As I fall asleep at night, I binge watch/sleep through a variety of shows that I have loved in the past.
Following a story helps my brain not perseverate on whatever it is that I’m currently experiencing anxiety about, and having it be a storyline that I already know allows me to not have to focus fully, and drift off to sleep.
The only problem is, as I rewatch these shows, I am 100% positive that the theme songs are different.
The first time I noticed it was when I was rewatching Gilmore Girls.
Season One was definitely good ole’ Carole King, but then, suddenly, in later seasons, I swear the song was different.
I would flip back and forth between season one and whatever season I was currently on, listening and listening. I couldn’t mark the difference, but I swear it was there.
When I finished Gilmore Girls, I moved onto Friends.
Again, season one was super familiar, but by the time I hit the end of the show, I felt like it had undergone quite a few iterations.
And it was driving me crazy.
I couldn’t decide if I was really hearing it or if I had just forgotten how it sounded, way back when.
Flipping between seasons, like the eye doctor showing different lenses, “One? Or two? One? Or two?” I couldn’t distinguish between them, but again, I just knew they were different.
I’m currently falling asleep to Sex and the City.
And rather than fast fowarding through the intro, I have been paying close attention.
And I’m telling you…it is not the same as it was when I watched that show on tv.
And it’s not the same from season to season. It’s just not.
You probably think I’m crazy for obsessing about this. After all, the whole point of bingeing these shows is so I don’t have to think about them.
And, yes, I finally googled it.
It’s a thing. Producers don’t want to spend the money on the licensing of the song for streaming.
However, every article I find says that Gilmore Girls never changed their theme song from start to finish to streaming.
Yes, Gilmore Girls. Yes. You. Did.
It’s subtle. It’s barely noticeable. But you did, and I’m not crazy.
