# 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:** 256
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5108 "2024-11-23T21:56:18Z")
> [@solost](#): > > My main issue is not how it looked, but the fact that a show I’m otherwise enjoying has this cheesy supernatural subplot element that feels shoehorned in. Yes- it is fine that their beliefs are part of their world- since they really are. And to have people frightened of certain things. But actually have it occurs is too much. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5109 "2024-11-23T22:08:54Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Yeah, Miracle Workers went downhill every season, but we watched it for the actors. I just finished all 4 seasons of Miracle Workers and I quite liked the last season. Season 3 was definitely the low point in my book (although it still had its moments). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5110 "2024-11-23T22:13:01Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Yeah, Miracle Workers went downhill every season, but we watched it for the actors. I Yes, season 2 was the best, but then it just god more and more stupid. Great cast, but I hate stupid comedy. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5111 "2024-11-24T01:45:24Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I’m a huge fan of classic British sitcoms, typically from the 80s and 90s. I’ve been re-watching many of them and, desperate for something new, I noticed some good reviews of _Keeping Up Appearances_ which I had not yet seen and decided to give it a try recently. It ran for five seasons but two of them had ten episodes, so for the British style of 6 or 7 episodes a season this was more like 7 seasons, plus four Christmas specials. > > The premise didn’t initially sound terribly exciting – a very pretentious middle-aged woman aspiring to high social status, domineering over her henpecked husband and beset by an exceptionally boorish extended family. And it does start off slow – the first episode was kind of dull, the second a bit better, but then it really started to take off. Some of the episodes were hilariously laugh-out-loud funny – really brilliantly done. As with many British sitcoms, the subtleties of the acting, even among the supporting cast, were just wonderful! Still working my way through the fifth and last season, and I’ll be very sorry when it’s over! I was going to post a note about re-watching **Keeping Up Appearances** but had a vague recollection of having mentioned it before, as indeed I did. I can’t believe I only discovered this gem a few years ago. I’ll just add that the humour in this is so richly detailed that it’s every bit as good the second time around. Patricia Routledge is magnificent as the ridiculously snobbish and domineering Hyacinth Bucket, and when she decided that five seasons was enough and moved on to other projects, the BBC had no choice but to cancel the series because she was irreplaceable. Great casting and great acting by all the supporting cast, too. I particularly like Geoffrey Hughes as Hyacinth’s bone-idle layabout brother-in-law, who has a perpetually stunned expression and is unfazed by anything; his principal occupations are watching horse racing on an old TV that has to be firmly hit in order to operate, and showing up unexpectedly at Hyacinth’s house in his undershirt whenever she’s trying to hold a pretentious social function. 😃 Roy Clarke, who created the series and wrote all 44 episodes, is a comedic genius. Currently 94 and, I believe, still writing. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5112 "2024-11-24T04:49:45Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Roy Clarke, who created the series and wrote all 44 episodes, is a comedic genius. I assume, then, that you’ve watched **Open All Hours** and its sequel series, the much more recent **Still Open All Hours**. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5113 "2024-11-24T08:50:09Z")
Man, I am loving The Diplomat. The acting is so so good. Really a terrific show. I feel bad that I don’t like Matlock. Actually, I hate the whole thing. I dislike Monk as well. I’m looking forward to the new Lincoln Lawyer, in spite of my disappointment in season 2. Season 1 was good enough to give it one more chance. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5114 "2024-11-24T09:02:05Z")
I’m two episodes into **A Man On The Inside** and am loving it. The effortless charm of the cast, the assured hand of creator Michael Schur of _The Good Place_ fame. Definitely worth a watch. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5115 "2024-11-24T16:41:37Z")
I watch Orange is the new Black with my wife sometimes. She likes it and is almost through all the seasons. I love Monk. He is a bit like my late mother. Never a speck of dust in her house. And while I’m not nearly as clean, things go in their correct place. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5116 "2024-11-24T17:03:43Z")
I watch Orange is the new Black with my wife sometimes. She likes it and is almost through all the seasons. I love Monk. He is a bit like my late mother. Never a speck of dust in her house. And while I’m not nearly as clean, things go in their correct place. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5117 "2024-11-24T20:23:03Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I particularly like Geoffrey Hughes as Hyacinth’s bone-idle layabout brother-in-law, who has a perpetually stunned expression and is unfazed by anything Onslow (and Hyacinth’s sister Daisy’s husband). I think they’re my favorite characters. Who’s the tarty sister (forgetting her name) – she has her moments. Mostly, I get bored by Hyacinth. She does the same things the same ways forever and ever amen. And I hate the woman living next door who keeps getting the shakes because Hyacinth makes her nervous. Again, it’s overworked to death. I can’t watch many episodes before it makes me really irritated. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5118 "2024-11-24T20:53:50Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Onslow (and Hyacinth’s sister Daisy’s husband) “Onslow” is an inspired name for this character! > [@carrps](#): > > Who’s the tarty sister (forgetting her name) Rose, referred to by the family as “our Rose”. All the sisters are named after flowers – Hyacinth, Rose, and Violet. > [@carrps](#): > > Mostly, I get bored by Hyacinth. She does the same things the same ways forever and ever amen. Well, to each his own, but I’m endlessly amused by Hyacinth’s antics. In a way, the consistency of her wacky behaviour is kinda the point. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5119 "2024-11-24T21:01:46Z")
Which is fine. I think taste in comedy is the most variable. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5120 "2024-11-24T21:34:55Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > All the sisters are named after flowers – Hyacinth, Rose, and Violet. Arghh!! Hyacinth, Rose, Violet, and of course Daisy! ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5121 "2024-11-25T06:14:20Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I love Monk. So do I! I was one of the fans who preferred Bitty Schram to her replacement. I still crack up every time I see a tag on a piece of new clothing that says “Inspected by \_\_\_\_”. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5122 "2024-11-25T06:18:31Z")
> [@Ash\_trav511](#): > > Watching Monk in Netflix…into season 2 now and liking so far. Main characters Monk, Sharona and the police captain are beautifully etched out and the actors did a great job  It cracks me up that Ted Levine (police captain) was the serial killer Buffalo Bill in _Silence of the Lambs_. “It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again!” ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5123 "2024-11-25T06:34:51Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I’m two episodes into **A Man On The Inside** and am loving it. I finished it and I really enjoyed it. I recognized Susan Ruttan but I didn’t recognize Sally Struthers until I saw the credits! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5124 "2024-11-25T07:40:49Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I recognized Susan Ruttan Veronica Cartwright from _Alien_ was also very recognisable to me. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5125 "2024-11-25T10:12:33Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > I am in the process of watching Say Nothing. It’s very well done Seconded! **[Say Nothing](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31122777/)** is a nine-episode miniseries (on Hulu) about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. You see the conflict from the point of view of both the IRA paramilitaries and their victims. It tells an amazing story yet also hews closely to the facts. It’s the best docudrama I’ve watched since **Chernobyl**. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5126 "2024-11-25T12:18:30Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I was one of the fans who preferred Bitty Schram to her replacement. Oh, me too. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5127 "2024-11-25T12:43:51Z")
I just binged **That Dirty Black Bag**. Wow, what an experience. A western with a bit of punk added. Looking forward to season two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=255) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=257)