# Series you've recently watched, are now watching or have given up on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 9, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108 "2021-07-09T17:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 101
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2004 "2022-12-25T01:18:29Z")
I recently finished the second season of an Apple TV+ series called _[Little America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_America_(TV_series))_. Each episode (eight in each season) tells the story of a recent immigrant to the US. They’re all based on someone’s real-life story. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2005 "2022-12-25T13:50:09Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > We finished season 6 of **Peaky Blinders** , which is a fantastic show. I loved it the first viewing. Then my gf asked about it and I offered to rewatch it with her beginning to end. After the first three episodes of season one she decided it was too violent for her. I continued through, had a wonderful time. ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2006 "2022-12-25T19:52:03Z")
I was able to set Kevin Spacey the person off 2the side while watching Spacey the actor inhabit the role of Frank Underwood in HOC & found it well worth my time. It’s an intricately plotted show & all the supporting players are up to the task of fulfilling the demands of each character’s story arc. However, Season 6 after Spacey’s exit kind of flounders & it seemed Claire Underwood {Robin Wright] needed Frank as a foil to play off of & against, the tension between them being a key element of the show flowing well, JMO, though & again, the 1st five seasons kick ass. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2007 "2022-12-26T14:34:11Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > We finished season 6 of **Peaky Blinders** , which is a fantastic show. Season 6 is apparently the last season, but a feature length movie is on the way. If you’ve never seen this show, I highly recommend it. Set in the post-WWI era Birmingham, it’s about a family of scrappy **Romanis** led by some WWI vets Just to correct you there, while there is confusion on the subject, and they are often referred to as Gypsies, they are related to Irish Travellers, that is a group which are not Romanis. A similar set of people to those featured in the movie Snatch. Personally, I never made it past season 5 of Peaky Blinders. It was just so over the top. None of the accents were authentic BTW, but the locals over here in the Midlands still love the series because it’s _theirs_ and not much is. So you see blokes dressed as Peaky Blinders style on stag dos over here too. I found it was like Sons of Anarchy, just too much, cartoonish. A lot of it was just stupid and did not make sense like some military making the lead character dig his own grave at gunpoint, just for one of them to shoot the other two and give him details to contact Churchill. I also absolutely hated the lot of the characters, so that didn’t help much for me. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2008 "2022-12-26T23:14:49Z")
I just binge-watched **Reboot** , which reminded me quite a bit of **Episodes**. In fact, I think it’s my new favorite genre: comedies set in a work environment, with an interesting set of characters. Some other recent ones would be **Mythic Quest** , **Silicon Valley** , and even **Avenue 5**. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2009 "2022-12-27T01:56:39Z")
_What have you done to Solange?_ A 1970’s giallo with a particularly nasty method of killing used by the murderer. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2010 "2022-12-27T02:14:24Z")
Bah! Wrong thread! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2011 "2022-12-27T02:55:44Z")
I just finished Warrior Nun. I enjoyed it. The main actress really sells a kind of silly YA character. The conflicts were interesting. Fair warning, Netflix has canceled the show for their usual stupid reasons. Season 2 resolves its storyline, but there are some hanging threads. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2012 "2022-12-27T05:32:01Z")
Never mind. I’ll show myself the way to the Movies thread. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2013 "2022-12-27T09:39:44Z")
I just watched the **Detectorists** Christmas Special. Utterly brilliant in every way, as we all hoped. All the cast are back, all are the same level of charming and nerdy, and there’s even some well placed exposition to explain why they aren’t all retired on their riches. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2014 "2022-12-27T10:13:39Z")
Which streaming service or channel had the Detectorists Christmas special? ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2015 "2022-12-27T11:09:08Z")
It is the television industry’s biggest mistake that they never made a Peaky Blinders/Downton Abbey crossover episode. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2016 "2022-12-27T22:22:58Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Which streaming service or channel had the Detectorists Christmas special? None of them, yet. I must have sourced it elsewhere. Eventually it will be on something like BritBox I expect. Though right now, it’s on BBC iPlayer if you have a VPN. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2017 "2022-12-27T22:28:53Z")
I’ve not having much luck lately. I only lasted about 5 episodes of _Andor_. Should have been right up my alley, but I just found it boring. I got about half way thru season 3 of _The Orville_. I loved the first two seasons, binged right thru them. Something, either me or the show, just seemed kind of blah. I may try it again later since I liked it so much up until now. Tried season 10 of _American Horror Story_, gave up on it last night. It’s always been a hit or miss series with me, mostly miss. Going to move onto season 11 and give it a go. Couple things about season 10. I totally did not recognize Sara Paulson, she’s in every season. Small role this year from what I saw. Macaulay Culkin, who I only know from photos, actually looks like an adult now and is pretty good looking. Good acting from him too. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2018 "2022-12-28T00:55:04Z")
I’m giving up on **NOS4A2** - the main plot engine is character stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2019 "2023-01-01T17:49:08Z")
Season 1 of **The Bear** on Hulu. One of those comedies with no laughs and tons of tragedy. The characters and food porn carry the show. My biggest takeaway is that you have to be some flavor of masochist to work in the restaurant business. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2020 "2023-01-02T00:21:36Z")
The wife heard a lot about _Yellowstone_, so we’re watching it. I’ve already seen it, but I’ve forgotten some parts so it’s still entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2021 "2023-01-04T19:55:08Z")
I gave [George & Tammy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_%26_Tammy) on Showtime a chance (I always give a series at least 3 episodes to hook me), but I’ve given up on it. Number 1, it seems to just be shoehorning the actual story into the standard celebrity “rise-fall-rise” template, without trying to delve into the why behind the events or drawing specific, compelling characterizations that make this arc different. Number 2, the actors chose to do their own singing, instead of lip syncing to the originals. While the leads have perfectly fine singing voices and do a creditable job of imitating the original artists, the fact is that both George Jones and Tammy Wynette were exceptional, and unique, talents, with the ability to create emotional content through their voices that can’t be duplicated. Without the extraordinary voices, it’s hard to get why a biography of these two is worth making. George Jones - [George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today - YouTube](https://youtu.be/VExw77xJsBQ) Tammy Wynette - [Tammy Wynette - I Don't Wanna Play House - YouTube](https://youtu.be/uCc9tJlRUZ4) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2022 "2023-01-04T20:20:10Z")
Paramount released a couple free episodes of 1923. Great cast, bad show. Again the own of the ranch is shown as an asshole and a criminal. He tortures and murders some sheepherders, then steals their sheep. Then supposedly as a “gift” he gives the stolen sheep to the Indians. But one sheepherder survives, so IRL, the Rancher would be arrested for murder (who knows what really will happen, I bet he will never be taken to account for his crimes) And then the surviving Shepherd (and their families) would want to get their sheep back, and this will not go well for the Indians. As one sheepherder points out- it _is_ 1923, and mass murder is no longer something the authorities will wink at. But this is a fantasy show anyway. Meanwhile we have two subplots- one is how bad it is for the young Indian women taken from their families to be “educated” by the whites. Sad. And the other is some really stupid young Englishwoman who decides to run off with the dashing American Hunter… and that is exactly how much she knows about him. Maybe he is abusive, maybe a murdered, a rapists, etc. But she is bored and he is dashing… So stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2023 "2023-01-04T21:18:25Z")
I watched season 2… And I see why they canceled it. Season one had a lot of intrigue and development, whereas season 2 just didn’t hit the same notes. And the DXM at the end just kind of spoiled it for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=102)