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12 Things That Happen After You Miss an Episode of Your Favorite TV Show

Realizing that you’ve accidentally missed the episode:

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Attempting to find it on-demand as part of your cable package, then having it not work due to a connectivity error:

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Going online to distract yourself, then realizing that most of your friends on Twitter and/or Tumblr are talking about that episode:

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Having to avoid Twitter and/or Tumblr for a while, until you’ve watched the episode:

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Trying to avoid spoilers on other sites, with mixed results:

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Torrent of episode pops up online…then doesn’t download correctly:

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You find an in-depth recap/review of the episode online, but then quickly close the tab before you can read anything:

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Finding out that a friend has the episode on DVR:

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When you discover that the episode is being re-run, is on demand, or that you can FINALLY access it somehow:

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Changing your schedule in order to accommodate viewing:

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Sitting down to watch it:

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After you’ve finally caught up:

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