Seriously, my buddy Alex binge-watched this psychological thriller last month (the one with the repeating maze motif). He kept insisting every dark moment was just a red herring for some uplifting resolution right around the corner. It completely neutered the atmosphere, like he was actively watching a different show altogether. The creepy visual cues and that lingering silence were all just "building to a breakthrough" in his mind. (I mean, the soundtrack alone was practically screaming "impending doom," but no.) By the time the finale aired, the actual narrative twist felt mundane because he'd verbally painted over all the careful foreshadowing weeks prior.