# 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:** 130
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2584 "2023-06-01T22:51:19Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > > [@carrps](#): > > > > In _The White Plumbers_, for example, Mark Felt was shown _very_ briefly and mentioned at least one other time. _All the President’s Men_ obviously didn’t mention him at all. > > That would be because at the time ATPM was filmed, no one knew who Deep Throat was. Mark Felt only came out as Deep Throat a few years ago. Perhaps that’s why @carrps said “obviously didn’t mention him at all”? ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2585 "2023-06-01T22:51:30Z")
> [@dummygladhands71](#): > > _FUBAR was HORRIBLE. Dumped 1/2 way thru the second episode. Poor Arnie._ I wouldn’t quite go that far, but we’re four episodes in and I’m really questioning going any further with it. The first episode or two were OK as set-up episodes go, but episode three stunk up the room (too much family stuff getting in the way) and number four wasn’t much better. They’re trying to be light but most of the humor just falls flat. I’ve always liked ol’ Arnie (despite his politics) and may see it through, but this might have made an amusing action/comedy movie at a couple of hours, or a better mini-series with more plot, fewer episodes and a lot less talk about peoples feeeeelings. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2586 "2023-06-01T23:00:14Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Perhaps that’s why @carrps said “obviously didn’t mention him at all”? Yes, I didn’t think I needed to explain, but I guess I did. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2587 "2023-06-01T23:14:41Z")
Congrats on getting that far. I got through about ten minutes of the 1st ep before tanking it. It was painfully obvious that he had stunt doubles doing the heavy lifting, and heavy editing to take out the more embarrassing moves. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2588 "2023-06-02T12:06:52Z")
I think we’ve reached our limit on “The Great”, the Hulu tongue-in-cheek series about Catherine the Great. Made it through the first season okay, but at about episode three of S2, it became apparent that the show runners had hired a group of horny teenagers to write the dialog. I’m no prude, but the constant stream of profanity, along with a plot that is going nowhere, had my mind wandering. Done. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2589 "2023-06-02T12:42:41Z")
That’s about where I stopped too. What seemed irreverent and fun can so easily devolve into juvenile and stupid. Maybe old people like me were not their target audience. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2590 "2023-06-02T17:02:33Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m no prude, but the constant stream of profanity, along with a plot that is going nowhere, had my mind wandering. Done. The profanity never slows, but as for the plot going nowhere, mid-season Peter III falls in an icy lake and dies, so that’s a plot twist ---
**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:** [June 2, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2591 "2023-06-02T17:05:58Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The profanity never slows, but as for the plot going nowhere, mid-season Peter III falls in an icy lake and dies, so that’s a plot twist In real life Peter was murdered eight days after Catherine took over, so that’s not a big surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2592 "2023-06-03T12:35:59Z")
I just saw an ad saying Miracle Workers would be back July 10! I hope they mean it this time. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2593 "2023-06-03T14:19:31Z")
Re-watching **Happy Valley** to refresh our memories. It really is a stellar production. Nasty bad guys, cops who aren’t macho he-men. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2594 "2023-06-03T14:45:35Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I just saw an ad saying Miracle Workers would be back July 10! I hope they mean it this time. I saw the first episode (it got “out there” before the season was cancelled) and I thought it was awful. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2595 "2023-06-03T14:51:51Z")
It usually takes me some time to warm up to each new iteration. I’m excited anyhow. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2596 "2023-06-03T15:32:46Z")
We’ve started a new show called “The Night Agent” It reminds me a bit of “Three Days of the Condor”. A low-level FBI agent working the night phones gets a call from some agents under threat, and story ensues. We are only one episode in, but so far, so good. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2597 "2023-06-03T17:35:17Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Re-watching **Happy Valley** to refresh our memories. It really is a stellar production. Nasty bad guys, cops who aren’t macho he-men. I didn’t watch it originally, but hearing what a good series it was, when I heard the final season was about to air, I binged the previous seasons. I was not steered wrong. Amazing series in a genre with a _lot_ of mediocre choices. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2598 "2023-06-03T18:26:37Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Re-watching **Happy Valley** to refresh our memories. I can’t see the title of that show without thinking of an episode of _Andy Griffith_. > **[The Pageant](https://mayberry.fandom.com/wiki/The_Pageant)** > > Aunt Bee auditions for the role of Lady Mayberry in the town pageant that celebrates the founding of Mayberry. There is a Founders Day play in Mayberry, and Clara has the lead part as Lady Mayberry. Two weeks before opening, Clara is called out of... ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2599 "2023-06-03T21:09:48Z")
Heh, Happy Valley and Mayberry are very different places! ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2600 "2023-06-03T23:36:54Z")
_Happy Valley_ is indeed stunningly good. S1 reminded me an awful lot of Broadchurch, which (for whatever reason) seems much better-known. (And I was going to say its name reminded me of _The Happy Valley of Oz_, one of the original “Famous Forty” Oz books, but some googling points out that I was thinking of _The Hidden Valley of Oz_.) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2601 "2023-06-04T18:33:28Z")
I just saw an Acorn interview with the leads in three of their mystery series. Neil Dudgeon was talking about the big names they got to appear on _Midsome Murders,_ and the interviewer mentioned Olivia Colman. Dudgeon said that she appeared with the previous Barnaby, but he’d heard she was begging to come back and do another guest spot. He was kidding (although she was one of the more memorable guest performances in that series…I still sing that little song she did in the episode to myself sometimes). ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2602 "2023-06-04T20:36:43Z")
_WandaVision_. I liked the first sit-com oriented episodes, but found the superhero antics unnecessary. So of course as the Magical Effect-Heavy Skills took over the show it got really stupid. I am not interested in aerial battles, throwing fireballs, etc. Esp. when they just drag on and on and on. The actual story pretty much just got lost in CGI. Marvel overdoes it again. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2603 "2023-06-05T16:43:44Z")
I’ve been watching **Help! We bought a village** on PBS, similar to **Escape the Chateau** where (mostly) British folks buy run down villages in France (or Spain and maybe Italy) and try to fix them up for destination weddings and such. Main issue is they preview the next segment, and then they show the segment so lots of repetition. Interesting (to me at least) to see the renovation work. Brian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=129) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=131)