I'm interested in American Gods, it's based on something by Neil Gaiman so you know it's good. But it's on Amazon, as a series, I don't have that and I don't watch series. The don't interest me and I just don't watch them.
I tried watching Game of Thrones once. My friends told me it had sex and dragons in it. There was a weird tacked on sex scene near the start, no dragons and 50 minutes of a political thriller in fantasy world. Bored me to no ends.
I only really way a few comedy series, BBC documentaries and Grand Designs nowadays, or silly things like Take Me Out or First Dates. Much like you, series where a single episode can carry itself.
Hmm, pie.