I ignored Netflix for the longest time. When Netflix first launched their services in India, I took the 30 day trial a few times but didn’t feel like I have to go full on and commit to a long subscription. Once in a while I would borrow someone’s account and try to watch a newly released movie or maybe a tv show but I would not commit. On the few times that I felt that I needed to subscribe as they had a couple of movies and/or a season of a series that I wanted to watch, I would immediately cancel my subscription in a month or 2 at the most and then I would wait for a long time before subscribing again.

One of the reasons I did start liking Netflix was back in 2019 when, just before my birthday, I broke my toe on one foot and sprained the ankle as well as tore the ligaments on my other foot. Don’t ask! Having busted them, I was told by the doctor to rest for 8 days and then come and see him again. During those 8 days I was to lay down in bed as much as possible and keep my legs raised on a pillow. Hence after I wake up, coffee and have breakfast, take a shower and perhaps a shave, I would sit at my desk till 11 am, then lie down till lunch time. Post lunch I would lie down till 5 pm, have coffee and snacks and then be at my desk & laptop till 8:30 pm. I’d have dinner and then go and lie down until sleep caught up with me.

That was the perfect time for me to sign up for Netflix and I did. I watched a sitcom or I should say rewatched a sitcom – Full House – and then I watched a couple of movies in between and then I started watching Fuller House, which is the sequel to it. It continued for a few weeks until both shows were done. Then I didn’t sign up until November of this year. I wanted to watch Fuller House again. I already had Full House on dvd but I needed the sequel show. Having watched that show one Sunday before I was about to cancel the subscription, I started rewatching The Big Bang Theory again and then in January I rewatched the first season of Friends. And now I have started watching Star Trek Voyager. And I have more stuff lined up. I think this time, the Netflix subscription has hooked it’s claws into me and it’s gonna be around for good.