I’m so, I’m so grateful for my ex—

TV show.

Breaking up with your favorite person, I mean TV show, is hard. Let me help.

1. One Taught Me Love

Consider these questions about your ex-TV Show:

• What was it that you love?
• Was it the jokes?
• Was it the tears?
• Or just the relationships between each of the characters?

Sometimes it’s okay to not move on too quickly from your “long-time relationship.” Think about your favorite moments, scenes or plot lines that intrigued you so much. Keep those aspects in mind!

2. One Taught Me Patience

Scroll through your Tinde—sorry, Netflix browser or through the Internet. Are there any titles that catch your eyes or any clip of a show that interests you? Most likely the answer is no—you’ve tried this before.

Go to your Netflix “TV Show” section and select a genre. Use the aspects from step one to narrow down your search for a “rebound.” The reason why using aspects from your ex-TV show is because since you already have type *sips tea*, you are more likely to find another TV show of this sort that you will like.

Moving on…

If you don’t have Netflix, type in keywords after “TV shows” on Google. This step is similar to you reading someone’s bio or short explanation of oneself. You want to take a glimpse of each story before you dive right into the first date, I mean episode. Move on to the next step once you have found a captivating scene that you would want to know more about.

Here is an example of a clip you may come across:

3. One Taught Me—

Watch the first episode of the TV show. (Hope the date wasn’t too awkward, wait wrong post!) Rate it from 1 to 10. 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. Was it as intriguing as you thought it would be? Often, you can’t decide by watching the very first episode. Therefore, watch another one! Evaluate the episode again (1-10). If you have the urge to continue on to the third episode, congratulations!

You found another show!

via GIPHY

If not…

4. One Taught Me Pain

Maybe you don’t find anything you feel like you are going to watch for the next months or so. You don’t want to watch anymore TV shows of the same ilk. You want to explore outside your comfort zone. Perhaps, the previous show was of the science fiction genre and now you want to watch a romantic comedy. There are so many fish in the sea. Ultimately, you want to find a show that makes you happy. Don’t force yourself to watch something just to… watch something. Be patient (step 2) until you have found a series that you really enjoy.

Good luck on finding THE ONE!

MLA Citation

Brooklyn Nine-Nine. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine – Terry Is Sore from Yoga (Episode Highlight).” YouTube, 15 Apr. 2018,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ07I0bxd2c. Accessed 15 Aug. 2019.

Grande, Ariana. “thank u, next.” thank u, next, Republic Records, 2018.