# 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:** 190
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3784 "2024-02-19T11:51:22Z")
I can only find the other, more accurate (and less funny) English dub made for Singapore there. ---
**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 19, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3785 "2024-02-19T12:46:06Z")
One of the freebie services, Roku has it and with almost no commercials. > **[Roku](https://www.roku.com/whats-on/tv-shows/ghost-stories?id=28a3f7507b005816bc5c71e3aa8703a4)** > > Roku provides the simplest way to stream entertainment to your TV. On your terms. With thousands of available channels to choose from. I know Roku is a free app on Firestick & Roku and I believe on PC. Probably almost everywhere. It is a commercial streamer rather than pay. ---
**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 19, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3786 "2024-02-19T14:36:25Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I can only find the other, more accurate (and less funny) English dub made for Singapore there. [This](https://archive.org/details/17.-ghost-stories-2000-dual-audio-dvdrip-960x-720-10bit-hevc) is a version with both English audio tracks. It plays the parody dub by default in streaming for me. (I had forgotten, but I have my own version, available nowhere, where I combined elements from two different releases and have a version with both English tracks plus the original Japanese plus soft subs for both English audio versions.) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3787 "2024-02-19T15:09:30Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I also watched this tonight (just 3 episodes makes it an easy one night binge, and you really want to keep watching!) on the recommendations here and Oh my God I had _no_ idea what was coming. I had never heard _anything_ about this case so it was all a complete surprise. We also binged it last night. I guess it says something about our cynical age that I thought it much more likely that it was a Gone Girl-type hoax, rather than an actual stranger abduction. I lived in the Bay Area at that time, and recognized all those newspeople shown, and remember nothing about this case. Weird. ---
**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 19, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3788 "2024-02-19T15:19:09Z")
We started the first season of True Detective last night. We’ve only watched E1 and we’re hooked! What kind of magic did they do to make Matthew McConaughey look so young? I realize it came out 10 years ago, but he really looks young. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3789 "2024-02-19T16:41:05Z")
Has _Masters of the Air_ gotten any better, gang? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3790 "2024-02-19T17:42:53Z")
**Poker Face** (2023, 1se, Peacock) Natasha Lyonne can always tell when someone is lying but now she’s in trouble. Still, she’s a good person and helps were she can while on the run. Essentially **Lie to Me** mixed with **Russian Doll** and a dash **Highway to Heaven** is what you’re getting with a few **Orange is the New Black** cameos. It’s watchable. 3 episodes in and my wife and I are going strong. Natasha can only play herself but here it works…for now. ---
**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 19, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3791 "2024-02-19T18:03:22Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > It’s watchable. 3 episodes in and my wife and I are going strong. Natasha can only play herself but here it works…for now. I quit after the first episode. I dunno, just didn’t hit right for me. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3792 "2024-02-19T19:49:04Z")
_Monsieur Spade_ ended last night, and even though it was very complicated and it took an effort to keep all the characters straight at first, I ended up really liking it. I hope they do a second season. Teresa and Sam make a great pair. I’m only blurring because I’m not sure if this is a spoiler or not. I saw Alfre Woodard in the opening credits, but forgot about her until the final scenes. I loved her whole bit. That was some complicated dialog and made LOL more than once, but she was fire. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3793 "2024-02-19T22:10:01Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Just watched the latest Grand Tour episode, _Sand Job_. As usual it’s full of stupid car tricks (and in Jeremy’s case, stupid human tricks). I really enjoyed seeing the trio bumble their way across the Sahara. It’s the next-to-last episode and I’ll be sad to see the series end. I’ll miss them as well. Watching this latest installment, it seemed like Hammond and May were keeping on pretty well, but I kept thinking that Clarkson seems too old to keep this up. I doubt he could manage the more strenuous tours they’ve done in the past. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3794 "2024-02-23T04:24:52Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I’m halfway through watching the Korean series **Marry My Husband** on Amazon Prime. I finished watching this show. It was kind of silly from the start, but it got truly ridiculous in the end in terms of mustache-twirling bad guys and soap opera nonsense. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3795 "2024-02-23T13:06:02Z")
I’ve been slowly slogging through **Mr & Mrs Smith**. It’s just too over the top absurd for me. I’d like the general concept, I guess, if it wasn’t taken to such an extreme. ---
**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 23, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3796 "2024-02-23T19:52:12Z")
In my experience that’s every Korean drama in the genre. I started out by watching “Oh My Ghost” which had the silliest premise. The ghost of a virgin woman believes she can’t pass on until she gets laid…she she has to find a suitable host to possess and then get some to have sex with her…by the end there’s kidnappings and murders. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3797 "2024-02-24T11:19:11Z")
Watched the first episode of _The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy_. It… isn’t great. One episode isn’t enough to decide if it is meh or bad. Probably meh. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CIYiHP4mdLU/maxresdefault.jpg "The Second Best Hospital In The Galaxy - Official Trailer | Prime Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIYiHP4mdLU) ---
**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 24, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3798 "2024-02-24T13:35:00Z")
I was just reading an article about the remake of **Shogun** , starting sometime soon on Hulu. The newer version looks to be more Japan-centric than the original, which focused on the stranger in a strange land aspect. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3799 "2024-02-24T15:13:06Z")
And virtually all in Japanese, with subtitles. Interesting choice. ---
**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 26, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3800 "2024-02-26T12:21:59Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Watched the first episode of _The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy_. It… isn’t great. One episode isn’t enough to decide if it is meh or bad. Probably meh. So this either got better or it grew on me. Still no Sector General, though. ---
**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 26, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3801 "2024-02-26T15:31:45Z")
I’ve been watching _Marriage_ on PBS (It was on quite a while ago - I have it on my DVR.). It’s at times very uncomfortable to watch. It’s almost like you’re secretly watching a real couple go through their days. I have one episode left. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3802 "2024-02-26T17:44:59Z")
In my opinion, yes it has. I think of the three - BofB, Pacific, and MofA it will remain the lesser of the three but starting about episode 4 I felt it really came into it’s own and has become far more compelling. ---
**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 26, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3803 "2024-02-26T19:10:06Z")
**Demon Slayer** Recommended Fun animated show. I watched all of it in a month so my daughter and I can go see the movie tonight, which we are doing in about an hour or so. It’s a very famous anime right now and I can agree with the majority on this one; it’s really good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=189) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=191)