# 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:** 276
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5508 "2025-01-19T21:22:51Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > **Mrs. Davis** (Peacock, Se 1 2023) I saw that when it was first released. It’s fun and without spoiling anything, I think it gets a little bonkers at certain points. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5509 "2025-01-20T00:12:17Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > _We just finished watching Season 2. Good-God, what a waste of time._ **Squid Game S2:** Agree. Began losing interest about two episodes in but we did see it through since there were only seven total. I avoided reading any and all discussion about it until we could watch the final episode. I naively expected there would be a conclusion. No such luck. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5510 "2025-01-20T00:27:56Z")
I tried watching _Mrs. Davis_ a while back. Most episodes were awful, just a couple were okay. I gave up on it. Anyway… I’ve enjoyed people’s takes on _Black Doves_. I really wanted to see it because I’ve been a big fan of Sara Lancashire for a while. But she’s basically a secondary character. Foo. Various adjectives have been applied to this show. The one I use is “absurd”. It is quite ridiculous but not in a funny way, to me. It’s like someone who knows nothing about super secret organizations, hitmen, etc. was told to come up some scripts. It’s so stupid it feels like something an AI would generate. But it’s the stupidity that draws you in. It’s fascinating to watch a train wreck TV series like this. Over and over people do things that are clearly Not In Their Best Interests And Flat Out Stupid. Things happen for no useful reason. And since they are risking their lives, why??? Now, I’ve enjoyed over the years watching cheap, crappy movies for the lulz. So I can enjoy this, just not the way the creators intended it. But if you have, you know, standards … skip it. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5511 "2025-01-20T13:23:55Z")
I enjoyed _Squid Game_ s2 but it felt very cynical the way they’ve ended the first part, purely for those lovely subs. _Alice in Borderland_ was about as good, I found, but try as I might to convince my _Squid Game_-loving partner, she just won’t be convinced to give it a go. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5512 "2025-01-21T15:17:15Z")
Finished watching _No Good Deed_ on NetFlix. 8 episodes, about 35-40 minutes each. I watched it in 4 sittings. It is described as Dark Comedy, and that description is apt, to say the least. Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano are a couple with a dark secret trying to sell their house, and the three couples who are vying to purchase it also have their share of secrets. I heartily recommend this series. (The only downside to watching this is coming to the realization that Phoebe Buffay is now middle-aged.) ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5513 "2025-01-21T15:44:13Z")
Started watching “Somebody Somewhere”. At first I was all “These people are weird-looking and weird-acting” but I quickly became emotionally invested in them and their lives. A mix of comedy and pathos, and gently compelling on both fronts. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5514 "2025-01-21T15:48:56Z")
**Severance** (Hulu, 1 se. though it’s also on Apple+ with more episodes) Meh. 10 minutes in and my wife and I were done. It’s maybe a new artistic version of _Office Space_??? I dunno, I don’t care, I was bored and confused and we both bounced off of it hard. I suspect it’s for the _Portlandia_ crowd who turn their noses up at cubicles, and suits, and The Man. It’s up there with _The Wire_ as far as hyped from many people I trust and yet a total let down for me personally. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5515 "2025-01-21T15:53:11Z")
We’re still hanging with **Shetland** , although that bleak landscape is depressing. I wonder what the suicide rate is there. Maybe if you grow up with it, it doesn’t bother you. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5516 "2025-01-21T15:53:48Z")
I think Severance is the best show of the decade. Sorry it’s not for you. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5517 "2025-01-21T15:58:49Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > **Severance** (Hulu, 1 se. though it’s also on Apple+ with more episodes) Meh. 10 minutes in and my wife and I were done. It’s maybe a new artistic version of _Office Space_??? I dunno, I don’t care, I was bored and confused and we both bounced off of it hard. I suspect it’s for the _Portlandia_ crowd who turn their noses up at cubicles, and suits, and The Man. It’s actually nothing of that nature. Sorry it confused you, but it’s all explained pretty quickly. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5518 "2025-01-21T16:07:40Z")
For season 1 of Severance, I fall firmly in the middle of “bounced off of it hard” and “best show of the decade”. I give it a 10 out of 10 for goofy, creepy atmosphere and a 4 out of 10 for actual plot. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5519 "2025-01-21T17:44:46Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > For season 1 of Severance, I fall firmly in the middle of “bounced off of it hard” and “best show of the decade”. My issue with it was that the episodes seemed too padded out. But I can see how that added to the depiction of office life. I have to re-watch the first season to remember everything that happened. I want the Cliff Notes version! ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5520 "2025-01-21T18:35:36Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I have to re-watch the first season to remember everything that happened. I want the Cliff Notes version! Brief recap: a bunch of weird stuff happened inside the company and then there was one or two surprising revelations on the outside. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5521 "2025-01-21T19:54:01Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Brief recap: a bunch of weird stuff happened inside the company and then there was one or two surprising revelations on the outside You’ve just saved me 8 hours. Now can you summarize the first 3 seasons of Slow Horses? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5522 "2025-01-21T20:12:34Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Now can you summarize the first 3 seasons of Slow Horses? Everyone is a fuck-up, including the handsome white guy you think initially might be the hero of the series, and Gary Oldman wonderfully plays an old spy who drinks a lot, ridicules everyone, and occasionally says or does something nice. Running through it all is also a vein of us vs the Establishment. Also, people you might like die. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5523 "2025-01-21T20:30:16Z")
just finished the most recent series. watching weekly annoys me now. i’m gonna do a binge rewatch on friday night. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5524 "2025-01-21T20:34:56Z")
What I noticed about Slow Horses is that most of the messes were caused by the establishment spies at MI5. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5525 "2025-01-21T22:28:11Z")
I just finished a rewatch of **Breaking Bad**. Sharp to the end, with no goofy bullshit going on (although the machine gun bit was a stretch). ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5526 "2025-01-21T22:36:33Z")
FYI **Severence** season 1 is no longer available on Roku, was only available Jan 17? To Jan 19. Brian ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5527 "2025-01-22T14:58:51Z")
Has anyone watched Kevin Can F\*\*k Himself (Netflix)? The only actor I recognize is Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek). I’m having a hard time getting into it. I’ve only watched one episode and I know it usually takes a couple to get into a series. I’ll persevere a little longer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=275) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=277)