# 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:** 122
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2424 "2023-04-23T10:40:59Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Chris Hemsworth as a guinea pig It took me a while to settle on the alternate meaning of guinea pig. I presume Hemsworth is not playing the part of a little rodent, but is playing himself as a test subject? The first idea was cute (awwww, little piggie Thor) but didn’t entirely mesh with the investigation of Alzheimer’s. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2425 "2023-04-23T12:22:16Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > It took me a while to settle on the alternate meaning of guinea pig. You aren’t the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2426 "2023-04-23T16:29:26Z")
I enjoyed the first two episodes of the _Night Court_ re-boot but now I have the two most recent episodes still sitting on my DVR to be watched. Not sure if I care enough to finish out the season. I had high hopes as I really liked the original and I like Melissa Rauch and John Larroquette. Maybe I’ll check it out again after the hockey playoffs are over… or maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2427 "2023-04-23T18:31:24Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > You’re a better man than I am. Dornan’s wooden acting and attempt at a steely jawed rural American threw me right off. I quit after the first episode. He was a lot better in _The Patriot._ Have you read any of the Joe Pickett books? Dornan is trying to capture the character, who is one of the stranger serial heroes. Almost incompetent at times, and usually unsure of himself, but he ‘gets it done’ through sheer determination. Dornan captures some of that, but I agree it can be a bit off-putting. Watched another episode last night. We are still liking it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2428 "2023-04-23T19:26:09Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > “Talk to Daddy” and “Good Enough to Eat” were hilarious show-stoppers. May be my favorite episode so far. Just watched this one. So, they went there… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2429 "2023-04-23T19:51:07Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > It took me a while to settle on the alternate meaning of guinea pig. I presume Hemsworth is not playing the part of a little rodent, but is playing himself as a test subject? > > The first idea was cute (awwww, little piggie Thor)… Heh. I guess “_human_ guinea pig” would have been a more accurate description. But I do like the idea of Chris doing the voice work for a show about a limitless rodent. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2430 "2023-04-23T19:51:38Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Have you read any of the Joe Pickett books? Dornan is trying to capture the character, who is one of the stranger serial heroes. Almost incompetent at times, and usually unsure of himself, but he ‘gets it done’ through sheer determination. Dornan captures some of that, but I agree it can be a bit off-putting. Yeah, my take on it as well. I’ve read the books and watched the series. Not sure I’d go back for another season. The guy (in the series) is a boob, and not in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2431 "2023-04-24T15:06:26Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I have been watching _Beef_, a show about two angry, unhappy people who spiral into a cycle of revenge on each other after a road-rage incident. I watched what I thought was the entire series over the weekend. The last ep I saw ended with Danny and his parents arriving at the burning home and Amy, stuffing her face at Burger King, in deep despair. I thought that was the end, and I thought it was perfect I cannot recommend this series enough. I also didn’t know that Steven Yeun has such a lovely singing voice. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2432 "2023-04-24T15:10:49Z")
So you haven’t finished to the real end yet? That’s (as you must know now) only episode 7 out of 10. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2433 "2023-04-24T15:13:42Z")
Hee, no. I only discovered that this morning. Kind of funny that if it had ended with ep 7, it would totally work(though I am hoping for a slightly happier wrapup). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2434 "2023-04-24T15:28:55Z")
Spoiler, read only after viewing the full season (of _Beef_): I thought it was a weird twist in a show otherwise based on realism to have a plot point turn on a _deus ex corvid_. Sort of like the _Fargo_ series, now that I think about it. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2435 "2023-04-24T16:09:20Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Have now finished the first four episodes of _Mrs. Davis_. The weirdness level is getting turned up with each episode. I also watched the first four episodes of Mrs Davis over the weekend and it was bonkers, but fun. Look forward to the remaining four episodes. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2436 "2023-04-25T09:24:53Z")
I watched the first fifteen minutes of **Mrs Davis** and decided it was not for me. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2437 "2023-04-25T10:38:53Z")
…not exactly specific spoilers for the last fifteen minutes of episode four: The entire opening sequence is re-contextualised. If you are unbothered by spoilers, maybe try watching the last fifteen minutes of the fourth episode, and see it changes your mind. I really didn’t like the opening fifteen minutes of the episode _at all_, but I’ll watch anything that Damon Lindelof has a hand in. And the ending of episode four took away a lot of the “bad taste” I had in my mouth after the opening. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2438 "2023-04-25T11:48:51Z")
Season four of **Succession** seems to just be the same episode with slightly different dialog, done in a different location. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2439 "2023-04-25T14:28:12Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > I really didn’t like the opening fifteen minutes of the episode _at all_, Was it the first fifteen minutes, or the first 5 1/2? Fifteen gets you through the shipwreck rescue scene and partway into the Simone introduction scene. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2440 "2023-04-25T14:36:11Z")
I’m a couple of episodes into _Outer Range_ (Josh Brolin) on Prime. I’m not sure about it yet. It’s kind of odd but intriguing. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2441 "2023-04-25T14:53:56Z")
I watched Episode 1 last night and enjoyed it. It has a very West Wing feel – the show runner was a producer on WW. (It seems to exist in a universe where positions of power – president’s Chief of Staff, CIA chief of mission – are held by women of color, but I’m fine with that.) ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2442 "2023-04-25T15:08:10Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I watched Episode 1 last night and enjoyed it. It has a very West Wing feel – the show runner was a producer on WW. We’re watching this one, too. It’s not too far off how things work in the Department of State (I was once an employee). We just overlook the things most people who have never worked in that business wouldn’t notice, like unarmored vehicles, sensitive conversations taking place in the open, outside of the SCIF, or over cell phones, etc. The talk about career diplomats vs political appointees was right on the mark. The infighting at State is vicious, and it can easily translate to life at an overseas post. The biggest bunch of backstabbing fuckers you’ll never want to meet. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2443 "2023-04-25T15:59:53Z")
For the longest time I’ve been wishing I’d pursued a career at the State Dept just because it sounds so interesting, but this show is making me rethink it. So stressful (though my current job isn’t a bowl of cherries either). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=123)