A buddy watched me skip the first 4 episodes of The Wire and asked why I bother starting shows at all
He said if a pilot can't hook me in 20 minutes it's not worth my free time, so now I give every new show exactly 2 episodes before I bail instead of grinding through a whole season out of guilt.
Idk, I kinda get the other side though. Some of the best shows I've watched had slow starts and I would've missed out if I quit after two episodes. Two feels way too fast to bail, especially for stuff that's building a whole world.