# 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:** 243
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4848 "2024-10-09T12:50:02Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Netflix just released the seventh season of **SWAT** , and I’m halfway through it. Once again it’s the same story each episode. “People are in danger because of other people who want to do bad things! We will defeat them with our manliness and guns! But first, a brief moment to show our sensitive sides…” ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4849 "2024-10-09T13:15:58Z")
Exactly! ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4850 "2024-10-09T14:03:32Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Tonight is the season 4 finale of Slow Horses. Very excited. It dropped at midnight, so for all practical purposes it came out last night even though technically it was this morning. This season was kind of weak for me but I did like the finale. As usual at the end there is a preview of the next season which has already been largely (or completely?) filmed. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4851 "2024-10-09T14:07:37Z")
Season 4 of **Slow Horses** was the most ridiculous bat shit crazy season yet…in a good way. Good setups for the new characters next season. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4852 "2024-10-09T14:15:07Z")
Finished season 3 of **The Bear** and it was distinctly meh. It’s fallen into the Mad Men trap of starting of as a searing examination of the protagonist’s flawed psyche but turning into a soap opera for people who think they don’t watch soap operas. Nothing resolved by the end of the final episode, neither plot points nor character arcs. Ends on a to be continued because we’re just drifting on. All the set piece stuff is there, the innovative direction, the control of pacing etc. but none of it means anything because none of it is going anywhere. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4853 "2024-10-09T14:37:27Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Do the plots get expanded upon once it hits s2? We are halfway through s1 and wondering if this is the entire scope of the whole programme. I started watching season 1 of House a while back and I had kind of the opposite reaction. I always liked the medical procedural “A” story, but it felt like the “B” stories were filler added to pad the episode out to an hour. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4854 "2024-10-09T14:38:22Z")
_Tulsa King_ Season 2 is off to a good start. It was a long wait. Season 1 ended early Jan 2023. Over 18 months later, s2 began Sept 2024. It was worth the wait. They’re picking up the story very smoothly with the same characters. Stallone is delivering great performances. Equal to his better movies. How can Stallone look so amazing at 78? He still is convincing as a mobster that can crack heads. Andrea Savage is 51 and plays Stallone’s lover. He looks young enough to make it work. [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Stallone) > [@](#): > > Stallone is one of only two actors in history (alongside [Harrison Ford](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford)) to have starred in a box-office No. 1 film across six consecutive decades. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4855 "2024-10-09T14:39:18Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > This is a slight tangent, but one thing I find annoying in many British murder mystery series is that the ratio of drama/plot slowly increases over time, and smart plotting disappears in favor of us reading more about our beloved characters. I call this “Ensemble Cast Syndrome”: a TV show keeps adding new characters and then each new character needs their own side stories until the side stories start overtaking the main story. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4856 "2024-10-09T14:42:42Z")
On vacations I get to OD on crime procedurals at night in my hotal room, and yes the entire lot of them tends to be pretty formulaic (the various L&O iterations, NCIS and it’s spawn, etc.). I live for the ones which break out of the mold-NCIS does that the best when they do deviate, but for every mold-breaker we have 5 xeroxed plots. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4857 "2024-10-09T15:00:04Z")
that christmas episode was the best of the entire run. great story. i liked the boss of season 1 the best. he was wonderful and dignified. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4858 "2024-10-09T15:27:15Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Do the plots get expanded upon once it hits s2? We are halfway through s1 and wondering if this is the entire scope of the whole programme. Nope, pretty much stays formulaic. And remember: it’s never lupus. And if it wasn’t obvious, House & Wilson = Holmes & Watson. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4859 "2024-10-09T21:02:59Z")
I enjoyed watching house and the episode “3 Stories” from the first season is one I really enjoy re-watching. One thing I did during the run of the series is check out a blog by a doctor that reviewed the medical aspects of the show: [Medical Reviews of House](http://politedissent.com/house_pd.html) It was really interesting to see what they got right and what they got wrong. Of course one thing was that you have the main characters doing all of the diagnostic tests when you usually have other doctors for that. The enjoyment of the show really does come down to how much you like the main characters rather than the stories themselves. I enjoyed the characters and most of their interactions so I ended up liking the show. As a side note Hugh Laurie noted that after doing House for so many years he would almost always start limping when they called action in other shows and movies he was in because of the years he spent doing it for this series. `//i\\` ETA: It looks like the medical blog is no longer available via the link I provided but it is possible to view it using the wayback machine: [https://web.archive.org/web/20161116221457/http://politedissent.com/house\_pd.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20161116221457/http://politedissent.com/house_pd.html) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4860 "2024-10-09T21:20:49Z")
Alas, as you indicated the episode links from your original URL don’t work, but I get a 503 error for the archived page as well. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4861 "2024-10-09T21:45:27Z")
I think that’s the same website I used to check out after watching _House_. It’s a shame it’s no longer available; it did provide some interesting insights into medical diagnostic procedures. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4862 "2024-10-09T22:03:52Z")
If you liked House and have access to the website of the New York Times, you might enjoy the [Diagnosis column by Lisa Sanders, MD](https://www.nytimes.com/by/lisa-sanders-md), which inspired the show. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4863 "2024-10-09T22:10:50Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Alas, as you indicated the episode links from your original URL don’t work, but I get a 503 error for the archived page as well. The Internet Archive is down due to a dastardly DDOS dattack…uh, attack. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4864 "2024-10-09T23:01:02Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > > [@iamatractorboy](#): > > > > Do the plots get expanded upon once it hits s2? We are halfway through s1 and wondering if this is the entire scope of the whole programme. > > Nope, pretty much stays formulaic. And remember: it’s never lupus. I’m still pissed off that the patient-of-the-week in the series finale didn’t have lupus. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4865 "2024-10-10T00:25:14Z")
I have a vague recollection that there was one episode where the patient of the week actually _did_ turn out to have lupus. This was, of course, after it had been discarded as a diagnosis because “it’s never lupus”. Unfortunately, I wouldn’t have any idea how to figure out which episode it was. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4866 "2024-10-10T00:52:36Z")
Season 4, Episode 8. [You Don’t Want to Know | House Wiki | Fandom](https://house.fandom.com/wiki/You_Don%27t_Want_to_Know) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4867 "2024-10-10T04:09:56Z")
Seal Team All the seasons are on Paramount+. Watched the pilot. They didn’t introduce the characters or give any backstory. It opens with them on a mission and someone gets killed. I don’t know who the character is, and it’s a random dude. A little backstory before he dies would help draw me in. I’ll keep watching. I’m curious how they can split focus between home life and flying off on Seal missions. One minute he is in a bar drinking a beer and flirting with someone. Next morning he’s boarding a ship with a assualt rifle. Then he goes home and mows the grass. LOL The show had fans for 7 seasons. Apparently the writers made the premise work. I’ll watch season 1 and give the show a chance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=242) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=244)