I think the US is still ahead of the UK, but I got caught up with UK episodes.
TSCC is weird for me cause when I watch it I'm all wow, and I love the way you have to bring your brain, the psychological complexity, the interweaving storylines, the many and varied angles on humans and emotion and practicality and what's necessary and everything.
I also have moments of pure wow at the hotness. Like when the light catches someone's eyes and *wow* they're pretty. Not for teenage or pretending to be teenagers tho. Sarah and Derek and like that. Nice.
So I watch, and it's great, and I watch the next one straight away and realise four hours later I'm thirsty and it's nearly two in the morning...
... and then I forget all about it for a month until more episodes have accumulated.

Weird.

So I don't know what it is about it that it doesn't live in my head between episodes.
But it's a really good show.