# 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:** 224
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4468 "2024-07-22T20:46:52Z")
Thanks. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4469 "2024-07-22T21:09:44Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > We were delighted to find that **Northern Exposure** has become available for streaming on Amazon Prime. We had begun to think it was one of those series that had somehow been lost forever, like “Homicide: Life on the Street.” “Homicide: Life on the Street” will be streaming all 7 season on Peacock in August. Finally! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4470 "2024-07-22T21:31:06Z")
I’m rewatching Portlandia. Overall it’s rather uneven, but there were a lot of high points and Fred and Carrie were a great team. Carrie’s performance in particular has always been a surprise to me, it seems so out of sync with how I perceived her in Sleater-Kinney and how she came across in her memoir “Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl”. Kyle MacLachlan is perfect as Mr Mayor and the recurring cast and celebrity guest stars all ad to the fun. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4471 "2024-07-22T22:11:15Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > _“Homicide: Life on the Street” will be streaming all 7 season on Peacock in August. Finally!_ Thanks for the tip! Looks like I’ll have to subscribe to Peacock for a while! ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4472 "2024-07-22T22:28:22Z")
Oh man. A young Andre Braugher. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4473 "2024-07-23T00:26:33Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’m rewatching Portlandia. Overall it’s rather uneven, but there were a lot of high points and Fred and Carrie were a great team. Carrie’s performance in particular has always been a surprise to me, it seems so out of sync with how I perceived her in Sleater-Kinney and how she came across in her memoir “Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl”. Kyle MacLachlan is perfect as Mr Mayor and the recurring cast and celebrity guest stars all ad to the fun. I don’t know where you live, but we lived in Portland when this series aired and it was hysterically on point with some of the goofier aspects of the city. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4474 "2024-07-23T01:34:14Z")
Currently in “Lessons in Chemistry”. The best dog acting I have ever seen. Plus they got a good voice for the dog. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4475 "2024-07-23T17:58:58Z")
_The State_ is on Paramount+ and I just worked my way through all the eps. I think the humor holds up though some of the topics are very firmly placed in the 90s. For instance, they had a skit where “Dan Cortese” ran around annoying people at a golf course, or they had another bit where they complained that they weren’t invited to the Stone Temple Pilots Unplugged taping. The Cast was talented and had energy and I admit that I had a bit of a crush on Kerri Kenney at the time. It’s also a bit surprising to see how different they were then compared to how we see them as actors now – Joe Lo Truglio even does a kip up in a sketch. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4476 "2024-07-24T00:13:55Z")
I guess it’s a series not a movie, we watched Simone Biles : rising . A documentary about Simone Biles unsurprisingly, following her story from pulling out of the 2020 Olympics through to team selection for the upcoming Olympics and covers some of the surrounding events of the abuse by the dr and the social media commentators and the recovery process. Worth watching, it is uplifting despite some obviously distressing subject matter, I guess you could say it is a but ‘puff piece ‘ if you wanted to be uncharitable. I was reminded of what a phenomenal athlete she is, and what phenomenal arseholes some people are. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4477 "2024-07-24T17:44:45Z")
**Sweet Tooth** (Netflix, 2021) Only 3 episodes in and it feels a bit 2 dimensional. The colors and art style are attractive, and I am glad it’s not another rehashed apocalypse scenario full of gray fallout. Still, it isn’t giving me much to mull over at work and that’s the type of thing I usually like to watch. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4478 "2024-07-24T18:09:51Z")
The daughter insisted that we watch **The Bear** and so we’ve started. Apparently it’s supposed to be a comedy, but it is _exhausting_ to watch. Note that this is not the same as “bad” - it’s quite a well-made show. It’s just a **lot**. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4479 "2024-07-24T18:19:38Z")
My wife wants me to watch **The Bear** as well, but since I’m committed to doubling and tripling down on the “They’re just making sandwiches!” take, she’s decided to watch it on her own. “How’s the new season? They still making sandwiches?” It’s the little things that make a marriage work. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4480 "2024-07-24T18:41:02Z")
Actually the show goes in a different direction. “They’re just making sandwiches!” is so completely inaccurate. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4481 "2024-07-24T19:07:05Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Note that this is not the same as “bad” - it’s quite a well-made show. It’s just a **lot**. Agree completely. And it’s a “comedy” according to the Emmys that has never produced a chuckle. Maybe a wry grin, now and then. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4482 "2024-07-24T19:13:45Z")
So I noticed Antony Starr of The Boys fame was on a Cinemax show called Banshee (I don’t have Cinemax) which is now available streaming elsewhere. From the synopsis it seems to fall into the “charismatic criminal protagonist” genre a la the The Sopranos or Ozark, I assume with a lot of nudity because Cinemax. Does anyone have an opinion on it? Good? Crap? Entertaining crap? Just boring meh? A masterpiece of staggering proportion? I didn’t see it mentioned anywhere in this thread. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4483 "2024-07-24T20:07:32Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > My wife wants me to watch **The Bear** as well, but since I’m committed to doubling and tripling down on the “They’re just making sandwiches!” take, she’s decided to watch it on her own. You win the username/post combo for today. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4484 "2024-07-24T20:15:41Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > “How’s the new season? They still making sandwiches?” Agreed. Approriate avatar/comment combo. Make mine with fries and a large horchata. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4485 "2024-07-24T20:26:50Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Actually the show goes in a different direction. “They’re just making sandwiches!” is so completely inaccurate. Have they stopped making sandwiches? I kid, I kid. I’m just leaning into being a hater, I think I’m having more fun with that than I’d have watching the show. FTR, I did watch a few episodes of Season 1, and it just didn’t grab me. I’m now re-watching **Cowboy Bebop** the live action version. I’m bummed again that they canceled it. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4486 "2024-07-24T21:05:26Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Have they stopped making sandwiches? I mean if you really want to know, since your objection on that point is rather funny considering where the show goes, Yes, for the most part. The sandwich shop closes in season 1 and the entirety of seasons 2 and 3 are about opening a fine dining restaurant from the ground up. They still have a window in the back for the sandwiches but that part is barely even shown anymore. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4487 "2024-07-25T14:51:14Z")
**Presumed Innocent** (Apple). Starring Jake Gylenhaal. I was really looking forward to this, having fond memories of the book from 30 years ago as a spiffy courtroom drama with a delightful surprise at the end. I should have asked: how can a normal-length novel (made into a 2-hour movie, with Harrison Ford) expand into an 8-episode TV series? The answer: padding. This poor thing is bloated beyond all recognition. It’s a courtroom drama where the trial doesn’t begin until 5 hours in. There are so many scenes and subplots where one thinks: this could’ve been cut and not missed at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=223) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=225)