# 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:** 187
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3724 "2024-02-05T03:56:17Z")
I’m rewatching Resident Alien so that I can remember what’s taken place when season 4 comes out. I’m only up to S1E3 so far. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3725 "2024-02-05T14:59:50Z")
**Star Trek: Lower Decks** (Paramount+, 2020 4 se.) Late to the party on this and knew I would like it but it was only available on a service I would not pay for, until now. Almost finished the first season and it is even better than I was anticipating. It’s difficult for me to get into a new comedy sitcom, especially animated, but this was written with care and shows almost a Galaxy Quest like attention to it’s source material and fans. Solid satire that almost works as science fiction on it’s own. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3726 "2024-02-05T15:07:25Z")
I’m rewatching one of my all-time favorites _Justified_ because my husband had never watched it. He loves it and I still love it but S5 was kind of a convoluted mess. There was way too much going on. We couldn’t keep track of it. Canadians, Mexicans, Kentuckians, Floridians, Chicagoans…whew! We just finished S5 last night. The last two episodes were pretty good but I’m glad we’re done with that season. Just like all series the last couple seasons always seem to kind of lack in something or other. I first watched this series about 10 years ago. This time around, I was surprised that while remembering the characters and their personalities/traits, it was like I was watching it for the first time. I’ve really enjoyed it again! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3727 "2024-02-05T15:28:00Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I’m rewatching Resident Alien so that I can remember what’s taken place when season 4 comes out. I’m only up to S1E3 so far. Haven’t there only been two seasons? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3728 "2024-02-05T15:52:28Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Haven’t there only been two seasons? - Yep, you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3729 "2024-02-05T17:00:18Z")
I mentioned upthread a ways that my wife and I had started watching “Death in Paradise” on Britbox. We got about halfway through the first season then for some reason started getting an error message from Prime every time we tried to continue. What’s weird is that I can pull up other seasons, I just can’t get back into S1 for some reason. So last night we just jumped ahead to the beginning of S2. We also started watching Doctor Who from the very beginning. Good cheesy fun. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3730 "2024-02-05T17:23:34Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Solid satire that almost works as science fiction on it’s own. In my opinion you can drop the “almost” by the time you get to seasons 3 and 4. It keeps getting better. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3731 "2024-02-05T17:35:57Z")
Andor might be my favorite piece of modern Star Wars media. Very slow burn (I think the first two episodes were a little too slow) but the whole series is phenomenal. There’s not one side character that I wouldn’t mind getting a spotlight episode. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3732 "2024-02-06T14:37:58Z")
I just started Profilage, or Paris Murders as it’s called in English, on Prime. The stories are apparently pulled from French headlines, and thankfully the “quirky” profiler isn’t too much. Though why she wears heels everywhere she goes… The new Mr.& Mrs. Smith series is too slow and weird for me. Gave it two episodes and dropped it, though I’m willing to give it another shot if folks convince me. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3733 "2024-02-06T14:41:51Z")
First Episode of the [critically liked](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/mr_and_mrs_smith_2024/s01) **Mr. & Mrs. Smith** on #amazon-prime was really slow and boring. The pacing was poor and the extra dialogue wasn’t really additive to the story and I was left with no interest in watching an additional episode. Sad as I like Donald Glover, but this one is not for me. It is interesting [the critics are at 88% like and Audience is only 69%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/mr_and_mrs_smith_2024/s01). ---
**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:** [February 6, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3734 "2024-02-06T14:52:42Z")
The second episode got weird. I was hoping for a lot more action. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3735 "2024-02-06T18:02:22Z")
Been watching **True Detective** season 4 and my enjoyment has been declining since episode two. Will watch it until the end (just two more episodes), but it’s turning from a police procedural to **American Horror Story: Ennis Alaska** , which is not what I’m interested in a show called **True _Detective_**. On HBO/Max. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3736 "2024-02-06T18:12:24Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Been watching **True Detective** season 4 and my enjoyment has been declining since episode two. Will watch it until the end (just two more episodes), but it’s turning from a police procedural to **American Horror Story: Ennis Alaska** , which is not what I’m interested in a show called **True _Detective_**. Yeah, it was pointed out earlier on in a TD4-specific thread that most of the overtly supernatural stuff was witnessed by Navarro, who may or may not be sharing the family mental condition causing her to hallucinate, so a non-supernatural cause for the killings may yet be revealed. But more and more it’s looking like they can’t really wriggle out of the plot line without at least some sort of supernatural or science-fictiony explanation, or something natural but really dumb, like the mine causing pollutants in the water causng everybody to hallucinate and / or act weird. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3737 "2024-02-06T19:11:51Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > First Episode of the [critically liked](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/mr_and_mrs_smith_2024/s01) **Mr. & Mrs. Smith** on #amazon-prime was really slow and boring. The pacing was poor and the extra dialogue wasn’t really additive to the story That’s more or less how the whole season went. As I described it up-thread, > [@Series you've recently watched, are now watching or have given up on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3708): > > Watched the first few episodes of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It is a kind of strange, oddly paced show. Extremely slow paced awkward conversation for large stretches punctuated by murder and mayhem. It is like somebody shuffled together scripts for Who’s Afraid of Virhinia Wolf and a Tarantino movie. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3738 "2024-02-06T20:47:11Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > **The Tourist** has made it to Netflix. First episode is promising. A man wakes up in a hospital with amnesia after a car accident, and has no idea why people are trying to kill him. Australian. I’d never heard of _The Tourist_ so I took your ‘promising’ as a recommendation and ran with it. It’s a bit uneven and full of plot holes, but a fun ride nevertheless. One thing I got a kick out of, which I’ll spoiler even though it’s probably unnecessary: The methhead from Breakiing Bad (Tucker! TUCKER!!!) in the lead detective role. At one point he’s forced to take a shovel and dig a hole in the ground. Pointlessly, as it turns out. That can’t be a coincidence. The finale required quite a bit of suspension of disbelief, but at six episodes a pop, I’m willing to give season 2 a go. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3739 "2024-02-06T20:51:49Z")
I wanted to enjoy the AMC series **Monsieur Spade** , with Clive Owen as a retired Sam Spade living in France, but as I like to put these kinds of shows on in the background while I bumble about with other stuff, and it’s over 50% in French language with subtitles, I found it impossible to know what was going on. That’s entirely on me; it otherwise looked to be my kind of thing, but I just find subtitles to be a chore. I’m also trying to watch **Death and Other Details** , a quirky stylish murder mystery, clearly inspired by the _Knives Out_, _Only Murders_, Branagh’s Poirot, etc, phase we’re going through. It has Mandy Patinkin putting on some kind of accent, and a whole heap of actors I have never heard of. However it is very complicated and I’ve already lost track of what’s going on. This is a two episode concept being stretched to ten, and it’s padding things out like crazy. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3740 "2024-02-06T22:08:49Z")
Dewey Crowe! I couldn’t figure out where I’d seen him before! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3741 "2024-02-06T23:04:53Z")
I never saw _Justified_, but he was also Charles Manson in _Once Upon a Time in Hollywood_ (although I didn’t recognize him when I saw it.) I’m assuming Crowe was a baddie? The guy has a face for evil. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3742 "2024-02-06T23:14:03Z")
Didn’t Dewey Crowe also play Manson in “Mindhunter”? ---
**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:** [February 6, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3743 "2024-02-06T23:29:29Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I never saw _Justified_, but he was also Charles Manson in _Once Upon a Time in Hollywood_ (although I didn’t recognize him when I saw it.) I’m assuming Crowe was a baddie? The guy has a face for evil. He plays the dumbest of the Crowe tribe of criminals. It was a great role and he carried it off very convincingly. I always looked forward to seeing his character. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=186) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=188)