TV thread

[vixnix]

Originally Posted by Fonzie

MAFS Straya is gold. That Harrison is such a baddie!

Brontë is not much better to be fair!

I’ve fallen behind - need to catch up on last week’s antics…

[Joey Goldberg]

i didn't do SHIT

i didn't rig SHIT

[Fonzie]

Originally Posted by vixnix

Brontë is not much better to be fair!

I’ve fallen behind - need to catch up on last week’s antics…

I used to dislike reality shows like this. I must have had many blows to the head, as I now love it.

This and the Below Decks I try not to miss.

[vixnix]

Me too

after a day of tense brain abuse it just feels like a mini-vacation from thinking

Haven’t watched below decks but have had it recommended a lot - will have to try it one of these days.

[topleybird]

I'm really enjoying Kevin Can F*** Himself (I'm not being a prude, they are).

Basically a sitcom with a typical fat selfish slob of a husband and a long-suffering beautiful wife, except it's split between that multicam sitcom setup and a single-cam dramatic setup where you see how much resentment and pain the wife has built up. It's not that one version is "real" and the other isn't, but the lighting, acting, etc. change. And it's set in Worcester, MA, so, be ready for the accents.

Just finished the first of two seasons so maybe they fuck up the second half, but so far so good. My only complaint is that one non-sitcom plot involves a problem with the flow of drugs in the city, and there is no fucking way there is, as depicted, only one supplier of Oxy for Worcester.

[Elijah Moon]

That actually sounds very good. I might check if there's an easy way for me to watch it over here.

[topleybird]

Originally Posted by killtrocity

season 2 of Yellowjackets on Showtime which is surprisingly decent. There's some good 90's stuff in there, surprised you degens haven't mentioned it.

Originally Posted by topleybird

If I haven't, that's a major misstep on my part. Fuckin' love that show. That latest trailer a few days ago got me pumped as fuck.

First episode: fucking hell I love this show. Could dial it down a couple notches on adult Misty, but fuck. Coming out swinging. I think I heard somewhere they're planning on five seasons, which still seems like way too much to me, but I guess we'll see.

[buzzard]

Originally Posted by Fonzie

This and the Below Decks I try not to miss.

Throw in some 90 Day Fiancé and you'll have the hate-watch trifecta covered.

[Fonzie]

Originally Posted by buzzard

Throw in some 90 Day Fiancé and you'll have the hate-watch trifecta covered.

Never seen that, or any of the various housewives of xxx.

Below Deck often has kiwis on it, which is always a hoot. They tend to be the ones that don’t get up to shenanigans.

[bardy]

The Night Agent is really good (on Netflix)

[Fonzie]

Other bullshit I love -

The Curse of Oak Island.
Mythic Quest
That new Death in Paradise spin-off is not too bad.

[bardy]

I binged all of Servant last weekend and it’s not worth it. I waited four seasons for some sort of m night shamamamamam twist but one didn’t happen. The acting was good though. But the pace was slow with no payoff.

[MyOneAndOnly]

Season 2 of Perry Mason is getting good.

[topleybird]

Originally Posted by bardy

The Night Agent is really good (on Netflix)

Finished this last night; I found it to feel like "Tom Clancy but even dumber," which is not necessarily as insulting as that sounds. It was fun! It's full of what I used to think of as "tv acting" and "tv writing" before this whole era of prestige tv. It feels like NCIS or something. And the story just gets dumber and dumber as it goes. But again, really fun. I hope they go to space next season.

[MyOneAndOnly]

"The Power" on Prime Video is kind of interesting. Based on a book. The story involves teen girls all over the world suddenly developing the power to generate electricity out of their hands. Some are so powerful they can shoot lightning at people (like a Sith). It leads to a whole lot of young women refusing to take shit from men.

The book is very dark. It kind of makes the point that when anyone is given exceptional power they will abuse it. I'm not sure if the TV series is going to keep with that tone. So far the tv series has changed one of the most ambiguous characters, played by Toni Collette, and made her a bit less 'bad'. And they've added a trans character. The book could be interpreted as a bit Terfy.

[MyOneAndOnly]

Beef on netflix with Ali Wong and Steven Yeun. It's very good. Everyone shouuld watch.

[Elijah Moon]

I concur. I'm halfway through it. Took me a little while to really get into it, but I'm very much enjoying it.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally Posted by MyOneAndOnly

Beef on netflix with Ali Wong and Steven Yeun. It's very good. Everyone shouuld watch.

not watched it, but they use "today" in the trailer:

[topleybird]

Wow it's almost like I made a whole-ass thread about that very fact but go off

[MyOneAndOnly]

several SP songs in the soundtrack. Mayonnaise as well

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally Posted by topleybird

Wow it's almost like I made a whole-ass thread about that very fact but go off

very successful thread apparently
sank to page three

i didn't know

[Cool As Ice Cream]

soon-to-be-forgotten

[MyOneAndOnly]

must be on the No One Care board

[killtrocity]

Originally Posted by topleybird

First episode: fucking hell I love this show. Could dial it down a couple notches on adult Misty, but fuck. Coming out swinging. I think I heard somewhere they're planning on five seasons, which still seems like way too much to me, but I guess we'll see.

Have not started it yet... hanging onto it for a dry spell. Good to know it's good.

In the meantime, I completed the original run of Twin Peaks, and only fell asleep 4 times.

Agent Cooper is so pure, god I love him.

[topleybird]

Five episodes in, it's still really good, though I have to admit I'm getting tired of some of the stuff in the present. Episode six is this Friday, and according to the cast it's when things really go buckwild. I can't wait. Though I've seen some rumors of some other stuff coming later in the season that might help explain the five-season plan, and I'm... wary.

Coop is such a wonderful character. You gonna tackle The Return next?

[redbreegull]

Originally Posted by redbreegull

Halfway through, season 3 of Picard is very good. As hard to swallow as it might be for people who watched the first two, it is really different

Finished. It wasn't perfect, but I was not disappointed. Felt like real, classic Trek.

spoilers below:

it would be a huge letdown if they don't capitalize on the setup for another possible story with Seven as captain. According to the rumor mill, Paramount was shocked by how well season 3 was received and actually has no plans to continue 25th century Trek, although they did buy the domain Star Trek Legacy while this season was airing

[topleybird]

Originally Posted by topleybird

Episode six is this Friday, and according to the cast it's when things really go buckwild.

CONFIRMED.

[buzzard]

Will Mencken Keep In President?

Also loved the, "It's not that lemony!" La Croix consumption is such a personality test.

[ilikeplanets]

Originally Posted by MyOneAndOnly

Beef on netflix with Ali Wong and Steven Yeun. It's very good. Everyone shouuld watch.

I'm 3 episodes in. It's not great yet. Maybe it gets better?

[slunken]

honestly my favorite part of unsolved mysteries is that mysteries might be solved