Binge watched a show set in New Orleans, then visited and the pacing felt wrong
Last month I finally watched The Originals after a friend pushed it for a year, all 5 seasons in about 2 weeks. Then I took a weekend trip to New Orleans and stood on the exact streets they film. The show makes every scene feel like a crisis, someone is always dying or betraying someone every 10 minutes. But the real city is slow, humid, people just sit on porches and eat beignets. I started thinking about how binge pacing ruins the sense of place. When you watch 8 episodes a night, you never sit with the atmosphere, you just wait for the next twist. But if I'd watched one episode a week, maybe the city would've felt like a character instead of a backdrop. Does anyone else feel like binging actually hurts shows that rely on setting, or is that just me being cranky after a hot walk?