# 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:** 309
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6168 "2025-04-15T02:02:38Z")
Made it about 10 minutes into episode 1 of **The Pitt** , when we saw the injured leg, we checked out. Mutual decision. Watching Jason “Ozark” Bateman in **The Outsider** , a Stephen King adaptation, also on HBO Max. Just watched episode one, but I think Inna already guessed the twist… we will see. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6169 "2025-04-15T02:17:58Z")
I must have been in the right mood for this show. I found it funny and cute. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6170 "2025-04-15T02:29:05Z")
So did I. Some people are just cranky. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6171 "2025-04-15T02:45:25Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Made it about 10 minutes into episode 1 of **The Pitt** , when we saw the injured leg, we checked out. Just as well that you left before the childbirth scene several episodes later. The most graphic I’ve ever seen. 😳 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6172 "2025-04-15T04:42:40Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Made it about 10 minutes into episode 1 of **The Pitt** , when we saw the injured leg, we checked out. Mutual decision. Yes it’s not a network show. They can be much more realistically graphic. It doesn’t bother me in real life and the fake stuff on tv certainly doesn’t bug me. If you have a problem with graphic depictions of wounds then this isn’t the show for you. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6173 "2025-04-15T12:27:13Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Yes it’s not a network show. They can be much more realistically graphic. Actually network crime shows have gotten pretty graphic in the past, maybe, 10 years or so. Between the various CSIs and shows like Bones, I’ve seen all manner of expertly-crafted props of horribly burned, mutilated or rotted corpses and body parts. Showing a birth in full graphic detail is where the networks would draw the line, though, I’m sure. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6174 "2025-04-15T12:48:59Z")
Latest episode of **Dark Winds** was an hour of dream sequence, which I normally hate. It was an interesting take on the plight of Indian children regarding child molestation, however. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6175 "2025-04-15T13:21:29Z")
I am near the end of **The Devil’s Plan** on Netflix and I want to re-state how great it is. If you are put off by reality show competitions, don’t let that stop you. This one is: - highly intelligent and features intelligent people - is one of my favorite set of people to be in a reality show competition. They are all so nice and supportive of each other. One of the players personal goal is to get everyone to the final instead of aggressively trying to get others out. They cry sometimes when someone is knocked out - There are fun secrets that the players discover(or don’t actually) I see season 2 is coming, but I don’t know if I can fall in love, so to speak, with a new cast after watching this season 1 one and liking every single person. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6176 "2025-04-15T14:28:38Z")
**Bad Sisters** (2022, , AppleTV, 2 Se. so far) 4 episodes in and it’s pretty good. 5 Irish sisters are pretty close when they decide to kill the asshole abusive husband married to one of them. Will they get away with it? Loads of interesting characters and the Irish theme is delicate but important for flavor. Recommended for those who like comedy/drama with spice similar to Desperate Housewives. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6177 "2025-04-15T17:43:05Z")
The wife and I just watched **Mo** (On Netflix, 2 seasons), loosely based on comedian Mo Amer’s life. Mo plays a guy named Mo, a Palestinian immigrant living in Houston. Mo is proud of his heritage but also fairly settled in Texas. He’s dating a Mexican-American and dealing with his family. He starts out hustling knock offs to make money and grows into working on his family’s business. He makes mistakes along the way and some of the stuff seems pretty far out there but they tell a good story and the ending is really interesting. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6178 "2025-04-15T17:52:20Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Made it about 10 minutes into episode 1 of **The Pitt** , when we saw the injured leg, we checked out. Mutual decision. Perhaps best that you stopped watching before the episodes featuring the outcome of a mass casualty incident. It’s a great show that I recommend but yes, it’s gory. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6179 "2025-04-15T18:07:15Z")
The burn victim and the guy with the detached facial bones were pretty gruesome too. Great show, looking forward to the second season. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6180 "2025-04-16T04:25:36Z")
I’m enjoying the animated version of **Devil May Cry** on Netflix (8 episodes). It’s by Adi Shankar, who worked on the animated **Castlevania** and who created the truly bonkers **Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix**. I’d compare it favourably to **Invincible** so far (and it has been renewed for a second season, apparently). ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6181 "2025-04-16T09:08:01Z")
The latest series of **Grace** aired recently (or currently, depending on how you source it), which is a murder mystery drama starring John Simm grimly whispering a lot and refusing to allow himself to be happy. I generally enjoy them, as the setting and characters entertain me, but the finale episode for this block was utterly terrible. Poor writing, poor acting, atrocious cinematography and editing, and a disappointing limp story. If it had been ep2, pushing ep3 to be ep4, it would have worked far better as a dip in the middle, but instead it just left me annoyed. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6182 "2025-04-16T09:30:27Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I’m enjoying the animated version of **Devil May Cry** on Netflix (8 episodes). I just finished watching the 2007 anime series of that which was…fine. Might check out the new version now. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6183 "2025-04-16T15:25:45Z")
Thanks! I was gaslighting myself here, I’d already heard of this show but was half convinced I was misremembering the name since people were so excited for this “brand new show.” Remade in less than 20 years? The new all-CGI “Matrix” must be getting close… ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6184 "2025-04-16T15:42:04Z")
> [@epbrown](#): > > Remade in less than 20 years? I haven’t seen the 2007 show, so I can’t comment on if it’s a remake or just a different story using the same intellectual property. But Shankar’s **Captain Laserhawk** uses Assassin’s Creed IP and it definitely has little to do with the 2016 Assassin’s Creed movie! ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6185 "2025-04-17T16:16:07Z")
There is yet another Sherlock Holmes related series starting: _Sherlock and Daughter_, set in 1896 and broadcast on CW. I liked the first episode. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6186 "2025-04-17T19:31:11Z")
The previews turned me off. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/6187 "2025-04-17T20:10:56Z")
There’s a nice BBC police procedural called **The Chelsea Detective** running on Amazon Prime that we’re liking a lot. Not a lot of personal angst or scenery chewing, just a team of competent, sometimes quirky, professionals going about their jobs. Well written, well acted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=308) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=310)