I started this show as a freshman in college. I’m not someone to binge watch these things, and really only did one episode a week. Well I just finished the final episode tonight. I had no spoilers at all surprisingly. The only thing I really knew was that when don’t stop believing started I was at the end. Everything about that show was fantastic. Being a junior in college now and getting to watch that show so spread out over my college career has made it very special to me.

Some cons to watching it this way was some of the side characters became very forgettable. It would also feel like ages until some of the main characters would come back into the story again. For example, there were times where I felt like I went a whole month without a single scene from Meadow. I also kept forgetting names.

However, getting to watch the whole series over 2 year span for the first time with no spoilers really let me sink it all in. Everything felt so gut punching. The death of Christopher made me cry. I was also absolutely shocked by the death of Bobby. Artie’s last significant scene in the kitchen felt like saying goodbye to such a great character. The slow decay of Junior reminded me of my grandmother, making that so emotional. AJ’s suicide attempt was probably the most shocking scene I’ve ever witnessed in television. And of course the ending was just fantastic. We witnessed the entire story through Tony, and with Tony’s death, the show ends, like a bullet to the head.

Thanks for reading. One day I’ll do a rewatch at a lot faster pace, but I’m glad this show took me halfway through my college career. Now I gotta go get myself a gabagool.