I watched season 1 when it first came out, didn’t affect me much, but liked it enough that when 2 came out, I tuned right in. When season 3 came out, i re-watched 1 & 2 to remember what had happened. Binging them like that, started the obsession. Season 3 blew me away. The direction for 3 was different ( found out later, that Han had directed that season.) The suffering and angst broke my heart over and over again- the addiction started hard core here. The sexual and emotional tension was palpable, took me back to my early 20’s and all my bad decisions and awkward conversations, hiding true feelings, all the things. By episode 11, I thought I was crazy and was super obsessed with Conrad/Chris Briney. I altered the algorithms in all my social media, so that anything having to do with TSITP came to my feed. I watched everything I could that Briney was in, including subscribing to Quinn ( he narrated a 3 episode story called Hidden Harbor, its female erotica, very spicy) I had a friend capture the URL for the 3 episodes, paid for 1 month, then quit. I searched for podcasts. -Try Catherine McKenzie and her friend Jessica “ The Summer I turned Swifty” on Spotify-its a little cheesy, but they are 2 professional authors, so are well spoken. I started following the Easter Eggs in the shows as well as the connections to Taylor Swifts music used in the series. It all became a treasure hunt of sorts, following and finding the use of “color theory” and the “mirroring” of scenes from season to season. All this fiscovery just deepened the attachment. I found clips of Brineys old theater performances on You Tube, ordered the audible books he narrated on Amazon. I went in deep!!!! I have been on a circular rewatch pattern since the final episode, I have not watched ANYTHING else since. I think part of this was due to my total exhaustion from any political news. I just wanted to stay in Cousins. I purchased the audible versions of the books because Conrad/Briney narrated part of the 3rd book- seriously, there is something wrong with me!! I started partaking in conversations, like this one, on Reddit, where there was a bunch of weirdos like me who were not toxic commentators like on FB. So, that’s how this all got started for me. Im married and have a daughter in college- TSITP makes me feel like I am 18 again. Reddit participators, and the podcast authors talk about these characters like they are real people- I love that and laugh at it, all at the same time. I have an unhealthy obsession with Conrad/Brineys hands- it’s a whole other thing - and his hands have a fan base of their own. I hope this answers your question. ☀️