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There's a thing that happens with some of my Apple TV purchases, usually with TV/streaming series, and usually toward the end of those shows: the video will suddenly hitch and freeze for no apparent reason. I'm partway through Season 5 of "The Expanse," and around Episode 3, the glitching started to happen. Luckily, "The Expanse" is available for "free" to those who are on Amazon Prime (it became an Amazon series after Season 3, after all), so I switched over to Prime to watch the rest of Season 5 (I'm about halfway through). This glitching doesn't happen so often with movies, but you have to watch out for series. Now that I have my PNC Bank Visa debit card, which can also function as a credit card, I'm finally able to purchase Amazon movies again (well, purchase the license to watch them), and I can now pay the extra monthly fee (like gangsters' protection money) to have ad-free viewing of Amazon movies and series. So: viewing of the remainder of "The Expanse" will continue unimpeded. The episode length of each season has varied: Season 1 was ten episodes; Season 2 was thirteen; Season 3 was thirteen; Season 4 was ten; Season 5 is ten, and Season 6 is only six episodes, indicating flagging ratings. I'll soon know for myself whether the series went out with a bang or a whimper. Meanwhile, Amazon videos don't generally glitch on my computer, but we'll see. Oh, and I know some of you are wondering why I'd purchase on Apple TV something that's "free" on Amazon Prime Video. Because Apple lets you download and store your own movies. Maybe Amazon allows that now, too, but I'd need to check. Last I'd seen, they didn't.