# 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:** 180
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3584 "2024-01-17T15:11:08Z")
The Leftovers second season has one of my favourite end of episodes of any programme ever. The whole season was crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3585 "2024-01-17T15:15:01Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > > [@Smid](#): > > > > I mean Modern Family was ok as a comedy, but winning 5 years in a row? > > I think all awards anywhere, not just entertainment but sport too, should have a three-win limit. After you have won a particular category or match or tournament three times, you are not allowed to be nominated in it again. > > Which yes, means most tennis players can’t win as many trophies or bajillions of dollar prizes, but what’s important is that gives up-and-comers a real chance to win, instead of never getting a chance to even reach the finals because they are immediately knocked out of round one when they are drawn to play against Serena Williams. > > Anyway, the same should apply to the TV awards. Once Kelsey Grammer wins three times, bugger off and give someone else a chance. For an award show with such low stakes that really only effectively promotes shows I am on board with this for the Emmys. But if you want to be an ‘up and comer’ in your sport, you’ll have to beat Serena Williams. No one is interested in a player that could only be good and noticed if all the best were taken out of the running. ---
**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 17, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3586 "2024-01-17T15:22:26Z")
The first episode of a new **True Detective** has dropped on Max (HBO). The story is set in Alaska during the weeks-long night. A pretty intriguing mystery is set up in the first episode. Two women are the detectives this time. Jodie Foster may be the first actor my age to play a curmudgeon, which is making me feel old. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3587 "2024-01-17T15:30:14Z")
I thought it was very good and original, I especially liked the ending. Was pleased to see it win something though it is one of those shows with no likeable characters. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3588 "2024-01-17T15:50:34Z")
If the point of the Emmys is to identify the best in television, then: yes. If the point of the Emmys is to attract viewers to the show and keep them entertained, then they need an alternative to watching Serena beat the crap out of everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3589 "2024-01-17T15:52:56Z")
I think you’ve just discovered Professional Competitive Sports. ---
**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 17, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3590 "2024-01-17T16:03:34Z")
> [@LVBoPeep](#): > > Was pleased to see it win something though it is one of those shows with no likeable characters. You mean like “Succession”? ---
**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:** [January 17, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3591 "2024-01-17T16:10:36Z")
“Fool Me Once” - Netflix limited series (8 parts) It’s a good mystery and, after 5 of the 8 parts, I still have no idea what really happened or why. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3592 "2024-01-17T17:33:44Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Just finished the first two episodes of _Monarch: Legacy of Monsters_. I had enjoyed the first two well enough but finished three and starting to worry there won’t be much pay off to the varying time plot lines? Dr G’ma and young Col. Russell are the most interesting characters. G’daughter and tech geek ex are both just annoyingly cringily written. That said I have not been a huge consumer of movies in this universe so may be missing much. Should I stick with it? ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3593 "2024-01-17T18:03:21Z")
You had me until the last line. I can’t watch Wes Anderson’s films. Their brand of comedy/drama just does not work for me. I have a similar issue with Paul Thomas Anderson’s films. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3594 "2024-01-17T18:13:44Z")
I stuck with it through the end of the season. It was ok. I think that they would have been better off reducing the episode count by 2 and speeding up the story a bit. That way they could have cut some of the bad dialogue they gave the younger 3 stars during the middle 3-4 episodes of the season. ---
**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 17, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3595 "2024-01-17T18:27:59Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Should I stick with it? I thought it was worth it. The mysteries are generally solved by the last episode, but it’s a setup for a season 2. I think this series is intended to fill in the events between the films. An important data point (not a spoiler) that I didn’t catch in the early episodes is that Billy is the John Goodman character from _Skull Island_ so it might be worthwhile to see that film if you haven’t already. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3596 "2024-01-17T20:41:51Z")
**Moonlighting**. I found used DVDs for this some time back. Didn’t watch them at the time but wanted them because having watched it during the original run, I knew I’d want to get to them eventually. That time came just a few weeks ago. Got about four episodes in, and then it turned up on Hulu. Well, switch over to that because streaming is easier to deal with than discs. Now well into the third season. I think it’s held up very well over time (why, no, it absolutely doesn’t make me feel old that the first episode is only about a year away from its fortieth birthday; why do you ask?). It has a distinctive eighties look and feel, which I’m not necessarily nostalgic for, but the focus is mainly on the characters, who are pretty much timeless, and secondarily on the cases, which are quirky and fun. Highly recommended, but it’s not going to be for everyone. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3597 "2024-01-17T20:44:28Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > You had me until the last line. I can’t watch Wes Anderson’s films. It is nothing explicit, or maybe even intentional. It is just something about the asthetics and scene cuts that makes me think of him. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3598 "2024-01-17T20:52:41Z")
I may have mentioned that I’ve slowly been watching _Alf_. I recently hit the Christmas special, which somehow I had forgotten existed (or maybe never saw the first time). That was definitely something. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3599 "2024-01-18T00:37:26Z")
Yes, exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3600 "2024-01-18T01:22:38Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > the point of the Emmys is to identify the best in television, then: yes. > If the point of the Emmys is to attract viewers to the show and keep them entertained, then they need an alternative to watching Serena beat the crap out of everyone. The trouble with the Emmys is that it wouldn’t be Serena. I’m not sure which mediocre womens tennis player would be its equivalent, but one who perhaps shone one year and kept getting voted best for years after, despite Venus and Serena. At it’s peak, the likes of Modern Family wasn’t even the best comedy around, and five seasons in, it was barely a comedy. They just attach to something and it’s as if they don’t watch anything else: “Ah good, I’ve got my answer to best comedy until it stops showing. It’s nice…” I’m not sure what the Emmys are, but one thing I know they are not are consistent graders of quality of shows. The wire. Better Call Saul. It’s always sunny. The good place. Halt and Catch Fire. The leftovers. Hannibal. Parks and Rec. Rectify. Veronica Mars. Not a single one among them. Jon Crier from Two and a half men won one, for gods sake. Yep. And yeah, I guess we are off topic again… 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3601 "2024-01-18T01:40:24Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > They just attach to something and it’s as if they don’t watch anything else Actually, now that you mention it I seem to recall hearing somewhere that at least a few of the Emmy voters admitted that they hadn’t actually watched all the nominees. I don’t know if that’s the case for the most recent awards, as I heard it longer ago. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3602 "2024-01-18T05:07:01Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Actually, now that you mention it I seem to recall hearing somewhere that at least a few of the Emmy voters admitted that they hadn’t actually watched all the nominees. Well, it is kinda hard to do with some of the categories. Some Emmy voters dont vote in every category. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3603 "2024-01-18T07:11:25Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > > Watched the first episode of _The Curse_. Will watch more. > > Just beginning this now. Was it good? I just finished watching this (largely just having it playing while doing other things, half paying attention. It started off as potentially good cringe comedy, but it turned out to be very dull, incredibly tedius cringe comedy. Up until the last, utterly unpredictable episode. Never in a million years would I have expected the last episode to have a guest appearance on _Rachel Ray_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=179) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=181)