You know you are a hopeless TV fanatic when ...
(a) You find yourself counting down the hours until a series finale is scheduled to air because the anticipation of not knowing how the show will end has been driving you crazy for the eight months since you found out that the show is in its final season.
(b) Despite part (a), you ultimately dread the time 8:00 rolls around because that means there are only two more hours until the series will be over.
(c) You feel a sense of emptiness because you have come to the painful realization that said show will no longer air on Friday nights at 9:00 and you will not have anything to watch during said time slot.
(d) You are sitting precariously on the edge of your seat for an entire two hour series finale and are in extreme danger of hurting your other knee from falling off the chair because you can't take the suspense of not knowing how this series will end.
(e) At all costs, you refuse to leave the room because despite the fact that you now have DVR, you are terrified that you will miss a single second of the finale.
(f) You are extremely proud and pleasantly surprised that you somehow managed to go an entire 13 minutes into said two hour series finale without tearing up.
(g) Your family members are well aware of the fact that you are too emotionally invested in the lives of fictional TV characters and are equally impressed with the accomplishment of (f).
(h) Yet, despite your bravery, stamina, and outstanding accomplishment of (f), you eventually succumb to your emotions and the waterworks continue throughout the course of the two hour period.
(i) You come to the realization that fictional characters and events have caused you to cry more than your personal life events over the past year.
(j) You smile like an idiot when one of your all time favorite TV couples has awesome Polvia shipper moments throughout the course of the episode.
(k) You are terrified that the couple mentioned in (j) is not going to get their happily ever after ending and you are in danger of hyperventilating merely thinking that something is going to go wrong.
(l) Despite the fact that in your mind you know that the plan worked and time has been reset, you still wish Etta would hurry up and run to Peter because you are terrified that somehow the observers will still come.
(m) You find yourself yelling at your TV when the characters are in danger and are screaming for them to run in the other direction instead of into the line of bullets / observers.
(n) Despite the fact that you knew two characters were returning, you still have previously mentioned idiotic smile on your face when you find out in the 21 year time jump that another favorite couple on the show is now married and has a son.
(o) While the normal TV watcher would be grossed out at watching loyalists and observers being killed by the most awesome yet disgusting fringe events, you instead have a giddy fangirl moment in the living room by yourself at the writers' nod to previous cases and are thankful for the walk down memory lane.
(p) You are relieved to find out that Gene the cow has been ambered, but are extremely sad that she will remain that way, which makes you tear up ... yet again.
(q) Seeing a picture of a white tulip drawn on a card and the reaction on Peter's face makes you cry for an additional 20 minutes after the show has ended.
(r) You re-watch the ending scene which makes you extremely happy and sad at the same time countless times.
(s) You are eternally grateful not only to the network for giving the show a final season, but also to the writers to giving the show an awesome finale, despite the fact that two beloved characters had to make the ultimate sacrifice.
(t) You wish you had strawberry ice cream in the house to make a strawberry milkshake in honor of Walter, despite the fact that you don't even like strawberry ice cream.
(u) The minute after the finale has aired you visit all of your favorite spoiler TV sites to see how the rest of the fandom is reacting to this fantastic ending to an awesome show.
(v) While visiting the fandom and spoiler sites, you come to the sudden realization that you will no longer be able to look forward to sneak peeks and reading spoilers about the show, which threatens to trigger the water works yet again.
(w) Despite the fact that you have a ton of homework this weekend, you know that at least one day, if not both, will be dedicated to all day marathons in honor of the show.
(x) You can't wait until you can pre-order the final season to complete your collection of the series.
(y) You are slightly comforted in the knowledge that despite the fact that the series finale has now aired, you know that it will live on through your collection of DVDs, obsession with youtube videos featuring your all time favorite moments from the show, and reading fanfiction.
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