# 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:** 244
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4868 "2024-10-10T05:27:21Z")
This thread is turning into a _House_ spoiler minefield! 😆 Thanks for all the responses though. We will keep watching it, as we do enjoy it, was just curious how it does (or doesn’t) develop in terms of storyline sophistication and if there any longer arcs. Someone above mentioned about Hugh Laurie and his limp coming on automatically. His fellow Blackadder actor Tim McInnerny apparently developed an actual eye twitch that lasted for months after inventing one for his character Captain Darling in _Blackadder Goes Fourth_. The guy could not get rid of it as it had become second nature. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4869 "2024-10-10T13:13:43Z")
I finally finished watching the Menendez Brothers show on Netflix. Took me a while, because, frankly, I got a bit bored. Episode 1 was great, but it went downhill from there, and I’m not sure exactly why. Too many flashbacks, maybe? I had a hard time following the storyline, even though I knew what happened. Now there’s a documentary on Netflix in which the brothers are interviewed. I may or may not watch that. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4870 "2024-10-10T14:08:44Z")
We watched the finale of season 4 of _Slow Horses_ last night. We’ve enjoyed all four seasons, but this last one confused us because it was far from clear how the bombing of the shopping center in Ep. 1 connected to the main plot. We ended up re-watching all five of the previous eps in the days before the finale dropped to try to figure it out. Many things became clearer, but there still seem to be unexplained loose ends. I’ll spoiler my questions. How/why did the bomber go nuts? He was supposed to kill someone, and make it look like an accident, for the middle-eastern prince; who and why? Were David Cartwright and Sam Chapman his primary targets (if so, why?), or did they only become targets of Harkness when the first cold body ID was blown? How did Harkness escape the prince’s midnight deadline for completing the mission? After watching the Frank Harkness character for an ep or two, I was wondering if he really was an American, or a Brit doing a pretty good accent. Imagine my surprise when I discovered he’s Hugo Weaving! Did not recognize Agent Smith _at all_! ---
**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:** [October 10, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4871 "2024-10-10T14:46:19Z")
Thanks for spoilers, as we just started season four. I’m also watching **For All Mankind** on Apple+, which is an alternative history series about the NASA space program. It’s got sciency problems, but isn’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4872 "2024-10-10T15:02:02Z")
> [@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. > > And if it wasn’t obvious, House & Wilson = Holmes & Watson. One episode was about a Florida diver who discovered a jar in the ocean and opened it and got sick. Turns out the jar was from a Dutch ship in the 16th century, inside was a human tissue sample of Small Pox. Bam! Love that topic. That needs to be explored more. ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4873 "2024-10-10T17:04:51Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > 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 watched because I like David Boreanaz from his Buffy/Angel days. (Bones got old to me for reasons and I dropped it but my wife kept watching.) I didn’t finish it but it was long enough ago that I don’t remember why. I can’t see how far I got. I also think I’m confusing it with SWAT. SWAT started having main character syndrome. Not sure if that’s what happened for me with Seal Team or not. Thanks for the discussion! ---
**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:** [October 10, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4874 "2024-10-10T17:46:07Z")
I still enjoyed the ride of the Slow House season but it made little sense to me, especially the last episode. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4875 "2024-10-10T18:27:54Z")
If it’s any consolation, the books are also hard to follow at times. It may require a second watching, but then I had to watch “The Matrix” three times before I understood it. ---
**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 10, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4876 "2024-10-10T19:09:11Z")
My only gripe with _Slow Horses_ S4 is that Lamb is getting kinda soft on his “Joes”. The show works best when everybody at Slough House hates each other despite having to depend on each other. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4877 "2024-10-10T19:38:18Z")
FYI, season 5 has finished shooting and is in post. Previous seasons have debuted in September or December, but it’s possible S5 could drop well before Sept. 2025. ---
**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 10, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4878 "2024-10-10T20:29:38Z")
Hoodie Guy is pretty bad-ass. ---
**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4879 "2024-10-10T21:16:02Z")
Overhaulin is on Max I watched the early seasons 15 years ago. It went on a 4 year hiatus and I didn’t watch again. Looking forward to watch the entire series. Fun show. Chip Foose has won many awards for his custom designed cars. Chip creates _Art on Wheels_. Overhaulin was a side project for Chip. They found vintage cars and Chip and his team made them show cars. I quoted the gimmick from Wikipedia. Chip and the team had a week to finish the car. They did amazing transformations. Almost too nice. I wouldn’t use the car as a daily driver anymore. It’s too valuable. > [@](#): > > The show’s premise was that an unknowing “victim” – the _mark_ , in the show’s language — is nominated to be “Overhauled” by his or her family or friends, the _insiders_ . The mark’s car, usually an old and tired [antique car](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique_car), was obtained through some ruse. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4880 "2024-10-10T21:25:54Z")
Watched the finale of Bad Monkey last night. I’m not a big fan of Vince Vaughn but he was good in this, as was the rest of the cast. I especially liked the self-aware introductions/narrator voiceovers and the soundtrack of Tom Petty covers. Hopefully there will be a second season based upon the book’s sequel “Razor Girl”. ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4881 "2024-10-10T21:56:28Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Season 4, Episode 8. > > [You Don’t Want to Know | House Wiki | Fandom](https://house.fandom.com/wiki/You_Don%27t_Want_to_Know) I had no idea there was a _House_ Wiki. Although I shouldn’t be surprised, just about everything has a Wiki these days, ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4882 "2024-10-11T10:41:52Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > This diagnosis is then always, and I repeat always, wrong. House finally has a revelation, usually from an at-the-time-seemingly-throwaway-detail, and the patient is saved at the last minute. I think I gave this up when part of the formula was in the name of the show. They solved the mystery by breaking into the patients House/Flat and finding something in there. At that point, I concluded “this is just stupid” and dropped it. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4883 "2024-10-11T11:02:32Z")
I’ve only seen House in bits and pieces but it seems like every episode he sexually harasses a patient; is that part of the show’s schtick? ---
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4884 "2024-10-11T13:54:16Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@jsc1953](#): > > > > **Doctor Odyssey.** Think of a mash-up of Love Boat and House. Medical department on a luxurious cruise ship (Don Johnson as the Captain). > > We tried it. Don Johnson is great. However, there was a thing about the Doctor getting into a romantic thing with his NP (Nurse practitioner) and both my wife and I said “ewww”. creepy. No having a relationship with someone who reports to you. That may go away., but if it doesnt, the show has jumped the shark. Also the who medical crew out in one search boat, and of course the Doctor jumping into the ocean to save the guy- whereas they has lifesaver experts to do exactly that. Wife and I watched the pilot last night. Definitely a cheesy ‘turn your brain off and enjoy the ride’ type of show, and thanks to this thread I watched it based on exactly that expectation. Hulu sure isn’t doing much to promote it-- didn’t show up in ‘recommended’ or ‘new shows’ anywhere, and when I typed ‘Doctor’ into the search bar it didn’t even show up in the top results until I typed ‘Doctor O…’ (and based on the pilot, ‘Doctor O’ might be a better name, har har). Yeah, the doc almost hooking up with his subordinate was pretty creepy, especially when he grabbed her and started suggestively dancing with her _right after_ his other subordinate had professed his love for her. It was like a big middle finger in the face. And I also thought the search boat thing was stupid. Though even as a kid, I always thought it was stupid on Star Trek that the Captain, First Officer and Chief Medical Officer (along with a sacrificial doomed redshirt) always went on away missions to strange unknown planets. Uh, maybe not send _ **all** _ your top officers on a dangerous away mission? I liked how the main characters all said goodbye to the passengers/patients of the week at the end. Very reminiscent of the Love Boat. I hope, Love Boat style, the future patients of the week are slightly has-been D-list actors, singers and comedians that make you go ‘I was wondering what happened to them’. Nice to see Rachel Dratch in the pilot. Not that she’s D-list, I’m sure she stays busy. ---
**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 11, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4885 "2024-10-11T14:19:43Z")
I’ve been bingeing the UK police show **Holby Blue** and I like it. As in other shows in the UK, they offer tea to people all the time. Is that accurate? They tell someone that their spouse’s body has been found in the river, the person cries hysterically, the cop offers to make tea and everything calms down considerably. ---
**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 11, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4886 "2024-10-11T14:22:50Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > As in other shows in the UK, they offer tea to people all the time. Is that accurate? They tell someone that their spouse’s body has been found in the river, the person cries hysterically, the cop offers to make tea and everything calms down considerably. I don’t know what police do but offering tea is commonplace, yes. ---
**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 11, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/4887 "2024-10-11T14:33:15Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > offering tea is commonplace, yes. I don’t think I’ve ever offered someone tea. I’ve offered to make a pot of coffee, offered a beer or glass of water, but that’s about it. And I love tea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=243) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=245)