Feel like scenes are missing from your favorite old TV shows? You’re not imagining it.
When Netflix switched from mailing DVDs to streaming on your television, phone, or tablet, people were thrilled. Talks of cutting the cord with cable grew when apps started streaming television shows. It was an easy decision to make, but as time went on and apps took over, people noticed discrepancies.
Wasn’t this episode longer? What happened to the second half of the scene? Was that the original line? People were asking these questions and more when they streamed their favorite comfort shows. Suddenly, watching Season 5, Episode 3 of Friends wasn’t so comforting because your brain picked up on minor differences found on the streaming version.
These changes were so baffling that people took to any social media platform they could to find out if they were losing their minds. Some even recorded evidence to show the difference between the DVD and the streamed version. Quickly, it became evident that avid television watchers were not misremembering. Things had been changed, or, in many cases, completely cut out. It’s one of the factors driving some people to buy DVDs instead of relying on streaming.
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