# 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:** 231
**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:** [August 24, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4608 "2024-08-24T19:54:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > It grows on you. Clive Owen seems somewhat too laconic at first. I was expecting more wiseguy remarks a la Bogart. But the plot eventually grabs you and there are enough other characters to hold the interest. I enjoyed it. I don’t think it was completely serious (especially the finale), but we thought Clive Owen’s Bogie impersonation was o.k. We thought he’d be able to do an _excellent_ Robert Mitchum, though. A new series for Clive? ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4609 "2024-08-24T20:01:50Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > Another British series we enjoyed very much is **The Bletchley Circle.** A group of women who had been code-crackers during WWII get together a few years later and use their talents to track down a serial killer. A gripping story and well-acted by the four principals. A short series with only 3 episodes. We just finished watching this and I don’t know that I can recommend it. It’s kind of infuriating because the first two episodes were quite good, then the third was pretty bad and I strongly disliked the ending. Which is a shame because the performances are excellent - particularly the main protagonist - but the writing just let them down with a totally clichéd ending. Something I really hate is when writers create smart, interesting characters who then go and do really stupid things just to force the story where they want it to be. In this case, they wanted a hackneyed one-on-one showdown between main character and villain, so they forced it there by making her stupid all of a sudden. Grrr. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4610 "2024-08-24T22:19:43Z")
**Echo** (2024 Marvel Miniseries). I liked the Charlie Cox Daredevil series, and enjoyed Hawkeye (2021), so I was interested in watching this as well, and it did not disappoint. The character in the comics is deaf and native american, and so is Alaqua Cox who plays her. She did a great job for this being only her second acting gig. The majority of the side characters are played by indigenous people and there are some other deaf actors in the series as well. It was cool to me that the languages in the series are English, ASL (American Sign Language) and Choctaw. As I mentioned this does tie in to the gritty and violent world of Daredevil, so it is rated TV-MA, mostly because of the violence. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4611 "2024-08-25T01:03:43Z")
Somebody, Somewhere starring Bridgett Everett who returns to her small Kansas town whose sister recently died. It’s a great show, slow moving, funny and sweet without being saccharine. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4612 "2024-08-25T03:52:11Z")
I tried _Lady in the Lake_ because Natalie Portman but I just could _not_ get into it. Permanently bailed a few minutes into the second episode. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4613 "2024-08-25T03:58:44Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Somebody, Somewhere starring Bridgett Everett who returns to her small Kansas town whose sister recently died. I love this show! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4614 "2024-08-25T10:17:52Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I love this show! For some reason, I never got around to watching it until recently, but it’s one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4615 "2024-08-25T13:36:50Z")
Watched the miniseries **Hollington Drive** on Acorn. It was decent enough, though I found it a little difficult at first to figure out who was who and all that. I didn’t guess the killer until very near the end- but the reveal was **Broadchurch** lifted clean- that was disappointing. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4616 "2024-08-26T14:13:17Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > They were both rather bland. Leslie was really bland. Kirk, I can’t even explain him. I don’t know if it’s bad acting or if it’s how the character is supposed to be. I’m into the episodes where Leslie is gone and Kirk is getting married to the clown. So I’m guessing that will be his exit. Stephanie is already there. Larry, Darryl and the other Darryl have made a few appearances already. I’m enjoying it just as much the second time around. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4617 "2024-08-26T19:30:11Z")
Finished **Wednesday** , it was excellent. It’s great when a show knows exactly what it wants to be and executes it well, with everyone involved having a grand ol’ time. Looking forward to season 2, which wrapped filming 3 months ago, but won’t come out for another year. (Hey, Hollywood, how about spending some of those record profits on the (post-)production teams? This 2-3 years between television “seasons” ain’t cutting it - something’s gotta give.) – We gave up on **The Boys** 6 episodes into season 4. Everything from the season 3 finale on has been shit - the writing went all wonky and the plot went into running-in-place mode with everyone armored up. The show now relies on shock value and contemporary political … satire, I guess you could call it? … way too much. Even just the sight of Frenchie causes me to roll my eyes and immediately tune out. – Also gave up on **House of the Dragon** after 6 and 1/2 episodes of season 2. Why did we have to wait two years to get a season of filler, followed by another two year wait? Season one was about maneuvering pieces into place for war. Season two is about … maneuvering pieces into place for war. And talking. So much talking. Also, Daemon tripping balls for half a dozen episodes in a row. And people teleporting around to have a quick conversation-between-queens here and a quick fight-to-the-death-with-their-twin-brother there. Whatever. I don’t care about a single one of these characters. This whole show is Great Value Game of Thrones. Two, maybe three characters could’ve made it to the GoT Big Show - the rest are all just minor leaguers. As far as I’m concerned, immediately after we stopped watching, an asteroid came down and struck the Chicxulub area of the Yucatán Peninsula, eliminating 75% or more of all species on the planet, leaving only the stupid bones of the stupid dragons to be buried by the sands of time. – Thanks for letting me get that off my chest, I feel much better! Maybe I should go for a run. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4618 "2024-08-26T19:33:34Z")
Finished Season One of The Boys (how’s your wife and my kid?) a while ago and didn’t give up on it, just never got back to it. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4619 "2024-08-27T00:13:49Z")
Mrs is away and over a few nights I re binged Band of Brothers because I couldn’t figure out what to watch. It still has a weird effect of making my house quite dusty, must be the base sounds reverberating in the air conditioner ducts. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4620 "2024-08-27T12:16:00Z")
**Emily in Paris** A young American woman who can’t speak French is sent to Paris for her company. Mild amusement follows. Very predictable and a bit tiresome if you’re not a 20-something. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4621 "2024-08-27T12:45:50Z")
I finished watching the 3 seasons of Snowpiercer available on Netflix (season 4 is airing now on AMC). It kind of went from silly-but-entertaining to just-plain-stupid once they dropped the class struggle concept and switched to plain old mustache-twirling villains and enemies becoming friends, etc. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4622 "2024-08-27T15:56:54Z")
The French, like most peoples, can’t agree on hardly anything but they are united as nation in loathing _Emily in Paris._ ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4623 "2024-08-27T16:26:49Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Orphan Black: Echoes I didn’t know this show existed until I saw this post, and it sounds like something I’d like to watch… if only it were available on a streaming service I already subscribed to. The original Orphan Black was on Amazon Prime Video in the US (or at least it was when I watched it). This new show is on AMC+. I don’t want to have to subscribe to another streaming service just to watch this show. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4624 "2024-08-27T16:32:59Z")
I can imagine. We like it because the scenery reminds us of our times spent in Paris. The stereotypes of the French people are grating, however. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4625 "2024-08-27T16:38:25Z")
**Bodkin** on Netflix. Will Forte is a podcaster who goes to an Irish town called Bodkin to investigate the disappearance of some people years ago, a cold case. Everything gets more involved than I generally like to deal with when I just want to relax in the evening with a bit of escapism. But I was able to go with the flow without feeling lost. So recommended, lukewarmly, if the premise interests you. I’ll add that Forte, in my opinion, is one of those actors who always plays himself. His range seems to be mostly a matter of how far up he dials the cringe-o-meter (in this one, he’s at the more subdued end of the scale). What I’ve seen him in, at least to date, have been parts where the Will Forte persona is effective, ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4626 "2024-08-27T16:38:38Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I binged the first season of Netflix’s **The Resident** , a medical drama. The doctors are all miracle workers and the administration is all evil. I might watch some more. I’ve continued watching and had a strange experience during season 4. An episode flashed back to when COVID was at its worst, and it was “too soon” for me. I was uncomfortable watching it. Very strange for me. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4627 "2024-08-27T19:25:04Z")
Finished up the first season of **Time Bandits**. The conclusion was overly saccharin, but there is a setup for a Season 2 that might feature a group of bandits more recognizable to fans of the film. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=230) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=232)