If you're hopelessly behind on watching a series

This morning, while I was making myself a nice coffee in the kitchen, I suddenly hear all kinds of inside info about The Affair. I'm at five and three-quarters of season one, the rest of the editorial team is almost done and is longing for season four. But, it's still about Noah and Alison, and I also hear all sorts of things about Cole. Things I do NOT want to hear. Things I will do when I hear things. And things I suddenly understand.

That May suddenly got a bit of a dislike for Noah

At first, I thought: who the hell is Noah, now I wake up with Noah and I'm... Well, you get me. You suddenly get to know people who already know the people around you. As if you're greeting an old, new friend.

That you want them to finally have sex

This only applies to The Affair, you know. I didn't have that with The Handmaid’s Tale. But you find out that you now also want what the rest wanted earlier, no matter how crazy you thought it was back then.

That I'm once again standing with my fingers in my ears shouting ‘lalalala’ very loudly in the editorial office

Because they are talking about episode six of season three and I am still far from that. I'm so afraid of hearing things I don't want to hear that I dash out of the editorial office.

That you want to go home around two

Because they are already at episode six of season three and I'm still at five and three-quarters of one. I must and will and want to rush through the seasons. I binged The Handmaid’s Tale all weekend to be able to chat on Monday about escape attempt number three instead of two. And honestly: if you go home around two, you get much further than if you can only tick off three episodes in the evening.

That they all want an affair

And that you even understand the cheaters a bit. You understand that your colleagues want strange things that you might also want now, even if you don't want it in real life. You get it? No? Just Watch The Affair then. 

That you walk on your toes

To first check what the conversation is about, and if it is about that, then you put it back on like a cocoloco. Because. You. Want. To. Know. Nothing.

You secretly do want to

You want to catch things that don't reveal too much, but that make you just a little bit more curious, so that you are tapping your feet at five to six to go home. Eating is secondary, you can hide that in the meantime; watching is what you want.

Oh, P.S. and P.P.S. and more: don't first read the ‘summary’ of a series or movie on Netflix.