If you have been out of the country for a long time or just not anywhere close to a mobile device or TV, then you have probably missed a lot of TV during that time. Catching up via binge-watching is possible, but there are a couple of different routes you can go with that. Some people who love certain TV series would prefer to catch up by owning the series on DVD, since they know they love the show and want to own the episodes anyway. Others may just want to borrow or view the episodes once. When you have been out of the TV-viewing loop for awhile, you can reconnect to American TV in all of the following ways.
Discount TV Series on DVD
TV shows on DVD are for those who want to own every episode of a series and watch it from the premiere to the finale. The best part about doing this is that you can revisit your favorite episodes as often as you want, or back-track to certain episodes for some "Easter egg" that you missed. You can also actors' and directors' commentaries on episodes, which gives you an inside look at the production of each episode, something you do not get from binge-watching streaming services. If you have been out of the TV-watching loop for more than a few years, the older episodes of your favorite shows on DVD will be very affordable and frequently go on sale too. Look at discount companies, like Pristine Sales, for DVDs.
Subscribing to a Streaming Service
Streaming services could help you catch up on TV too, but they typically only have the most recent one to three seasons. If you have forgotten what your favorite characters did in episodes before that, you have no recourse except to buy or borrow the DVDs to catch up. Then you have to pay a monthly streaming subscription fee too, which, after three or four months, tends to equal an entire season of DVDs of the same series.
Borrowing the DVDs from Your Local Library
Your local library may also have your favorite TV series and shows on DVD. This allows you the opportunity to borrow entire years at a time, binge-watch them, and then decide if you actually want to go to the store and buy this or that year's set of DVDs. You can even write down the names of the episodes you like, if you want to own just those episodes, and then purchase them from a streaming service that sells individual episodes. Since it is free to borrow the DVD sets from the library, this could be a helpful starting point to viewing and reconnecting to TV without spending a ton of money.
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