"But I didn't turn around, because I just wanted to savour that moment."
My Yuletide story is in, I've finished work for the year, and I'm ready to kick back and relax.
Which means, for me, Life On Mars Series Two.
Oh yes, you read that right. I've been sitting on these episodes ever since I got them, waiting until I was done with all my other commitments. I am not normally so disciplined when it comes to these things. But this very lack of discipline is how I knew that if I started watching, I would probably not be able to stop until I reached the end.
There's another reason for my restraint. I already know that this is the last series of Life On Mars - that these are all the episodes there are or ever will be. (Except for the US remake, which I am dreading.) So the excitement of having new episodes to watch is balanced by the reluctance to have no more new episodes to watch.
And there's something kind of cool about standing in this place between series, with eight amazing episodes behind me and eight apparently just as amazing episodes before me. The anticipation is half the fun.
But hey. Now it's time for the other half.
Which means, for me, Life On Mars Series Two.
Oh yes, you read that right. I've been sitting on these episodes ever since I got them, waiting until I was done with all my other commitments. I am not normally so disciplined when it comes to these things. But this very lack of discipline is how I knew that if I started watching, I would probably not be able to stop until I reached the end.
There's another reason for my restraint. I already know that this is the last series of Life On Mars - that these are all the episodes there are or ever will be. (Except for the US remake, which I am dreading.) So the excitement of having new episodes to watch is balanced by the reluctance to have no more new episodes to watch.
And there's something kind of cool about standing in this place between series, with eight amazing episodes behind me and eight apparently just as amazing episodes before me. The anticipation is half the fun.
But hey. Now it's time for the other half.