Yup, but I can also re-watch shows like The Office or Seinfeld where I know or understand the context and jokes And so I need not turn on subs like I may have

Yup, but I can also re-watch shows like The Office or Seinfeld where I know or understand the context and jokes And so I need not turn on subs like I may have to with Spanish originals. Also I recognize jokes or bits and realize what they're trying to say. I feel like when I go into a new series blind, I end up turning on subtitles. But I didn't for the two shows mentioned above, I tried to force myself to hear the words rather than read the subs, because I already knew kind of what the episode(s) and conversations in them were about. I find that that's a slightly different reasoning process.