# 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:** 278
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5548 "2025-01-23T19:24:44Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > But don’t watch it for its historical significance, any more than you would watch _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ for its. … tears up nearly-complete PhD thesis on _The Value of Taunting in Negotiating during the Middle Ages_… Dammit. Gotta start over. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5549 "2025-01-23T19:35:23Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > … tears up nearly-complete PhD thesis on _The Value of Taunting in Negotiating during the Middle Ages_… > > Dammit. Gotta start over Meh, just re-read your Henry V. There’s some quality trolling there. > **First Ambassador** > Thus, then, in few. > Your highness, lately sending into France, > Did claim some certain dukedoms, in the right > Of your great predecessor, King Edward the Third. > In answer of which claim, the prince our master > Says that you savour too much of your youth, > And bids you be advised there’s nought in France > That can be with a nimble galliard won; > You cannot revel into dukedoms there. > He therefore sends you, meeter for your spirit, > This tun of treasure; and, in lieu of this, > Desires you let the dukedoms that you claim > Hear no more of you. This the Dauphin speaks. > > **KING HENRY V** > What treasure, uncle? > > **EXETER** > Tennis-balls, my liege ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5550 "2025-01-23T20:04:29Z")
> [@JacobSwan](#): > > Somebody squeezed the location budget though, so it does look gorgeous in 4K. That seems to be true of all Apple TV+ shows. They’ve taken a pile of that sweet iPhone money and thrown it at their original programming. The production values are high, and the soundtracks tend to have big name artists (possibly through some Apple Music arrangements.) They haven’t struck gold consistently, but they had a big subscription-drawing hit with _Ted Lasso_. A few other shows are quite good: _Slow Horses_, _Severance_ and _The Morning Show_ come to mind. I haven’t seen everything, of course, but _For All Mankind_, _Schmigadoon!_, _Criminal Record_ and _Dark Matter_ come to mind (as worth a watch.) We should probably have mega-threads for all the different streamers, seeing how many of them there are these days. I’ll do a trial or a month of one or another, binge a few shows and then cancel. It seems to be the modern, cord-cutted way to go. ETA: And speaking of amazing 4K crispness: MLB games looking freaking fantastic on Apple. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5551 "2025-01-23T21:19:47Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > 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. I liked it a lot. I especially loved the way they ended the series. Because as it turns out Annie didn’t really have to do anything – Kevin fucked himself. > [@TRC4941](#): > > Regarding Kevin Can F\*\*k Himself - I think I’m out. I can’t stand the sitcom husband. Kinda the point? ---
**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 24, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5552 "2025-01-24T01:46:11Z")
Just finished American Primeval. I thought it was very well acted and held my interest throughout. Very violent, though, if that’s not your cuppa. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5553 "2025-01-24T03:22:15Z")
Yeah I noped out on Kevin Can F\*\*k Himself after 2 or so episodes. The bad sitcom parts of it were just so painfully unfunny and stupid. Which yes, is the point, but that doesn’t make sitting through them any better. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5554 "2025-01-24T16:09:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > We’re still hanging with **Shetland** , although that bleak landscape is depressing. If/when you make it to seasons 8/9, the revised opening sequence visuals do a lovely job IMHO of highlighting the amazing beauty of many aspects of the admittedly bleak landscape. I’ve never been there, but I really want to visit. In the meantime, for a little psychological lift in the visual aspect, maybe encourage your eye to be a bit more knitwear-conscious? The _Shetland_ cast, like a lot of people in cold climates, wear some really _gorgeous_ sweaters and other outerwear, not only in the traditional Shetland-sweater patterns either. AIUI, they work with several local knitwear designers on costumes and a lot of what they show is reeeeeally nice. I’ve never known a serious knitter to give up on watching Shetland, irrespective of what they thought of the plot and characters. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5555 "2025-01-24T16:23:35Z")
Been watching _Game of Thrones_ with Inna, who has already seen it (but largely forgotten it). At the start of Season 4 and Inna asked me to write out my predictions, so for amusements sake, here they are: GOT predictions… (s4 start) (Of course, all this assumes that the show ends with a character ending up on the throne, besting all the other groups.) The narrative seems to be shaping up between Dany vs Tyrion in the final boss battle. Jon Snow will join up with the stark boys, Bran and Raisin. Bran’s ability to communicate with animals and people means he connects with Dany & the Dragons somehow. Arya will join them too. Tywin (aka Old Lannister) will die. He may assume the Throne as regent (see below), but he will die before the end. Joffrey will die. He’s so dead from a narrative standpoint that we should call him Zombffrey. Sansa… eh, do we really care? She will warm up to Tyrion, give him a kid, and die in childbirth, Tyrion wracked with guilt and Tywin saying it’s best this way. (Trust me, I’ve read my share of British novels, it’s the only way for her to go. That or she wins it all by merely surviving.) Tyrion is too tragic a character to live. He may die a noble death, but he likely dies in the final episode (or near it). Cersei: She tries to kill Tyrion. Jaime: he ends up with the blonde woman (Briana), and while they die fighting Dany, they die together. Dany is currently the favorite, but there are two seasons left and I feel her character arc must suffer a downturn - perhaps she kills someone, or gets high on her own power and makes bad decisions - and this causes her to lose the Throne. In the end, everyone dies and either Sansa or Bran wins the Game of Thrones. Or Dany. … or the dragons. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5556 "2025-01-24T16:35:39Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > GOT predictions… Not 100%, but maybe 50%? And bang on for at least two major points! ---
**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 24, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5557 "2025-01-24T16:45:39Z")
oh, yeah, the knits. there are items i covet. many times i say to the cat, “how gorgeous is that?” regarding the scenery. a few times i did wonder how you can effectively “shadow” someone driving around the island. the police are out following someone driving out some where even more remote. there are only 2 cars on this long narrow road. there is no where to hide. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5558 "2025-01-26T12:46:20Z")
I’m watching _No Good Deed_ on Netflix. It’s billed as a comedy, and can be extremely funny, but it’s at heart a mystery/drama, with the mystery being “what happened that they didn’t reveal yet?” A couple (Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow) are selling their house and we meet various people who want to buy it. Things get complicated as we learn the house’s secrets, and the secrets of everyone involved. The first episode starts out slow, but it comes together in the second and keeps getting better as we learn more Others in the cast include Owen Wilson as a washed up soap opera actor, Dennis Leary as Romano’s psycho brother, and Linda Lavtin as a nosy neighbor ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5559 "2025-01-26T15:21:26Z")
I am now hooked on Astrid. Just finished the first set. On to the second! Main character Astrid is autistic and her main interest is puzzles. Her father was a policeman and she is very good at criminal puzzles. ---
**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 26, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5560 "2025-01-26T16:13:07Z")
This post threw me off a second since the actual title is _Astrid et Raphaëlle_. I am currently watching the British remake called _Patience_ (the name of Astrid in this version). I’m having a good time watching it, mostly. Ella Maisy Purvis who plays the autistic title character is amazing. Casting an actual autistic person who can act very well nails it. One problem is the “police procedural” part of the story is not done well at times. They throw in odd things. E.g., a character in one episode is named Peter Venkman. Yes, he is a scientist, so back off man. ---
**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 26, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5561 "2025-01-26T16:52:37Z")
Watched the first episode of **Black Doves**. Looks like it will be next up after we finish the next five seasons of **Shetland.** ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5562 "2025-01-26T17:03:18Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > And bang on for at least two major points! Hopefully not the Joffrey/Tywin pair… that was very obvious in coming. As I told Inna, some characters are just ‘Comic-book evil’, so Joffrey dying is pretty obvious. ---
**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 26, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5563 "2025-01-26T18:13:54Z")
Well, I thought I’d watch the start of S2 of Severance, but Apple just makes it so impossibly difficult to resubscribe that I’ve given up trying. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5564 "2025-01-26T22:30:26Z")
I just finished the first series of British drama **The Hardacres** , set in the 19th Century about a working class family who manage to run a successful business so well they end up extremely wealthy and can afford to be part of the Aristocracy. It all happened so fast I lost track of how they managed it, I guess the writers got it out of the way to get to the heart of the story as soon as they could. It’s nothing I haven’t seen before, full of familiar clichés and archetypes, but it’s competently done, and if it continues will be a nice comfort watch. If you like that kind of thing, it’s the kind of thing you’ll like. > **[The Hardacres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hardacres)** > > The Hardacres is a 2024 period drama television series set in Yorkshire, produced in Ireland for Channel 5, adapted from the novel series by C. L. Skelton. > Beginning in Yorkshire in the 1890s, the series is a rags-to-riches tale of a working-class family. > The six-part series adaptation is from Playground Entertainment and helmed by Amy Roberts and Loren McLaughlan. Also writing episodes are Emma Reeves and Liz Lake, while Roberts and McLaughlan are executive producers. Rachel Carey is lead d... ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5565 "2025-01-27T04:36:11Z")
I watched _The Sticky_, not realizing it doesn’t end at 1 season. I might have waited if I’d known so as not to forget everything by the time the next season starts. I enjoyed it a lot. ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5566 "2025-01-27T05:07:38Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I enjoyed it a lot. I liked it, but I never quite had that “I can’t wait to find out what happens next” feeling. Actually, I still haven’t watched the last episode of season 1 and I’m not in any particular hurry to do so. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5567 "2025-01-27T05:36:39Z")
New series _Watson_. It is _House_, except that House isn’t a jerk and House is James Watson operating a clinic after Reichenbach Falls. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=277) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=279)