Amen. Same with "West Wing". That was how I was introduced, and I could care less, because it's all about CONTEXT. (Years I later investigated on my own & found it BRILLIANT, but not the point)

I saw the musical ep long long before I watched the show start to finish, and thought I liked certain things and certain characters. Only to rewatch it a couple of years later and go "DAMN THIS IS DEPRESSING...also, that 'ship skeeves me out."

Context, baby. All the good writers use it to make the funnies.