I am starting to get the splatters with our tricky free to air TV operators. They bring “all new episodes” back of your favourite TV show and play it for 2 or 3 weeks. They keep advertising it in the same manner but drop the “all” from the voice over and BANG! You find yourself halfway through an episode and you finally figure out why you have seen every single joke coming from a mile away. Because you have been tricked.
We all only have limited hours to devote to those few select shows that you want to watch. You plan a half hour free block from family, work or study to enjoy some “all new” programming. Instead you are slapped in the face like some sort of ungrateful child.

How dare they! How dare they provide me free entertainment and change the manner in which they provide it as if it were their choice! Hmmmmm I think I have just answered my own question.

But seriously, most TV shows of today’s era include long over lapping story arcs and although the story line is different each week there are quite often things to be aware of from week to week. You don’t see the bastards re-running old episodes of Neighbors or Home and Away in prime time. Why do it with other shows?