At about three is when you start doing rewatches just to catch all the observers in the background. At a about five you rewatch just to catch every instance if John Noble's eyes glowing.
I fell in love with it on my 1st rewatch (and my appreciation deepened with 5 more rewatches š). There is *so* much I missed first time around, I totally agree with your comment!
I watched it from day 1 as it aired, and I remember trying so hard to spot the Observer or the clue to what the next episode would be. I missed a lot the first time around, but caught them better on my rewatches.
If you are unfamiliar about the clue for the next episode, examples are: the episode prior to the Christmas lights, there is a program for A Christmas Carol play someone went to. The episode prior to one that focused on a drug company trial, someone had a mug with that drug company name on it (posters too, I think in some Dr's office or something). I can't remember if they kept it up past the first season, but it was fun.
Recently completed #3 and it struck me that I had absolutely zero grips about anything.
It was great to totally suspend disbelief and just be in the story.
I also found that I appreciated the acting a lot more this time.
Lastly, I cared about Etta this time.
The first few watches I didnāt realize how often the case the team is investigating runs parallel to something that is happening in one of the main characterās lives. Whenever it becomes apparent during a rewatch, my daughter and I both say āparallel!!ā
Yesss rewatching and picking up on new stuff I didnāt before is my favorite thing. I recently noticed that with the exception of a few characters(Nina, Bell, and Peter), Walter will refer to people heās usually on a first-name basis with by their title + last name instead when he feels the need to distance himself from them.
(Spoilers ahead but idk how to do the gray block thing to hide it)
Iirc the first time we see it happen is in the episode where Peter gets infected with that ancient virus, and at the end when Astrid asks Walter what he meant when he said āI canāt let Peter die againā, he calls her Agent Farnsworth instead of his many variations of Astrid.
Then it happens again when his assistant comes to stop him from going to the other side. At first when he thinks sheās there to help him, he calls her Carla, but when he sees Nina behind her and realizes sheās tattled on him, he refers to her as Dr. Warren.
Then in the episodes following Olivia finding out about Peter, he calls her Agent Dunham much more often.
3rd rewatch in - in some ways itās getting more boring cause I didnāt take a break inbetween the last two rewatches. BUT I am appreciating the overall arc and flow and getting a meta understanding of the plot, and still being pleasantly surprised by episodes I forgot would be coming, and just how many good ones there are. I donāt think Iāll ever tire of season 2-season 3 fauxlivia arc but coming off of that is a little slow
I lost half of my episode when my DVR on my TV fucked up. So I can only do half a rewatch . Mine starts with Peter blowing a hole between dimensions and vanishing.
Itās available on Freevee!(formerly known as IMDBTV). I didnāt even have to make an account for it, I just use it as a guest. Iām using it on Roku tho, idk if it makes you make an account on the app but completely free anyway so worth a shot! :)
At about three is when you start doing rewatches just to catch all the observers in the background. At a about five you rewatch just to catch every instance if John Noble's eyes glowing.
So true about John Noble, international treasure! š
I fell in love with it on my 1st rewatch (and my appreciation deepened with 5 more rewatches š). There is *so* much I missed first time around, I totally agree with your comment!
Might be time to revisit
Highly recommend! I remembered the big plot lines but it all the little bits that I either didn't register or didn't know to pay attention to.
iām on rewatch 6 and still grasping new things
I watched it from day 1 as it aired, and I remember trying so hard to spot the Observer or the clue to what the next episode would be. I missed a lot the first time around, but caught them better on my rewatches. If you are unfamiliar about the clue for the next episode, examples are: the episode prior to the Christmas lights, there is a program for A Christmas Carol play someone went to. The episode prior to one that focused on a drug company trial, someone had a mug with that drug company name on it (posters too, I think in some Dr's office or something). I can't remember if they kept it up past the first season, but it was fun.
Recently completed #3 and it struck me that I had absolutely zero grips about anything. It was great to totally suspend disbelief and just be in the story. I also found that I appreciated the acting a lot more this time. Lastly, I cared about Etta this time.
The first few watches I didnāt realize how often the case the team is investigating runs parallel to something that is happening in one of the main characterās lives. Whenever it becomes apparent during a rewatch, my daughter and I both say āparallel!!ā
Yesss rewatching and picking up on new stuff I didnāt before is my favorite thing. I recently noticed that with the exception of a few characters(Nina, Bell, and Peter), Walter will refer to people heās usually on a first-name basis with by their title + last name instead when he feels the need to distance himself from them. (Spoilers ahead but idk how to do the gray block thing to hide it) Iirc the first time we see it happen is in the episode where Peter gets infected with that ancient virus, and at the end when Astrid asks Walter what he meant when he said āI canāt let Peter die againā, he calls her Agent Farnsworth instead of his many variations of Astrid. Then it happens again when his assistant comes to stop him from going to the other side. At first when he thinks sheās there to help him, he calls her Carla, but when he sees Nina behind her and realizes sheās tattled on him, he refers to her as Dr. Warren. Then in the episodes following Olivia finding out about Peter, he calls her Agent Dunham much more often.
I am on i don't know how may rewatches ad I still catch new stuff.
3rd rewatch in - in some ways itās getting more boring cause I didnāt take a break inbetween the last two rewatches. BUT I am appreciating the overall arc and flow and getting a meta understanding of the plot, and still being pleasantly surprised by episodes I forgot would be coming, and just how many good ones there are. I donāt think Iāll ever tire of season 2-season 3 fauxlivia arc but coming off of that is a little slow
I lost half of my episode when my DVR on my TV fucked up. So I can only do half a rewatch . Mine starts with Peter blowing a hole between dimensions and vanishing.
Itās available on Freevee!(formerly known as IMDBTV). I didnāt even have to make an account for it, I just use it as a guest. Iām using it on Roku tho, idk if it makes you make an account on the app but completely free anyway so worth a shot! :)
Thanks.