Gizmo

In order.

Jedi Master 33

Depends if I've seen the series or not.

Corey31

Depends on the show. A sitcom like Fresh Prince or Home Improvement I will skip around. For a show like 24 or Lost I will watch in order.

reverie

It never even occurred to me to watch them out of order.

Cactus Jack

Upon first viewing, in order. After that though, whichever takes my fancy.

jjcool

The order that they appear on the disc.

starseed1981

Uhhh...yeah.

calhoun07

You betcha.

Regulus

Most of the time I watch them in order. The exceptions are if a show has Halloween or Christmas-Themed Shows in it. When this happens I'll put a Bookmark in the case and during the appropiate week I'll break the episode out and watch it.

MTRodaba2468

I know I'm probably in the minority on this, but I prefer to watch them in order.

critterdvd

In Order.


I think the only time I never watched a set in order was the sixth season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" I watched "Once more, with feeling" and then starting back from the beginning.

Tscott

I like to start watching with the series finale and then watch backwards through the seasons until I finish with the pilot episode.

Wait, that's crazy. I really watch them in order.

Walker Boh

I usually watch them in order.

Recently I did watch Andy Richter Controls the Universe out of order, because I wanted to watch "The Second Episode" second instead of fourth. (It was second in production, but aired fourth, so is fourth on the disc.) After that I just went by the disc order though, not production order for the whole run.

MR Round

in order

spawndude

It depends.

If its a series where episodes build on previous episodes I watch them in order. (Deadwood, Lost, Battlestar)

If each episode is pretty much a stand alone then I watch them in any order.
(most sitcoms)

Trevor

But even sitcoms have some sort of continuity and character/story development. Less so back in the 60s and 70s, but I can't think of many shows, or any modern shows besides sketch comedy, that I could watch out of order.

advdfreak

My OCD could not let me watch any TV show out of order.

HannahFan2009

If I have seen the show on TV first then I would watch my favorite episodes first, if i've never seen the show/season then all in order.

kristina

I always watch the episodes order- just to keep my own sanity.

FatTony

I always watch in order, and I really hate any TV DVD that doesn't have a "play all" option on the menu. With some series that I've seen excessively (Futurama, The Simpsons, South Park, Star Trek TNG), I'll skip the not-so-good episodes, but I always watch every episode when I first get a TV season. The 7th season of Scrubs may break that pattern, since a couple of those episodes are totally awful.

Groucho

I only buy season sets for shows I like, and I only watch the episodes I love the most. I'm in a tiny minority on this, it seems!

dillkid

It depends what it is. If it is something like Friends or Star Trek, I would watch them in order but skip any boring episodes. If it was something like South Park, and my mum was in the room, i would try not to watch the episodes where one character is trying to get another character to suck his balls

Groucho

Good point. Along the same lines I am very careful as to which episode of Oz I watch if my children are in the room.

WallyOPD

Seems like you might be a little overprotective of your kids. You could use these episodes as a teaching moment.

Groucho

"This is what happens if you call Spider-Man a 'menace'!!!"