I never thought I'd...Thursday

Have you ever done something you never thought you'd do?  Yeah, me too.

I never thought I'd be so addicted to television shows!  I hardly ever watched TV before.  Like never.  I went years without television, in college, in the Peace Corps.  And now, I still don't watch much TV, but I sure do enjoy television shows on Amazon.

It only took me years to figure out that I got free movies and shows with my Amazon Prime account.  I've had Amazon Prime for three or four years and I thought it was only good for free shipping.  I had no clue that I could stream movies and TV.  And then two things happened: 1) My co-worker told me about streaming shows and movies for free on Amazon Prime, and 2) I got an iPad mini for my birthday.

And it has been all down hill since then.

The first show I started watching was Parenthood.

 

I would watch it while folding clothes and stuffing diapers.  I downloaded the Amazon Prime app and could watch TV on my iPad, in my room, without fighting my husband for the remote.  A miracle!!

I think I watched the first three seasons of Parenthood in a few weeks.  It's hard stopping when the next show is just a click away.  No waiting until the next week, or even the next hour.  One show ends and you can just start watching the next.  And Parenthood was sooooo good.  I had no idea.  Unfortunately, only the first three seasons were free, so I had to stop watching it (I am hoping when Season 5 starts this fall they will make season 4 free on Amazon Prime).

So after Parenthood I needed another show to watch.  There are slim pickings on Amazon Prime and a lot of the shows I'm not familiar with, but I read some reviews and started watching Doc Martin, a British show that is aired on PBS. 

It turned out to be hilarious and so much fun.  I loved it.  There were  five seasons of Doc Martin but each season only had about 8 or so episodes.  So it didn't take too long to get through all of those.  

Then I randomly added a bunch of shows to my watch list and so my next show was Dance Academy, an Australian show.
 

I had never heard of it, but who doesn't like a good dance drama.  It was a little cheesy, but I actually really liked it.  It was like the movie Center Stage, but put into a TV series.  Plus each episode was only 30 minutes so it was easy to get through them.  There were only two seasons of that, so it was over quickly.

I have now decided to take on Army Wives.

I had heard of it, but never seen a single episode.  But it is SOOO good.  And sad.  I cry at least once every show.  As a military brat growing up, I am very familiar with military life on a base.  The show seems familiar to me - all the hierarchies, protocols, salutes, uniforms.  It is like relieving my childhood, but from my mom's perspective.  Makes me miss that close-knit military family and life on a military base.  Although the base (or Post, since it is Army) is in South Carolina and I lived at Air Force bases overseas, so it is different.  Still good and addicting though.

And Army Wives has seven seasons, so I have a ways to go before I have to move on.  If I can survive the drama and sadness.  I may not have enough tears!

I can tell you, watching TV shows on my iPad while doing laundry or washing dishes makes those chores go so much faster.  It's a win-win.  But seriously - I never thought I'd be watching so much television!

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What shows do you really like?

Ever seen any of the shows above?  Any Army Wives fans????