[Locke]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

I think releasing the first 3 episodes, then one a week is a great compromise.

The three gets you to binge and get your fix; but it's still a small enough quantity that you can discuss with friends, online, and read the reviews and theories. Then the one a week for the next five weeks allows for that discussion to continue.

That's what missing with the dropping all the episodes at once, you're missing having fans grow, you're missing the interaction, you're missing letting the fanbase grow organically as people discuss and others overhear/join conversations.

The best part of shows like Lost, Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones was talking about last week's episode, what it meant, and theorize what's going to happen all week. Then do it all over again the next week.

When they drop all at once, you miss too many subtleties, you miss thinking about the show, and you miss discussing with people.

I watched all three when they dropped. One Friday night and two Saturday. I needed them watched before Saturday night as it was the birthday of the friend of mine who introduced me to The Boys. I figured he'd be caught up, so I needed to be.

Alas, he was away, and therefore didn't see any.

Next time we can talk about 3-4 episodes, no big deal. If I was caught up on the entire season, and he didn't see any, likely we wouldn't have much more than a conversation about highlights and less so about the minutia.

Solid opinion.

I thought I'd be pissed about it, but I think we have to really step back and re-evaluate the 'instant gratification' from full seasons being released all at once.

This is an interesting release format and I kind of like it.