Words derive meaning from their context, and you're pulling mine out of theirs. The full sentence is: > No end-of-episode cliffhangers or other mechanisms tryi

Words derive meaning from their context, and you're pulling mine out of theirs. The full sentence is: > No end-of-episode cliffhangers or other mechanisms trying to make you binge-watch. I'm talking about mechanisms that modern TV uses to trick people into watching a series many episodes at a time until they're too tired to go on. An end-of-season cliffhanger that was designed to ensure people would come back when the series returned next season after a long break from their weekly Star Trek watching habit is not at all the same thing. Nothing about TNG is attempting to make me, the viewer, binge-watch it. In the case of me and my GF, since we know exactly when we are about to watch an end-of-season episode we just plan an extra hour for it that evening. That's it.