After the announcement of the confinement, everyone - the media first - went there for their cultural recommendation, to occupy the children, revise classics or simply pass the time. However, the series lend themselves perfectly to the exercise, with its recurring characters, its seasons of dozens of episodes, and the temptation of binge watching. And while France 2 drew La Grande Vadrouille and other heritage films as a sign of “national reconciliation, a great cuddly cuddly toy,” 6ter brought out Malcolm's complete . There also a big comforter but seriesphile.
All genres, all eras
20 Minutes then asked you which cult series, or culprit, you were going to watch during the confinement, and the first responses brewed all genres, all eras: Breaking Bad, Lost, Ally McBeal, Kaamelot, The Fourth Dimension, Dallas, Dexter, Malcolm, Friends, South Park ... "At the beginning, in a slightly depressed mode, I remade a lot of my favorite comic series, confided in comment of our call to witnesses Gluttony, quoting, in order of preference: It's Always Sunny In Philidelphia, The League, Scrubs, Parker Lewis never loses … ”
"A good dose of humor, much needed right now"
Like many, Jérémie also preferred a comedy: “I decided to watch the whole cult series The Office with a completely crazy Steve Carell. Everyone knows passages and many GIFs from this series, but this period of confinement is the right time to finally do the whole of this series in order to take a good dose of humor and great anything which is much needed right now. It will also allow us to better appreciate our colleagues (or not ...) when we get back to work. There are about 200 episodes for a total of 100 hours. With another 15 days of confinement it's still six hours minimum per day. "
As many episodes, as long as possible
The profitability of a series, basically as many episodes as possible, as long as possible, has often been taken into account. For Anaïs, it's Pretty Little Liars : "With about seven seasons of 25 episodes each, I'm going to have time to immerse myself in all this suspense and these murders". On the Facebook group 20 Minutes Séries, Michel explains that he chose to review The Big Bang Theory , because there are 12 seasons of 20 minutes per episode, on average. Or ten episodes, per day. But apothecary accounts are not everything, and it is also for him to find Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, Rajesh. “These four gifted are very endearing. I feel like I'm part of this group. "
" Buffy remains one of my comforter series for difficult times"
Buffy's Vampire Scooby Gang has the same effect on Florian: "Even if the subject of the series is not necessarily laughing, the series demonstrated that it knew how to use humor as a person and develop engaging characters who almost become friends over the seasons. For that alone, Buffy remains one of my soft series that I like to see again in difficult times. "
The fact that the series was recently added to Amazon Prime Video played a role, as did Dawson for Anaïs. “I realized that Amazon was offering THE series of my adolescence, she testifies from the height of her 35 years. Since then, I have my little ritual: only one episode per day, with plaid, hot chocolate and possibly some junk food to swallow. Getting mad at Dawson's selfish and futile reactions, falling in love with Pacey and finding myself between the personalities of Joey, Jen and Andy brings me back and it feels good! For others, Proust's madeleine is called Arabesque , Star Trek: The New Generation or The Prisoner .
Rituals to respect, classics to catch up
Note that confinement does not necessarily rhyme with binge watching, but rather with ritual. David takes advantage of the confinement to show his children his favorite cult series, 24 hours flat : “Every lunchtime, two episodes, it's our break from the day. They are enjoying this incredible series that has never aged and vibrate every second when faced with the adventures of Jack Bauer. "Adrien, he takes advantage of the period to catch up with the classics, starting with The Wire:" I try not to swallow everything at once, so I limit myself to three episodes per day on average to hold all the duration of confinement ". And of course, to each his classics, with Two cops in Miami for Charles: “I remade myself the first two seasons, several days during which I shared the lives of Sonny Crockett and… Phil Collins! "
Finally, with the streaming revolution, it was impossible for Joan to focus on a single series in these times of confinement. The solution ? "My Netflix list looks like a Christmas tree with series of all kinds," she says. I started the most recent L'Ecuyer du roi , then pecked from honey to overdose with Suspicion of Magic , and went to extremes by watching Lucifer and Into the badlands on Prime. In short, it is according to the mood of the moment, and the need or not to see something other than the same four walls. "
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