Stop defending binge model streaming and start embracing the weekly release
Apr 3, 2026 | Guides
In season 1 of Community, there’s a scene where Donald Glover’s Troy Barnes learns a valuable lesson while eating a giant cookie. The more Troy eats the cookie, the worse he feels. Troy pondered, “How can something that’s delicious make me sick?” It’s at this exact moment that the light goes off in his head. “Unless too much of a good thing … is actually a bad thing,” Troy said. Unfortunately, I’m not eating a cookie right now. However, the cookie represents my relationship with streaming, in particular, the binge model.