What T.V. Shows Have Your Attention?

Hedda Gabler

BevVincent said:

Netflix

Started if and thank God the guy got his hair cut for episode 2. 😂

Hedda Gabler

Watched 3 ricky gervais episodes of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. 

Did you know he was a singer in a band in his young days? 

cat

Resident Alien is back for season 2 on Jan 26. 😁 

We enjoyed the latest season of Yellowstone and are enjoying the prequel spinoff, 1883 very much as well. 

Hedda Gabler

cat said:

Resident Alien is back for season 2 on Jan 26. 😁 

We enjoyed the latest season of Yellowstone and are enjoying the prequel spinoff, 1883 very much as well. 

This is great fun news! I love Resident Alien. 

Notaro

Started rewatching Armchair Thriller, haven't seen it since it was originally broadcast back in '78 - '80, four episodes in and I' m enjoying it, brings back lots of memories. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armchair_Thriller

Hedda Gabler

BevVincent said:

We watched a cute Swedish series called ANXIOUS PEOPLE last night. It's six 30-minute episodes, so just like watching a long movie. It's about a hostage-taking incident where the suspect vanishes mysteriously and the people taken hostage are reluctant to provide any details afterward. Based on the novel by the author of A Man Called Ove.

Second episode in, we know who the bank robber is — but why would the hostages be so secretive? They definitely aren’t forthcoming with information about the robber. We are slowly unfolding  personal secrets, but withhold what they know about their hostage taker? Why protect?

BevVincent

You might think you know -- but do you really? There are many surprises to come.

Hedda Gabler

BevVincent said:

You might think you know -- but do you really? There are many surprises to come.

they got me. 

That was a super, charming story. Time well spent.  Thanks for pointing it out. 

BevVincent

We watched the first episode of Around the World in Eighty Days (starring David Tennant) on PBS last night. Quite good!

Lou_Sytsma

cat said:

Resident Alien is back for season 2 on Jan 26. 😁 

We enjoyed the latest season of Yellowstone and are enjoying the prequel spinoff, 1883 very much as well. 

Heh. Yellowstone flew under our radar until now. Watched the first four episodes and am definitely hooked. Our initial draw was finding out Taylor Sheridan's involvement. He helmed the excellent 2017 movie - Wind River: (one actor plays the sheriff in the Dexter: New Blood series)



Yellowstone, so far, feels like Sopranos on a ranch.

Kurben

Started Stay Close. A miniseries based on one of Harlan Cobens books. 2 episodes in and so far so good even if i dont fully understand why one of of the characters does what she does but i have a feeling there is a lot of stories waiting to be told in this one.

BevVincent

That describes all the Coben miniseries I've seen so far!

Hedda Gabler

Kurben said:

Started Stay Close. A miniseries based on one of Harlan Cobens books. 2 episodes in and so far so good even if i dont fully understand why one of of the characters does what she does but i have a feeling there is a lot of stories waiting to be told in this one.

I’ve also started this. I’ve watched a lot of Harlan’s stuff. Some more successful than others.  I hope this is one of the good ones. 

Notaro

Watched Stay Close over the Christmas break, aside from some little annoying details it was decent. 

GNTLGNT

Lou_Sytsma said:

cat said:

Resident Alien is back for season 2 on Jan 26. 😁 

We enjoyed the latest season of Yellowstone and are enjoying the prequel spinoff, 1883 very much as well. 

Heh. Yellowstone flew under our radar until now. Watched the first four episodes and am definitely hooked. Our initial draw was finding out Taylor Sheridan's involvement. He helmed the excellent 2017 movie - Wind River: (one actor plays the sheriff in the Dexter: New Blood series)



Yellowstone, so far, feels like Sopranos on a ranch.

....that's a great analogy Lou...my Tracy loves the series and from the little I've seen, it's definitely a mane& tail mafia......

Lou_Sytsma

GNTLGNT said:

....that's a great analogy Lou...my Tracy loves the series and from the little I've seen, it's definitely a mane& tail mafia......

Mane & Tail Mafia - love it! You should trademark that!

Hedda Gabler

Anyone not watching Yellowjackets — you are missing out on the fun. 

Lou_Sytsma

Agree Hedda. Just watched the first episode - very intriguing. Kind of a Lost/Lord of the Flies motif.

Watch the S1 Finale of Dexter. 

Wow!

Look forward to hearing reactions from the rest of you.  Very solid season.

BevVincent

Now that it's finished and Yellowjackets is nearing an end, I'll have to sign up to Showtime to binge through them! Someone posted what seemed to be a major spoiler on Facebook yesterday, but I'm not sure.

He posted

R.I.P. Dexter Morgan.

I unfriended him on principle regardless of whether it's a true spoiler or not.

FlakeNoir

We're still watching all the old seasons of Dexter so I'm truly thankful for people using the spoiler function.

Lou_Sytsma

If you are on any form of social media, something you haven't watched it will get spoiled. Haven't seen Spider-Man: No Way Home yet but pretty well know the whole plot.

Hedda Gabler

Lou_Sytsma said:

Agree Hedda. Just watched the first episode - very intriguing. Kind of a Lost/Lord of the Flies motif.

Watch the S1 Finale of Dexter. 

Wow!

Look forward to hearing reactions from the rest of you.  Very solid season.

Have the finale lined up for today. 

FlakeNoir

Lou_Sytsma said:

If you are on any form of social media, something you haven't watched it will get spoiled. Haven't seen Spider-Man: No Way Home yet but pretty well know the whole plot.

I've quit being a regular on any social media over the past year or so. But (and there's an admission of guilt running through this) I only found out the ending of Harry Potter when I allowed myself to watch the reunion show through to the end.
I got to a point in it and suddenly thought, crap! They're going to talk about the ending!
Then I had a conversation with myself. "Flakers, you're old. If you haven't read the last book yet, nor watched the last movie by now, when you've had opportunity enough to do both. You're probably never going to."
So I watched .

Anyway, my long drawn-out point is that somehow I managed to miss the ending of HP being spoiled on social media for yeeeeeeears before I quit the babble.
They did spoil SOA for me though. Pricks.

Lou_Sytsma

I've learned that spoilers don't ruin stories for me. What really matters is the writing and how the moments are executed.

FlakeNoir

I've finally finished all four seasons of Goliath. It was wonderfully done. Billy Bob Thornton is fabulous, Nina Arianda's character (Patty) is brilliant. I loved her.

Thanks for the heads up on this one everyone. 

Now I need a new series.