# 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:** 145
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2884 "2023-08-25T02:51:57Z")
When it was first released, I would have four or more episodes of Orphan Black recorded on the DVR, but I always found a reason not to watch them. However, when I would watch one, I never regretted it, thinking that this is a really good show. I also should try to rewatch a few episodes to see if I might enjoy it more now. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2885 "2023-08-25T03:11:17Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > I never got tired of Tatiana Maslany though (especially as Alison) I justy stumbled upon the first season and it’s crazy when TM plays Sarah playing Allison, and vice versa 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2886 "2023-08-26T20:47:06Z")
I just binge watched **Girls5eva** now that it’s on Netflix. It’s a sitcom about a Spice Girls/Destiny’s Child-style girl group that reunites after 20 years. I thought it was funny and I would compare it favourably to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Tina Fey is a producer, and the creator was one of the writers on that show). ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2887 "2023-08-26T20:52:33Z")
Oh, man, I’ve been waiting for that show to be added to Netflix ever since it was announced they had picked it up for a third season. I’ll add it to my queue. Edit: My Netflix isn’t showing the show as available, so it must be available outside the U.S. for right now. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2888 "2023-08-26T21:28:40Z")
Personally, I loved all of _Orphan Black_ (except for the Casper season…3, I think). Maslany was just too much fun to watch. I could completely believe all the characters as individuals. We finished _Balthazar_ (on Accorn) last night. I thoroughly enjoyed it. All the horrific, baroque murders in Paris in so few years was a bit straining on the disbelief, but I loved all the characters. Great humor which I think a show with such serious themes need, and I was completely satisfied with the conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2889 "2023-08-28T17:12:48Z")
_Dark Winds_ with Joe Leaphorn of the navajo Police. Okay, we’re in the only second season, yet they have already fallen back onto the old & very bad _“and this time, it’s personal”._ That needs to be saved until the writers are totally out of ideas. If that is season 2, then the show is in deep shit. (Note that IRL becoming involved in a case where it is personal will often get the evidence tossed.) Oh, and in one of the last _The Blacklist,_ they have the young girl at a ballet recital, doing _'en point"._ That has been banned in places for kids and needs to be banned for anyone under 18. What it does to the feet is criminal. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2890 "2023-08-28T18:10:54Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Okay, we’re in the only second season, yet they have already fallen back onto the old & very bad _“and this time, it’s personal”._ > > That needs to be saved until the writers are totally out of ideas. If that is season 2, then the show is in deep shit. You realize those are adaptations of a series of novels, right? ---
**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:** [August 28, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2891 "2023-08-28T20:10:48Z")
Yeah, but there have been a lot of changes. Also, George R. R. Whatshisname is a contributor, and I feel has skewed the mood of the books. There’s been a lot more violence and sadism and a lot less Navajo lore than I remember from the books. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2892 "2023-08-28T20:22:57Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You realize those are adaptations of a series of novels, right? A series of novels written in the 1970s, no less – I wonder if “_and this time, it’s personal_” didn’t feel like as big of a cliche back then. That’s assuming the show is being faithful to the novels in that respect; I’ve neither read the books nor seen the show. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2893 "2023-08-28T23:27:32Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You realize those are adaptations of a series of novels, right? Yes, but there are over 2 dozen, and they arent sticking closely > [@WildaBeast](#): > > That’s assuming the show is being faithful to the novels in that respect; I’ve neither read the books nor seen the show. I have read a couple, and the show is different. Better, in fact that everyone isnt lighting up every second page. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2894 "2023-08-28T23:34:15Z")
How do you know that they aren’t smoking off-page? ---
**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:** [August 28, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2895 "2023-08-28T23:35:04Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yes, but there are over 2 dozen, and they arent sticking closely Just as well, as the novels are thick with cultural and geographical references that can bog you down if you don’t know wtf the author is talking about. I just started the series of books. The first one was pretty incomprehensible to this white man until about halfway through. I like the series, as mentioned above. It’s gripping and tense, with both excellent protagonists and antagonist. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2896 "2023-08-29T00:37:26Z")
I highly recommend the three-part documentary on MAX called **Telemarketer$** about the massive fraud perpetrated by an unholy coalition of police unions and telemarketers. There’s also a very sweet dynamic between the novice documentarian and his co-investigator; both veterans of the telemarketing boiler room. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2897 "2023-08-29T20:24:06Z")
Police? Does it talk about those Policeman’s Ball scams? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2898 "2023-08-29T20:32:10Z")
Finished **The Outlaws** , which was. . .certainly odd. Not sure what’s next, other than to wrap up **Justified** and **Dark Winds**. Don’t much care about the former. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2899 "2023-08-29T20:36:11Z")
“Who Is Erin Carter?” - Netflix It is a limited series consisting of 7 episodes. I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2900 "2023-08-29T20:54:15Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Police? Does it talk about those Policeman’s Ball scams? Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). There are a zillion local chapters and they authorize telemarketers to solicit donations posing as officers themselves with the not so subtle insinuation that you should donate if you want to stay on the good side of the local cops (ie: a protection racket). They are basically selling those stickers people put in their back windows thinking they won’t get speeding tickets. The FOPs take 10% and the telemarketers keep the rest. Part of the 10% is supposed to go to injured or killed officers and their families but it never does. I doubt any of it goes to a ball, either although it might help keep the cop bar well stocked with booze or help a cop dodge a brutality rap. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2901 "2023-08-29T21:01:23Z")
That’s right. I forgot about the sticker racket. I’d never gotten one of those calls (don’t answer spam), but in the old days I got a few calls asking me to buy tickets to the Policeman’s Ball or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2902 "2023-08-30T12:29:12Z")
I’m rebingeing The Good Wife now, and I’ve got an odd reaction to it. I loved the first 6 seasons, but I’m finding the 7th (and final) season unbearable. The characters went flat, the plots became ludicrous, the dialogue unspeakable, the conflicts cartoonish. Is it me, or was this a common perception? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/2903 "2023-08-31T20:45:29Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Part of the 10% is supposed to go to injured or killed officers and their families but it never does. I need a cite about this . Sure the telemarketers are evil, but the FOP itself is not a scam. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=144) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=146)