The Comfort Rewatch and Why We Watch the Same Things Again and Again

You’ve got thousands of movies and shows at your fingertips.

So why, after a long day, or an absolute nightmare of a weekend do you put on the one you’ve already seen a hundred times?

This week, Nate falls down the rabbit hole of comfort rewatches why familiarity can feel so damn good, how old favorites change as we change, and why sometimes revisiting a beloved movie, show, or game feels less like going backward and more like loading an old save file.

So grab your comfort movie and ride shotgun.

What’s your comfort rewatch? Come tell us in The Lobby.

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