This isn’t a rhetorical question. I’ve had a handful of friends say it’s my kind of show, I should feel morally obligated to watch it, that fact that I haven’t is the reason why there’s a war in the Middle East, etc. Someone turned up the pressure this week by lending me the Season 1 DVDs, saying that I should include his name when writing my “Thank You” note to all the people who told me to watch it.
Of course, some of these people are the same ones who told me to start watching Lost, a show that I avoided like the plague. The closest I got to watching an episode was when Conan O’Brien hosted the Emmys.
Everyone said it was a great show and I was tempted, but two things held me back. The first is that I don’t like the idea of being addicted to a TV show and having a panic attack if I miss it. The second is that after each season finale, the most common reaction I saw wasn’t “Ooh, I can’t wait to see what happens next time!” It was “What the hell just happened?”
The fact that it’s a sitcom means the second concern likely won’t be a problem, but being addicted… I’m afraid for my life (and whatever portion of it that might be spent sitting in front of a TV with a bag of microwave popcorn in my lap). So I ask you all again for your opinions: Should I watch The Big Bang Theory?
