# 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:** 131
**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 5, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2604 "2023-06-05T18:30:00Z")
I love shows like that. I know gentrification can be a Very Bad Thing, but there’s something very satisfying about seeing a crumbling property brought back to life. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2605 "2023-06-05T22:52:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Re-watching **Happy Valley** to refresh our memories. We tried to watch this when the first series started, I think. Is it about a 40some year old cop and her sister(?) lives with her? I remember the first episodes being a bit much about home life, something I don’t care for. I’m seeing a lot of praise for the show as the new season starts. I am thinking maybe we should go back and try again. That’s quite a hiatus between seasons, even for a Brit show. > [@MaxTheVool](#): > > _Happy Valley_ is indeed stunningly good. S1 reminded me an awful lot of Broadchurch, which (for whatever reason) seems much better-known. Huh, maybe that’s why we quit on it. I thought _Broadchurch_ was a snooze fest. > [@carrps](#): > > interviewer mentioned Olivia Colman. Is there a British show she hasn’t been in? She’s one of the few actors I know by name because I’ve seen her in so much. We just finished season two of _Queens of Mystery_ (Acorn) Very lightweight but kind of quirky/whimsical. There are self contained episodes and a background arc dealing with the disappearance of the young detective’s mom, and her three aunts covering it up. I’m a bit embarrassed to say I told my wife that I liked the way the detective looked this time around as compared to back in 2019. Then I found out it’s actually a different actress. ☺ ---
**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 5, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2606 "2023-06-05T23:00:37Z")
_Queens of Mystery_ was ok, but I found it a little too lightweight. And I hate the trope of the aggressively hip older womna. It’s usually done so condescendingly (although _QoM_ is not too bad). I hate the Fleur character on _Midsomer Murders_ – the new medical examiner – she has every hip old lady cliche in the book. ---
**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 6, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2607 "2023-06-06T11:18:43Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > We tried to watch this when the first series started, I think. Is it about a 40some year old cop and her sister(?) lives with her? I remember the first episodes being a bit much about home life, something I don’t care for. Yep, that’s the one. ---
**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 6, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2608 "2023-06-06T11:53:12Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > I remember the first episodes being a bit much about home life, something I don’t care for. Also, what’s happened in her home life provides much of the character’s motivation, and triggers some of the story line in both season one and two. It’s worth watching for James Norton’s acting alone, IMO. He’s not your winsome Grantchester parish minister in this one. ---
**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 6, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2609 "2023-06-06T21:08:07Z")
Speaking of _Happy Valle_y, we’ve started watching _The Stranger_. The connection? The idiot sister is _HV_ in the lead cop in _Stranger_. A nice big turnaround in character portrayed. Only a couple episodes in on _Stranger_. Might be too … ucky/nasty/violent for us. But I’ve already seen a classic example of “That guy is going to get beaten up if knocks on that door.” trope. Doesn’t anybody in these shows know the standard bits in these types of shows? Might save getting pounded into the ground. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2610 "2023-06-06T22:19:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Also, what’s happened in her home life provides much of the character’s motivation, and triggers some of the story line in both season one and two. We happen to be in an Acorn sub now so I think we’ll give it a try again. We just started _The Circuit_, an Australian series about the lawyers and judge in a vast circuit court who try bring the law to the Aboriginals. So far so good, we really like the lead. We’ve seem him in several series and this is the first time he isn’t a cop. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2611 "2023-06-06T22:33:01Z")
A student recommended _The Owl House_ to me this year and so far it’s charming and fun! Like _Disenchantment_ for kids. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2612 "2023-06-07T04:40:10Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > A student recommended _The Owl House_ to me You may also like _Gravity Falls_. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2613 "2023-06-07T15:14:39Z")
I was recommended **Jury Duty** (Amazon), so I thought I’d give it a try. It’s basically the (American) “The Office” set in a courtroom. And for the same reason I did not like the (American) “Office”, I am not enjoying this as much as I would have liked. The reason: they veered off from being realistic too far, and too soon. Particularly the premise: that one of the jurors isn’t an actor “in” on the gag. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2614 "2023-06-07T15:27:06Z")
After completing “Succession” recently I’m in the mood for a comfort watch and before trying something new I’m rewatching “Boardwalk Empire”. One season in and loving it all over again, Michael Shannon is epically good and Stephen Graham is by far the best Al Capone. ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2615 "2023-06-08T09:20:54Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > _[Cruel Summer](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11083696/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)_ - Hulu. This is also probably made for the 15-25 crowd. I really liked this. Multi-layered plot spread over 1993-1995. Popular girl goes missing for a year, presumed kidnapped. Don’t want to spoil anything, but this is surprise after surprise building up until the final seconds, which I did not see coming. Outwitted by a teen show. I’m surprised to see this back for a second season. It seemed like the self-contained one season type of show. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2616 "2023-06-08T10:57:44Z")
I just started watching **SWAT** on Netflix. Four episodes in and I’m liking it so far. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2617 "2023-06-08T15:34:34Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I’m surprised to see this back for a second season. It seemed like the self-contained one season type of show. Thanks for the heads up, I’ll have to check it out. Interesting to see how they move on from the ending of season one. ---
**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 8, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2618 "2023-06-08T20:34:56Z")
The new release of _Never Have I Ever_ season four snuck up on me. I thought last season was the last season. Very nice little coming-of-age comedy, for anybody that hasn’t checked it out. (It is also a very nice little coming-of-age comedy for anybody that has checked it out.) ---
**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 9, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2619 "2023-06-09T22:12:17Z")
Started watching _Based on a True Story_. A dry parody of murder mystery TV shows. Think a lot of elements of _The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window_, with a bit of _Only Murders in the Building_ ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2620 "2023-06-10T13:23:40Z")
Starting to watch season 1 of **Strange New Worlds** on youtube. Episode 1 was available quite a while ago, but the others are new to me. The ads are annoying – unlike ads on broadcast TV they don’t pop up at pauses in the story – they seem random to me. Most are skip-able at least. I haven’t watched enough episodes to form an overall opinion, but so far I will continue to watch. Brian ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2621 "2023-06-10T14:39:38Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > _Starting to watch season 1 of **Strange New Worlds** on youtube._ The ads randomly thrown in, some of which are as short as 5 seconds, are pretty annoying. I keep my finger on the “mute” button constantly. As for the show itself, we were pretty excited to finally see it. Our reactions are mixed. The characters are likeable enough, most of them anyway, but Captain Pike’s propensity for wisecracking in almost every situation, no matter how dire, isn’t what I expect from the Captain of the Enterprise. I remember how people thought Jean-Luc Picard was just too serious at first, and they softened his personality in later episodes, but Pike isn’t serious enough. And he must spend hours getting his hair to be that perfect! Just my 2 cents. We’ve been watching one episode per night, just in case YouTube suddenly decides to remove them. We watched episode 8 last night, but we both dozed off and missed most of it. It was a “fun” episode, which ST was always known for doing from time to time, so we don’t think we missed much. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2622 "2023-06-10T14:47:21Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Started watching _Based on a True Story_. A dry parody of murder mystery TV shows. Think a lot of elements of _The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window_, with a bit of _Only Murders in the Building_ Sounds fun. I usually can’t get **Spouse Weasel** to watch anything TrueCrime (he thinks it’s exploitative, and he’s not wrong) but he might be willing if it’s a parody. The only exception he concedes is the paternalistic Joe Kenda in Homicide Hunter whom I affectionately call “Murder Dad.” I love that show because it really shows the psychological toll on Kenda and does not glorify any of 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:** [June 10, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2623 "2023-06-10T15:52:29Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Sounds fun. Nope. By “dry parody” like _The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window_, I mean almost completely devoid of humor, but you can see that it is trying for it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=132)