What T.V. Shows Have Your Attention?

BevVincent

Shrinking (Apple TV+) is amazing. And Harrison Ford is so good in it.

GNTLGNT

...binge watched the first 5 episodes of The Stand (2020) on Paramount +....it is certainly taking liberties with the source material, but overall-it's been enjoyable and well executed.....got a chuckle out of some of the Easter eggs I've seen....

Lou_Sytsma

Finished Shrinking S1 - show gets stronger with each episode.  Ted McKinley of Happy Days fame is used awesomely - does a hit and run style of appearances where he appears, does a zinger, and then leaves the scene. The dialogue for the show is raunchily awesome. The whole cast is fantastic.

And that ending! Wow!  

Finished - Last Light - horrible, horrible ending. You spend the whole series waiting to see which the tale unfolds and when it does, the show jumps to narration, briefly describing the new world order that arises. Bleh!

BevVincent

I also finished Shrinking. I knew what was going to happen in the last scene the moment they started that montage. But, yeah, great show with a ton of heart.

GNTLGNT

....finished The Stand.....tip of the Village Idiot's(me) cap to Owen King for his work....only thing I can kibitz and grump about, was I didn't care for the way Trashy was presented or the acting job itself....

Lou_Sytsma

Watched the first episode of The Night Agent on Netflix. Another spy show but it feels more like a Jack Reacher clone. The lead actor looks remarkably like Reacher's younger brother.

Kurben

Watched Yakumaz S-245 on Netflix. A Turkish series that deals in a disaster scenario where the sun has an outburst that kills life on earth. But people that happened to be deep down in mines or in a submarine survived. How now to survive when the suns rays kills and you can only walk the earth during the night? It was OK but it is nice to see european showsnow and then, they often have a slightly different tone and pace than american.

Kurben

Watching Pine Gap on Netflix. An American-Australian spythriller series. Pine Gap is a kind of corraboration spy centre in the wilds of Australia and the boss discovers that that someone planted a malware in their data. Six possible suspects, 3 aussies, 3 americans and both naturally tend to trust their own more. The joint bosses (american and Aussie) must stop the leak, find the mule and do it quickly before the trust that existed evaporates totally. Not bad. Not exactly groundbreaking but worth watching.

BevVincent

I remember watching Pine Gap not long after it came out, but I don't recall much about it.

I'm watching The Bay on Britbox now. Fairly standard British copper series, although the main character makes some bad decisions early on that impact everything and she's not going to win any awards as parent of the year. Her kids are real shits most of the time.

BevVincent

BevVincent said:

I'm watching The Bay on Britbox now. Fairly standard British copper series, although the main character makes some bad decisions early on that impact everything and she's not going to win any awards as parent of the year. Her kids are real shits most of the time.

I think Season 2 was better than Season 1, although there were still some questionable decisions by cops who should know better. Apparently the lead actress left the series after S2. I wonder if that meant the actors who played her teenage kids also lost their jobs.

Hedda Gabler

BevVincent said:

BevVincent said:

I'm watching The Bay on Britbox now. Fairly standard British copper series, although the main character makes some bad decisions early on that impact everything and she's not going to win any awards as parent of the year. Her kids are real shits most of the time.

I think Season 2 was better than Season 1, although there were still some questionable decisions by cops who should know better. Apparently the lead actress left the series after S2. I wonder if that meant the actors who played her teenage kids also lost their jobs.

I had this one started a while back and stalled. Need to get back on it. 

BevVincent

Marsha Thomason (Naomi from Lost) takes over as lead in for season 3.

Hedda Gabler

BevVincent said:

Marsha Thomason (Naomi from Lost) takes over as lead in for season 3.

The cop had sex with the step dad, their suspect. Why is she still on the case? And she deleted CCTV vid of her and him?   Wth

BevVincent

Hedda Gabler said:

BevVincent said:

Marsha Thomason (Naomi from Lost) takes over as lead in for season 3.

The cop had sex with the step dad, their suspect. Why is she still on the case? And she deleted CCTV vid of her and him?   Wth

Yeah, that's the hook...she could have come clean at the outset and avoided a lot of problems later. It wouldn't have made her lose her job, just get her taken off the case. Bad decisions...

BevVincent

Can't wait!

Hedda Gabler

BevVincent said:

Marsha Thomason (Naomi from Lost) takes over as lead in for season 3.

Season Two is interesting. Much better than one for me personally . I’m only on episode 3, so hope it continues. 

I suspect everyone. A right bunch of shifty bastards. 

BevVincent

I liked Season Two better, too. One thing the show does well is to show how cops have to deal with the crap going on in their personal lives when they're also handling cases and the public. 

Hedda Gabler

BevVincent said:

I liked Season Two better, too. One thing the show does well is to show how cops have to deal with the crap going on in their personal lives when they're also handling cases and the public. 

On episode 5 now. About 10 mins left. Tony is making me very anxious. 

Hedda Gabler

BevVincent said:

I liked Season Two better, too. One thing the show does well is to show how cops have to deal with the crap going on in their personal lives when they're also handling cases and the public. 

Is season 3 good with new person?

BevVincent

Yes, I like her -- new family complications. Only part of S4 is available. Have to wait for new episodes.

BevVincent

Can't wait!

BevVincent

BevVincent said:

She's Anne Perry, author of nearly 50 novels.

Anne Perry, teen murderer-turned crime writer, dies at 84

not_nadine

Black Mirror on Netflix.

An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech multiverse where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.

I've liked what I've seen so far.  Different show each episode.

BevVincent

not_nadine said:

Black Mirror on Netflix.

An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech multiverse where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.

I've liked what I've seen so far.  Different show each episode.

I've seen some episodes but I don't think I've seen a complete season. Need to dip back into it sometime.

Lou_Sytsma

BevVincent said:

Can't wait!

Looks Fantastic!