Netflix & HBOGO: The Greatest Thing Since Pornography...An Early Review Of Leftovers And Dexter

I enjoy nothing more than binge watching a series on a day after binge drinking.  You know those mornings when you wake up and have absolutely no recollection of the night earlier, than proceed to check your phone to see those ridiculous incoherent text messages you sent to numerous people?  Well I'll tell you the cure for that pain in the ass hangover, a fat greasy hungry man on a bagel with a Gatorade(coming from years of experience and poor health), and roughly 5 hours in your bed while watching one of the hundreds of television series's at your disposal.  I remember one morning after a night of belligerent activity with fellow blogger Themigs, we watched Curb Your Enthusiasm for about 6-7 hours, only leaving our room to go to the bathroom and get food.  It was one of the most unproductive days of my life...and I wouldn't have had it any other way.  Not only is watching Netflix/HBOGO great for hangovers, but they're also very useful tools to utilize when you have immense amount of downtime, say at school, or when your sick for that matter.  The only better feeling after finishing a solid 5-7 hour grind sesh of watching a show is that amazing piss when you wake up in the morning, or that wonderful dump you take after you eat a shit ton of Tacobell.  You get that feeling of a high when you keep watching, and when you finally think its time to stop, you don't want to.  You get that withdrawel when you actually have to be a productive member of society and go to work or class.  You just wanna get home and cuddle up in your bed and continue living vicariously through the eyes of the characters of whichever show your on.












Over the years I've watched a bunch of television series's on these great streaming applications, and each show was a wild ride.  I just recently finished watching The Sopranos and I can say with honesty that it was the second best show I've watched in my life next to Breaking Bad.  I've watched both seasons of the Netflix exclusive Orange Is The New Black (review blog down the road), the Blue Mountain State series about 3-4 times and still laugh my ass off every time Thad has that outlandish feminine yet masculine scream of his, Entourage about 3 times, East Bound and Down, Sons Of Anarchy, most of Curb Your Enthusiasm and a handful of other shows that I can't think of off the top of my head at the moment.  With Sopranos over I needed to start a new show and I had a few choices but ultimately decided on Dexter which originally aired on Showtime.  I started Season 1 2 days ago which was 12 episodes and as I'm currently writing this, I'm on episode 2 of Season 2.  Most shows I watch are like crack, I can't get enough.  I will admit the shows main character Dexter is a tad bit strange, the show is fucking awesome.  It has one of the more creative storylines I've watched before.  Its about a blood spatter analyst who works for the police, but has a dark dark hidden secret that only he knows about, hes a serial killer that gets rid of the "trash" and only kills those who have killed people in their life and either haven't got caught by the police or were able to get off trial.  Yes, a man whose job it is to protect and serve the people of Miami, who is fabulous at his job, is also a serial killer and can't get enough of the blood.  It's a pretty cool concept for a show (I'm now on episode 3, my 6th episode of the day).  The first season was a wild ride, especially the last 2 episodes, on the edge of your seat shit.  Highly recommend the show.

Along with Dexter, I'm juggling the new show that HBO pumped out, The Leftovers.  It's pretty damn hard to get a grasp on.  One random day 2% of the World's population disappeared.  Literally, disappeared.  One second they were on the Earth and the next they vanished like deleting the history on your internet browser after rubbing one out.  There are a few people on this planet that I wouldn't mind seeing that happening to.  I'm not gonna name names but just know that there are some people that wouldn't be all that bad if they went poof, vanish.  The show goes through the aftermath of this horrific event and how it affects the people.  It's pretty strange I must say, don't fully have a grasp on it yet, but it surely an  interesting watch and lots of questions that haven't been answered yet since its only 4 episodes in.  I look forward to seeing what else happens this season.

Basically I'm saying Netflix and HBOGO are essential to life.  If you don't agree than your probably already dead inside and are beyond saving, sucks to suck.  So go out there, find a series to sink your teeth into, and start the beauty of binge watching.