# 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:** 218
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4348 "2024-06-21T17:39:57Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Does it get any better or should I stop now? Stop now. IMO. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4349 "2024-06-22T05:18:59Z")
Two episodes into **Eric** starring Bendabrick Cabbagepatch. I’m a sucker for crime dramas set in dirty old New York (c.1985). So far, so good. ---
**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 22, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4350 "2024-06-22T12:25:12Z")
It’s spelled Bandersnatch Cumberbund. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4351 "2024-06-23T04:04:01Z")
We were on a cruise last week, and during some down-time we looked at their “Primetime Goodies” channel, showing lots of reruns it seems. They had an episode of **30 Rock** which just killed (Tracy’s gf gives birth, with Kenny’s help). I had forgotten how sharp and continuous and quick-witted the writing was. It’s now on my list of shows to binge/rewatch. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4352 "2024-06-23T12:17:34Z")
I was a little slow warming up to **Reservation Dogs** but along the way got deeply hooked. I watch two episodes every night now and will be sorry when I reach the end. Will there be a fourth season? ---
**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 23, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4353 "2024-06-23T13:54:02Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Will there be a fourth season? No. But by creator choice, not studio rug-out-from-under pulling. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4354 "2024-06-23T15:47:00Z")
I watched gentleman in Moscow. I liked it. Just perfect for a Saturday in. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4355 "2024-06-24T18:31:24Z")
**A Gentleman in Moscow** (Prime, 2024) I enjoyed the book immensely and finally finished this short 8 episode series. It appears to be written and directed by the author so I am not sure how much I can argue ‘it wasn’t like the book’ but I will regardless. _The Count_ - Ewan is a charming lead, but too warm and kind for the role which called for a standoffish almost dignified curmudgeon. Ewan acted like he was in Big Fish again. _Osip Glebnikov_ - A key antagonist. Fantastic portrayal. Better than the book. _Bishop_ - Another antagonist. Meh. Book was very good and made you hate this guy. On screen not so much. _Mishka_ More developed on film for the plot, but the actions taken make more sense in the book. _Anna Urbanova_ Very attractive and glamourous on film, in the book more of a sad forlorn character. In all it was good. Heartily recommended. It’s a product of it’s age so what ‘Russian-ness’ there is really exists as a critic on Russian modern history in general and the Soviet system in particular. The book really wasn’t this way, I felt The Count was a man out of time when the book began and we watched history unfold as a narrator rather an a prisoner. However our current times don’t retain wells of sympathy for Russian troubles and I get that. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4356 "2024-06-25T22:58:20Z")
> [@Hurrilon](#): > > My wife and I are currently binge watching Murdoch Mysteries. That show is so far over the top that it is hilarious. We just watched their Leopold and Loeb episode. One thing that made it extra fun was that it called back to the similar Columbo episode (“Columbo Goes to College”), with a vehicle (a carriage instead of a sports car) rigged to fire a weapon. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4357 "2024-06-25T23:45:51Z")
Chucky is one of my favorite shows out there and I’m not even kidding. It’s a hoot. Has anyone heard if it is renewed for its 4th season? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4358 "2024-06-26T11:00:48Z")
Probably a good decision but, damn, that was a good show. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4359 "2024-06-26T12:32:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve watched the first three episodes of **The Gentlemen** , and am considering stopping. The bumbling brother is just _too stupid_. The stoner dude is just _too typical stoner dude_. > > Is it a drama or is it a comedy? It seems to be failing at each. > > Does it get any better or should I stop now? > [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I thought the quality was consistent throughout, but I enjoyed it, so if it doesn’t float your boat by now I don’t think it will to be honest. I’d call it an action caper show with elements of comedy. I agree with iamatractorboy- I enjoyed it, but by 3 episodes in, it’s well established what it is, so if you don’t like it by now you probably won’t enjoy it any more going forward. ---
**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 26, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4360 "2024-06-26T12:40:30Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Probably a good decision but, damn, that was a good show. Have you seen the (not very extensive) thread about the show here? > [@Reservation Dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservation-dogs/948461): > > Has anyone seen this? Made by Sterlin Harjo (who I am not familiar with) and Taika Waititi (who I know from What We Do In the Shadows and Thor Ragnarok), it features the lives of some kids living on a reservation in Oklahoma. They’re basically good kids who just want to get out of their current lives and move to California, so they try stealing trucks to make money. Second ep changes it up a bit but still furthers their stories. Good stuff. [[- YouTube] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoHewFAkrWU) ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4361 "2024-06-26T15:09:29Z")
Thanks, I had indeed forgotten about that thread since I was late to the show itself. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4362 "2024-06-26T21:22:53Z")
Watched Mr. Inbetween based on recommendations here. It was very good! I was sad to see it end, but I think it was the right decision. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4363 "2024-06-27T05:31:42Z")
Further to my previous mention of _You Rang, M’Lord?_ I finally finished the fourth and last season. It was my second time through the whole series and once again it was thoroughly enjoyable. But I must admit that I could see some of the reasons that it wasn’t as popular as some of the other Perry and Croft creations. Some of the negativity that pervades the series (none of which ever bothered me) got cranked up in the final episodes which were both funny and simultaneously rather depressing. Meldrum loses virtually all his fortune, and the rubber factory has to close down because a bug infestation has destroyed the rubber crop. But they do manage, with the aid of Lady Lavender’s secret stash of jewels, to keep the factory going as a worker cooperative. The servants mostly disperse, with only the charwoman and boot boy remaining, becoming the new maid and footman, respectively. Stokes the butler returns to the music halls. Meldrum announces his optimism that things are turning around for the better, and that next year – 1929 – will be their year of real recovery. Quite a lot of dark humour there. In a final poignant scene, Ivy the maid decides to leave the music halls and join James, the former footman, in a venture running a boarding house. James is aware of Ivy’s crush on him but makes clear that this is strictly a business arrangement. As they walk away across the beach, Ivy stumbles in the sand and James catches her. He suggests that he should hold her hand the rest of the way. And so endeth four seasons of what I thought was brilliant comedy albeit with a lot of cynicism and dark moments, but mostly very funny. It’s unfortunate that it currently seems to be hard to find on this side of the pond. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4364 "2024-06-27T14:24:39Z")
I just binged the latest (last?) season of _Shoresy._ It’s great! It really could have been a movie. Unlike _Letterkenny_ the season tells a complete story. It’s about the man-child having to finally grow up. ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4365 "2024-06-27T14:34:08Z")
FYI: The new season of **The Bear** has dropped on Hulu, all episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4366 "2024-06-27T18:37:31Z")
PSA: If you haven’t watched The Bear, but have heard the buzz and are contemplating just picking it up with this new season: don’t! Start at the beginning of season 1 or even season 2 if you like, but this episode would be a very bad place to start. For longtime watchers of the show: I very much recommend you watch episodes 1 and 2 back to back. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4367 "2024-06-28T21:51:43Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Two episodes into **Eric** starring Bendabrick Cabbagepatch … Have you finished this? Thoughts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=217) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=219)