I was directed to a site called Pirate Bay. It seems to be a decent enough site, but in my ignorance I did not know I needed Utorrent and I kept clicking the buttons (Download Now, Watch It Now, etc)

The various buttons are links to software downloads that may or may not be useful, but in all cases it is not necessary. As you go through the download process for the software you don't need, you are forced to decline fine print attempts to install 5-6 adware gadgets, toolbars, etc. The actual download is usually a movie viewer or media utility

The UTorrent program is almost as bad. It offered several infernal bells and whistles and in spite of turning down everything, it still managed to install a damned toolbar (thankfully it was not hard to remove). The Utorrent program works great once installed. It finally hit me that I had once tried to use the older program and for whatever reason I could never get it to work right.

Now that I have UTorrent, I find the torrent that I want on some halfway reputable site, click get torrent and after the download, access the media with whatever media programs you have available. I did have to download updated codecs from MS, which also required declining some trash.

It is pretty neat once you understand it. You can get current TV programs for free that other sites like Amazon charges up to 2 buck an episode. There is also a lot of opensource stuff that is distributed via torrent

It is my understanding that it is completely legal for any show that has been aired previously, even if it was aired the previous night. I'll bet if you get greedy and try to get big time flicks that are still in the theaters, you will run into the virus problems.

I know you already know all this Alcaray. I am posting for anyone else interested