My fiancée and I have been watching Beast Games, MrBeast’s first official TV game show, somewhat religiously. Jimmy is known for his crazy challenges and record-breaking videos on Youtube, but to see it all put together in an even more proper format and 10-episode style makes it interesting from new angles.
The show airs every Thursday. We watched the first few episodes in one go, but then, as we had to wait week to week and the cliffhangers got crazier each time, we found ourselves looking forward to finding out what happens next. “Oh! Beast Games is out! Woo, let’s watch it tonight!”
The penultimate episode has what Jimmy dubbed “the biggest cliffhanger in TV history.” Without revealing too much, it’s essentially a coin flip worth millions of dollars. “Holy smokes,” we went when the credits were rolling. “Of course they make us wait a week for that one.”
But then, something funny happened: Thursday came and went. So did Friday. We went on a short trip for my birthday, and almost a whole week later, we had basically entirely forgotten the last episode was out.
Can you imagine? The biggest cliffhanger ever, and yet…
In the end, life is about the basics. Superlatives fade. It’s okay to forget—and never too late to finish your favorite show.