You basically have 2 chances:
1: the media hits you like a ton of bricks and enraptures the audience from the start
2: you watch it a few times (or in TVs case you catch a few episodes), think about it, ponder the lore for a bit, and get invested over time
Outside of that, media will blow by you and never leave a mark.
Saw "Saving Arizona" right after losing my girlfriend. Saw every problem they had as tragic instead of comedy. Didn't like the movie. Some relatively short time later. Saw it again. I was my favorite movie for years after.
You basically have 2 chances:
1: the media hits you like a ton of bricks and enraptures the audience from the start
2: you watch it a few times (or in TVs case you catch a few episodes), think about it, ponder the lore for a bit, and get invested over time
Outside of that, media will blow by you and never leave a mark.