I do that too, but I just pause the movie.

“Honey, that guy over there, where do we know him from? Come on he looks so familiar!”

5 minutes of back n forth, to eventually looking it up

It’s, again, Star Trek.

Wikipedia? Nah. IMDB. Incredibly useful for specific episodes of a series as I can isolate that episode of needed. And the answer is always Law and Order.

Holy shit, I do this all of the time! Most movie plots follow the same patterns anyway, so a lot of the time, the production process is more interesting to me anyway!

Our go to line is "it's that actor from that other show we watched".

I use a 43" 4K TV as a monitor (essentially 4 1080 monitors) and I often watch stuff on this screen. I end up watching stuff in 3 or 4 sessions because of these rabbit hole quests.

My Wikipedia round up for 2025 was: American actors American actresses American voice actors American voice actresses Movies Tv Shows

That was it. I need to watch more non-American stuff, but I’ll just miss it all coz Wikipedia…

I hate this so much. And even if I avoid doing it, I’m still actively thinking about and still missing the show. This is why I watch tv alone. I can pause it, go on my tangent, and then come back.

7. Still not sure what I know them from

When the shit the actor went thru in their life is more interesting than the movie

Amanda really looks like moai

Pro-tip: pause the film when you do that.

Netflix: we gotchu fam. Just keep watching, we’ll repeat the plot of the shitty movie you’re watching at least 4 more times.

i hate to be that person, but this is exactly how i experience ADHD in every facet of my life lmao

One of the best bits of advice I've ever read was simply to put your phone facedown, out of reach when you want to do something.

It doesn't always work but it cuts down my random phone nonsense by a lot.

Admittedly, ol hyperactive brain still gets lost thinking about dinosaurs or some shit too often but it feels healthier.

You might consider using the "Pause" button

#justadhdthings

Get out of my head. Damnit!

The answer to what you've seen them in is always star trek.

7. Wonder what's going on

8. Google what's going

9. Find the fandom page

10. Find out every detail of the entire universe

11. Realize the credits are rolling

12. See a name I kind of recognize

13. Wonder where I've seen that make before

...

Are you my wife? She also has the super power of asking a question about 5 seconds before the show/movie answers it.

Maybe just, you know, don't do that?