There's pain associated with on-air watching but it gives you time to think about and re-watch and really smile/enjoy each episode and each pair of episodes before you get the next one. Be aware that it can raise your expectations and your disappointment for each episode ... and they can't all be the best one yet ... there will be lulls and rests or even the odd bad episode ... that's just how it usually goes and nothing to get upset about. But people in the on-air discussions will really suffer over it together and get even more disappointed, together. So there's the danger, even if a drama is going well, overall. There's a danger that the tide will turn against a drama. Even if it's going well. Even if it stumbles and returns to form. And even if you, personally, are really enjoying it. And if it ends in a way that people don't love ... they'll rake it over the coals like crazy.

So on-air discussions can enhance your real time watching. But they can also work against your enjoyment if the tide turns without you on it. They can deflate your high. And, alternately, they can keep you trying with a drama that really isn't for you.

So, my advice is to enjoy the talk and the banter and other people's ideas and insights ... but bail if they start to bother you. Have fun.

It looks like this one is going to be original and funny too. A winning combination :-)