# 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:** 290
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5788 "2025-02-22T17:41:08Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Well, I’ve completed Season 1 of **The Good Place** and its awesome plot twist at the end. Not even _hinting_ at that is the hardest part of trying to get someone to stick with Season 1. It’s probably the best rug-pull in TV history, and so easy to spoil! ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5789 "2025-02-22T18:20:16Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The most recent season of **Resident Alien** ended with a jolt. The plot was moving along and then suddenly we’ve gone fast forward to a different scene altogether. It’s like they took the editing knife and cut out about 15 minutes of program. Season 3 was hobbled by the writers strike. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5790 "2025-02-22T19:27:28Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > We watched the first episode of **Zero Day** (Netflix) We’re 2 episodes in and not sure if we will continue. The parallels to an alternate universe where Harris won and Biden became a revered elder statesman are a little unsettling. The producers rolled the dice on this one and got snake eyes. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5791 "2025-02-22T19:30:39Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > Well, I’ve completed Season 1 of **The Good Place** and its awesome plot twist at the end. > > Not even _hinting_ at that is the hardest part of trying to get someone to stick with Season 1 It took that spoiler to get me to pick it back up and I think knowing it didn’t just make season one bearable, it actually made it better. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5792 "2025-02-22T20:17:32Z")
That would certainly explain things. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5793 "2025-02-22T22:50:25Z")
Tried watching _[Dope Girls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dope_Girls)_ but it utterly failed to interest me and I gave up 3/4 through the first 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:** [February 23, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5794 "2025-02-23T01:14:48Z")
Just for the hell of it I watched S1E1 of **Better Call Saul** which I saw years ago when it was new. So much more fun this time around, and I had forgotten the end scene of E1. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5795 "2025-02-23T11:26:21Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > It took that spoiler to get me to pick it back up and I think knowing it didn’t just make season one bearable, it actually made it better. I might have been one of the few who guessed something wasn’t right from the start. The giveaway was frozen yoghurt, Why “in gods name” would you have that in heaven if you had ice cream??? ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5796 "2025-02-23T11:48:28Z")
I guessed the spoiler early along the way, and for whatever reason stopped watching when it was confirmed. Was the show as funny after that? ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5797 "2025-02-23T13:13:16Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Was the show as funny after that? Yes, it was, it was just a different direction from before. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5798 "2025-02-23T13:37:34Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Not even _hinting_ at that is the hardest part of trying to get someone to stick with Season 1. “The main character has been dead the whole time!” ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5799 "2025-02-23T14:13:41Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Tried watching _[Dope Girls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dope_Girls)_ but it utterly failed to interest me and I gave up 3/4 through the first episode. I stuck with it as I used to work as a host in a Soho jazz club, so it had a certain appeal to me. The Italian mafia have been replaced these days by Albanians and other east Europeans, but the rest is much the same. It was a narrative mess to begin with, but it did congeal into something as the episodes went on. Not as clever as it thought it was though. Is it the first non Who related production for Bad Wolf? ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5800 "2025-02-23T14:33:47Z")
> [@JacobSwan](#): > > Is it the first non Who related production for Bad Wolf? No they have several other things. > **[Bad Wolf (production company)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Wolf_(production_company))** > > Bad Wolf Ltd. is a television production company founded by Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter in 2015 based in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The company is responsible for the television series The Night Of, Beddgelert, A Discovery of Witches, His Dark Materials and – starting with the 2023 Specials – Doctor Who. > The company was founded in 2015 by former BBC executives Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter after leaving BBC Worldwide. During their time at the BBC, they worked with Russell T Davies o... It was the first time I noticed the name attached, too, though. And I watched all of _His Dark Materials_. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5801 "2025-02-23T16:26:47Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > > [@aceplace57](#): > > > > _I gave up on Resident Alien after Season 2._ > > As Season 3 has just dropped on Netflix, we watched the last episode of Season 2 in order to refresh our memories about what was going on. It helped a little, but neither of us could remember much of that. We then watched Season 3 Episode 1. It didn’t do much for us. And there’s much too much drama involving D’Arcy and Asta. I don’t remember if I said but we lost track of it and when we rewatched s1, Harry was much worse the second time around. I hated his character and didn’t want to see him “win.” I couldn’t get through the rewatch so dropped it. > [@Chefguy](#): > > The most recent season of **Resident Alien** ended with a jolt. The plot was moving along and then suddenly we’ve gone fast forward to a different scene altogether. It’s like they took the editing knife and cut out about 15 minutes of program. I feel like I made a good decision. I will have to try The Good Place. I binged season one of _School Spirits_ and was disappointed I only had three episodes of s2. I binged those. A month later, I watched a few more, lost a bit of momentum getting back into it but I did. I’m hoping for a good payoff with what they have setup. > [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m trying to stay interested in **Severance** , but each episode just gets weirder and doesn’t seem to further any plot line. They did the “first episode is free” on Prime and I watched that. I found it okay but guessed the big reveal. I wouldn’t pay for Apple+ to watch it but might watch more if it was in a sub I already had. > [@Chefguy](#): > > I started S3 of **Reacher.** Can’t say I’m too impressed so far, but perhaps it gets better. I really enjoyed s1 but s2 got bad reviews, especially here, so didn’t watch it. Is s2 worth it? I look forward to hearing if s3 is. Thanks for the discussion! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5802 "2025-02-23T16:41:51Z")
> [@vislor](#): > > I look forward to hearing if s3 is. So far it’s just typical fare for the genre. An annoying foil in the person of a government agent who they apparently thought should have a Brooklyn accent. The plot is pretty predictable, but if you like seeing Alan Ritchson flexing at every opportunity, perhaps it’s worth it. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5803 "2025-02-23T16:59:39Z")
> [@vislor](#): > > They did the “first episode is free” on Prime and I watched that. I found it okay but guessed the big reveal. I can’t think of anything in episode one of _Severance_ that I would consider to be a “big reveal”. What did you have in mind? ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5804 "2025-02-23T17:11:15Z")
Reacher s2 was nowhere near as good as the first, in my opinion. It got ridiculous towards the end and not in a good way. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5805 "2025-02-23T18:00:22Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I can’t think of anything in episode one of _Severance_ that I would consider to be a “big reveal”. What did you have in mind? Who his neighbor was. As I think back on the episode, and the premise, if my personality/existence was split between one side constantly working and one side constantly at play, the work side would go insane. I work to live. I say this because I didn’t see anything about the procedure that would make it a viable option for me, which made it tough to understand the choice. Equally, he did this because his wife died and now has to constantly live with that. > [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Reacher s2 was nowhere near as good as the first, in my opinion. It got ridiculous towards the end and not in a good way. Thanks for the response. I’m disappointed because I did like s1, even in a rewatch. Thankfully, more things to watch out there! Thanks for the discussion! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5806 "2025-02-23T23:07:27Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > I might have been one of the few who guessed something wasn’t right from the start. The giveaway was frozen yoghurt, Why “in gods name” would you have that in heaven if you had ice cream??? Because, at least down here on earth, it’s much, much healthier. I do enjoy Haagen Dazs vanilla ice cream, but have you ever looked at the ingredients list? That stuff is just loaded with fat! Anyway, I’m coming to the end of Season 2 of **The Good Place**. I personally found it a bit more disjointed and less funny than Season 1, but on IMDb there seem to be more stellar ratings of individual episodes in S2 than in S1. I gotta say though that I loved the opening of one of the episodes (I think it was #6) when Chidi the moral philosopher is trying to illustrate the classic “trolley problem” using a model train car and some tracks, and Jason, not known for his intelligence, immediately wants to play with the train set! 😁 I am, in any case, moving on to Season 3. But S2 provides a clue as to why they called it quits after S4; according to one assessment, the plot was starting to become unwieldy and confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5807 "2025-02-23T23:14:28Z")
The interwebs became positively flooded with trolley-problem memes about the same time as The Good Place season 2. Or maybe I just noticed them more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=289) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=291)