let's keep some perspective, it's hardly snorting smack off the baby's changing mat!

MrsDimitri !

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NCIS, I've seen them all and still watch the repeats.
I love LeRoy Jethro Gibbs though.

Speak for yourselves.

I didn't lech over anybody in The Wire.

I watched for the purity and depth of its storytelling.

Especially those storylines involving Stringer and Avon.

Moonlighting, on and off since I was little. Also The X files but I don't like sci fi! I do however like Mulder.

Yy to re runs of ER! I especially loved the episode after the stabbings.

OO yes The Wire box set got me thru my entire pregnancy,was obsessed and thought about the characters constantly.
I didnt lust after Stringer,i liked Omar but when i saw Idris Elber in Luther it was avery different story

Loving Torchwood atm and am obsessed with anything Zombie ish.

Husband and I could watch the Twin Peaks first season till the cows come home, preferably on dark rainy nigyts, with the lights low and wood burner on for a bit of atmoshere.

And did anyone ever watch American Gothic? I was obsessive about that one, remember Gary Cole as the sexy/devilish sheriff, with the wee boy Caleb, and his dead sister, "somebody's at the door" they all spoke with a marvellous yeehaw twang.

I really liked Omar too - it was that scar and his personality.

I kept thinking 'he's gay' and then 'but probably not in real life' and then 'stop it. You're thinking about this way too much'

I was on an IMDB thread about Idris Elba and someone asked if anyone knew his address in Hackney and then described herself and asked if they thought he'd go for her.

Some very funny responses amongst the usual IMDB humourless ac-TOR snobs. Sad, but asking for it really

As a child I had spell of being obsessed with films It fell away. Then we went through many years of watching 4 or 5 hours TV most nights. In the last 2 years we have lost interest in regular TV....I watch news, sport and docs. Other half likes Dr Who and the Barrowman series, plus New Tricks.

I like pop nostalgia shows at the theatre....

At the moment, this is what every weekday evening is like for us - play with dd's, put them to bed, get dinner, put earlier skyplussed ER on, except thursdays, when we either put it on as soon as my mum goes home at about 10.30, or save it for a double on fridays!
I loved The wire, The shield, Treme (bought the soundtrack!)Homicide,Chicago code, Battlestar Galactica. Our most obsessed over series though has to be Spaced. Dp has to do a tyres every time we stand at the traffic lights.

Another West Wing nut here. Total obsession. It's got to the point that I can remember the names of most episodes.

WakeupRosemary - I'm going to give Breaking Bad a tyr on your recomendation. The first 2 seasons are on BT vision atm, how many have there been ?

Doctor Who, the ones with David Tennant. He and Billie Piper just fizzed on-screen, she was so fab.

I HAVE MET IOAN GRUFFYDD. He was very handsome and charming. He signed a serviette for me and put a kiss and a love heart on it.

I'm sooo glad someone else said Doctor Who... I've developed a bit of a girl crush on Alex Kingston. Luckily my husband is very understanding - probably more so than if it was Matt Smith although "Hello Benjamin" there too!

What is the West Wing Ep (first series) where Joshua does the press conference? Love that one very much.

Oooh - two "someone else"s!

My most obsessive thing was Buffy. and Angel. Before the days of streaming catch up you could read the shooting scripts online to keep up to date with the US episodes

But also Doctor Who [cough]mighthavebeenamemberoftheinnuendosquad[cough] though not so much with Matt Smith - I prefer Amy's character to his.

I have loads of sighned Firefly stuff and have met most of the cast but it's never been my most obsessive thing - I enjoyed it more than couldn't-get-enough-of-it.

Oh god, I lost years of my life to Buffy. And wrote my dissertation on it!

I have been known to do all night 24-athons as well as it is just so bloody addictive.

As a teenager I would rarely go for a whole week without watching Withnail and I.

I love to do this too, have watched most of the series mentioned here. Usually we save them up on Sky + but when DD was tiny and I spent what seemed like weeks stuck on the sofa breastfeeding I watched all 4 series of the OC back to back from Lovefilm

I am obsessed with six feet under on atlantic atm, never saw it first time round. I can barely stand the week wait in between them.

I am also watching ER for the second time, sadly i find myself wishing everything to go right, like im almst excited that Mark has had treatment on his tumour and keep thinking he'll be fine . I was pg with dd when ER started and now shes watching and loves it.

Also loved Lost, miss all the bonkers-ness of it

Breaking Bad is COMPLETELY brilliant, many a night staying up to watch 'just one more' episode on DVD.

We are now desperately looking for another box set to take it's place to help us through the latter stages of pregnancy and being glued to the couch. Have exhausted 24, Frasier and the West Wing so thinking of maybe trying The Wire which seems to regularly get called 'the best TV show ever'. Also heard Oz and The Shield were good but I think they might be a bit too violent for me.

Anyone remember 'My So Called Life' - I loved that in my younger years - that and Dawsons Creek with it's precocious teenagers who looked about 25, particularly Dawson who was THE most irritating gonk on the planet! Oh and I used to be obsessed too with Party of Five.

Oh Mosschops, the finale of 6 Feet Under is the most brilliant thing you will ever seen in your entire life. Fact.

I loved My So Called Life Cherry . It's still a perfect representation of what it meant to be that age, in that particular time, with that particular class of parent, in that particular part of America. :)