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Personally, I like the weekly format in some instances, because I can speculate with other people about what will happen in next week's episode without avoiding being spoiled and also because I'm not always going to be able to just drop what I'm doing to binge watch the entire season of a new show. Although I prefer binge watching in most situations, simply because it feels like I'm watching one long movie and because that way it feels like a cohesive plot instead of just small things happening in one episode and having to wait until the next episode to find out what is happening. It also depends on the length of the season. For instance, I think the weekly format works better for shows that have longer seasons of 13+ episodes (just about any major network show). With shows that have shorter seasons of 10 episodes or less (The Mandalorian, WandaVision, just about any Netflix original series as well), binge watching would be much better. I didn't like having to wait a week for new episodes of the Mandalorian and I don't like doing it now either with WandaVision, yet I still do it to avoid spoilers and to speculate with my friends who are also fans of these shows. If I didn't care about spoilers or speculating with other fans, then by all means, I would wait until all episodes are available and watch the entire season in one day. Ultimately though, the real reason Disney+ is doing this is so that people will stay subscribed so they can get more money, but I don't care very much, because the weekly format doesn't take away from the overall quality of the shows. The Mandalorian is the best Star Wars stories in a while and I am enjoying WandaVision so far. They are good shows, so as long as the quality of these shows does not begin to drop, I think the price of admission and the weekly wait is worth it.