# 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:** 302
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6028 "2025-03-23T19:15:08Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Huh, I’m liking it, especially the local-culture-clueless but evidently smart and determined FBI agent who’s uncovering what happened to BJ Vines. Yeah, but the FBI wouldnt do that or care. Missing persons is not a Federal crime. And the FBI _always_ operates in teams of two. > [@Kimstu](#): > > For example, Manuelito getting a shit busywork assignment to discipline her for being too nosy about a powerful local businessman makes sense, but by its very nature is slackening the dramatic tension for the moment. Her whole case depends upon a poor drawing made by a scared woman who was panicked anyway, and the fact that the ranch has a white van. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6029 "2025-03-23T20:34:57Z")
I haven’t watched any of the Walking Dead stuff since Negan came on the scene. That, and the characters were just too stupid to continue living. So today, just for the hell of it, I gave **Daryl Dixon** a try and found it to be not bad. Why all of the weapons are mostly 1700s blunderbusses is beyond me, but I can ignore 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:** [March 23, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6030 "2025-03-23T20:38:31Z")
We watched the first episode of that and collectively decided we’re done with zombies. We might even pass on season two of **The Last of Us**. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6031 "2025-03-23T21:21:43Z")
It was … okay. I was really expecting something to come of the calligrapher’s hard day, unclear how Doumbe knew that the room the body was dragged out of was the Yellow Oval Room, and just accepted that this reality has no forensics that can do things like identify fingerprints on a mug that contained Paraguay, for example. Of course if it was funnier or more entertaining along the way I wouldn’t have cared. _Knives Out_ it wasn’t. But okay. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6032 "2025-03-23T21:38:24Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Her whole case depends upon a poor drawing made by a scared woman who was panicked anyway, and the fact that the ranch has a white van. Hmmm, the impression I got was that Manuelito is thinking not just “hey, another white van! what are the chances??” but rather, “hey, a white van that I could have sworn is the same one I saw but now with a different license plate? fishy”. Maybe they should have spelled it out for us more unambiguously by showing her noticing an odd-shaped scratch on the bumper or something, and then seeing the same scratch on the van at Spenser’s place. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6033 "2025-03-23T23:37:38Z")
My sister got me watching the 1950s series of [The Invisible Man]([The Invisible Man (1958 TV series) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man_(1958_TV_series)#:~:text=The%20Invisible%20Man%20(later%20known,one%2Dhalf%2Dhour%20episodes)), it’s surprisingly good fun, quick paced and the parts where people are getting shoved about by the man himself were well done. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6034 "2025-03-23T23:58:06Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Hmmm, the impression I got was that Manuelito is thinking not just “hey, another white van! what are the chances??” but rather, “hey, a white van that I could have sworn is the same one I saw but now with a different license plate? fishy”. > > Maybe they should have spelled it out for us more unambiguously by showing her noticing an odd-shaped scratch on the bumper or something, and then seeing the same scratch on the van at Spenser’s place. That could be, I admit. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6035 "2025-03-24T00:07:15Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > I’m undecided if and when I’ll watch it on my own. Just binged it the other day. It’s pretty damn good - the third episode in particular is insanely well-acted and intense. But I imagine the subject matter might hit hard for some. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6036 "2025-03-24T00:46:32Z")
FWIW I started an open spoiler thread for this series as I would love to hear some of this crowd’s analysis and take on it. It definitely made me both think and feel a whole complicated mess of stuff. > [@Adolescence on Netflix. Open spoilers after OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adolescence-on-netflix-open-spoilers-after-op/1015925): > > Some mention of this show in “Series you …” thread but I really would love to read some discussion about it. The no spoilers synopsis: watch it. Strongly recommended. Technically amazing. Acting superb. NOT a light feel good fluff. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6037 "2025-03-24T03:19:11Z")
I also just finished it, and posted my thoughts in the other thread. You know it’s a good show when it makes you ponder about it after seeing it, unlike so much of streaming junk that is instantly forgettable. (Or: it’s a good show when it gets its own thread here!) ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6038 "2025-03-24T12:28:03Z")
Started watching **Ludwig** last night and it appears to be a keeper. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6039 "2025-03-24T12:53:02Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Yeah. More than that! 😁 Especially end of ep 7. But _still_ a very fun ep! We finally finished Paradise last night. You weren’t kidding about ep 7! That was a crackling good episode. The rest of it, though, felt like filler. A lot of flashing back and character development that was meant to be moving and profound I guess, but it felt derivative and boring. And slooow. Character development is all fine and good, but it should be in service to actual plot development.The last episode was a bit anticlimactic. The big whodunit reveal was kind of silly: it was the librarian all along! Seemed like the whole show could have been edited and tightened up into a decent 2 hour movie. For anyone who watches the first ep or two, finds it vaguely interesting but slow, and thinks about bailing on the show, I’d recommend just skipping ahead to ep 7. You don’t miss much plot development, and what you do miss you should be able to pick up from context. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6040 "2025-03-24T13:31:06Z")
> [@solost](#): > > We finally finished Paradise last night. The first episode of Season 2 (due in early 2026) is bound to remind viewers of the essential work carried out by the FAA. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6041 "2025-03-24T13:54:29Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > a mug that contained Paraguay That’d be a mighty big mug. 🙂 But yes, I did note that one being an obvious oversight, although she did wear gloves to handle the murder weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6042 "2025-03-24T14:14:04Z")
The two things that bugged me a little were that the paint in room 301 had already dried when Cupp scraped it off, even though it’d been applied only a few hours earlier, and that they had interviewed all these people in a few hours (between 21.00 and 4.00 if I have the time frame correct). Didn’t keep me from enjoying the show, though. It was produced and acted very well, and the plot, while intricate and slightly absurd, kept me amused. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6043 "2025-03-24T15:26:28Z")
Finished watching S1 of _The White Lotus_, was pretty underwhelming. The best thing about the show was the two college girls who spent the first 2, 3 episodes acting like a Greek chorus commenting on everything they were seeing… all to get ruined by them getting involved in the plot. Watching S2 now, it’s more of the same, Inna wants to check out (yuck-yuck) at the end of this season. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6044 "2025-03-24T15:40:27Z")
> [@Chad\_Sudan](#): > > The first episode of Season 2 (due in early 2026) is bound to remind viewers of the essential work carried out by the FAA. I assume you’re referring to the very last scene, in which Xavier starts up a jumbo jet that’s been sitting around in a hanger for years, ready to fly out by himself into unknown apocalyptic conditions all the way from Colorado to Atlanta, with no idea whether he’ll even be able to land anywhere. Yeah, that was a realistic scenario. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6045 "2025-03-24T15:43:12Z")
My first thought was: did we know that he knows how to fly? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6046 "2025-03-24T15:48:40Z")
Well, his grandpa and I think also his dad were pilots, so I guess it’s hereditary. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6047 "2025-03-24T17:18:12Z")
about the same time i stopped watching walking dead. i also gave daryl dixon a try. interesting to see how other places are dealing with zombie types. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=301) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=303)