💬 Watched a whole crime series in one night and slept through my 10 am call

Last Saturday I started a crime series at 10:30 at night. 8 episodes. I told myself just 2. Each episode ended with someone opening a door or finding a phone. I wasn't going to stop on that. I made tea at 1 am. Then dosa from the leftover batter at 2:30. I finished the last one at 4:50. The sun was almost up and I was still sitting in the dark with a plate on my lap. Sunday I slept till 2 pm. Fine. Nothing happened. That was the good part of the plan. Monday I had a 10 am call. I woke up at 10:12 to my phone buzzing on my chest. I joined late with my camera off and said my internet was slow. My manager said no problem. Then he asked what I'd done over the weekend. I said not much and almost fell off the chair. Around 3 pm on Monday my head felt like it was full of cotton. I read the same email 4 times. A colleague asked if I was ok. I said I was just tired. He nodded like he knew. The worst part is the show wasn't even that good. The last episode ruined the whole thing. Tuesday I tried to sleep at 9. I lay there till 1 am. My body had decided nights were for TV now. Wednesday I was fine again. The second season comes out in December and I already know my plan. I'm telling myself I'll watch 1 episode a night. Everyone in my office laughed when I said that. My manager didn't laugh. He just asked what the show was called and wrote it down. Has anyone else stayed up for a series that turned out to be rubbish?

Waking up at 10:12 to a buzzing phone is a feeling I would not wish on anyone. I did a similar thing with a series about a missing girl and told my boss I had a poor network connection.

Same with a mystery series last month. Told myself 1 more episode at 11. Looked up and it was 3:10 am.