I hate when that happens.

See, here's the thing.  I need a new TV show to watch like I need a hole in my head.  For the last couple years I've been actively trying NOT to watch some of the shows that everyone seems to like because I don't want to get hooked on one more thing that makes me have anxiety about leaving my house the night it's on (which has gotten much better since the advent of the next day online thing for most shows - except TBS.  They take forever.  It makes me insane).  I have done my very best to avoid Lost, 24, Friday Night Lights, I'm sure there are others, but those are the big ones (oh, I never once saw an episode of The O.C.).  See, I know that if I were to start watching any of these shows, I would not be able to stop and more of my life would be sucked away watching television.  Plus, I have come to LOATHE commercials.  I really, really hate them.  When I'm watching regular TV I usually have a book sitting next to me and whenever the commercials come on I just tune them out and read for two minutes.  You can't make me listen to your stupid ads!
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What I do like to do is make sure I'm behind enough in the times that I can netfilx an entire season at a time and watch them at my leisure, commercial free.  That way I can always find out what happens next without waiting a week or longer.  I realize that this mentality is part of the reason that good shows don't last long, and I apologize (I recently started watching Undeclared and Freaks and Geeks.  Both excellent shows and I'm pretty sure I knew nothing about them when they were on the air).  However, I would like to state for the record that I watch PLENTY of shows real time, so I'm pretty sure I'm doing my part for the television industry.
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Anyway, yesterday HG sent me a text saying there was a Mad Men marathon on AMC in preparation for the 2nd season starting next week.  The text was followed up with a phone call to make SURE I was watching, because as he said, "have I ever been this excited about a show?  Ever?  You better watch it, I want your opinion."  I had to admit he had not ever been this excited about a show (with the possible exception of The Amazing Race, but I'm fundamentally opposed to those kinds of shows, they don't count), so I figured I'd give it a shot through one episode and see what I thought.
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Yea.  I loved it.  Unfortunately I only saw episodes 2, 8, 9, and 10.  Clearly, there are some holes that need to be filled and since I get my cable for free (shhh!) I don't have on demand or anything like that.  I suddenly need to see all the episodes.  I HAVE to know what happened during the hours that I've missed!
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Crap.  This will end up being like Damages where I scoured the internet until I found all the episodes and ended up watching the entire season in a week.  Oh, man.