# 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:** 371
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7408 "2025-09-15T18:14:11Z")
moved onto “professor t” this weekend. it is okay. i do enjoy the dog. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7409 "2025-09-15T19:58:26Z")
The UK version? I couldn’t watch it at first, because I love the original Belgian version so much. If you can find that one, watch it. I can tolerate Ben Miller’s version now but only if I think it’s not Professor T. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7410 "2025-09-15T21:59:35Z")
Yes, the uk version. I will look for the Belgium version. I read that people thought the lead was better in the Belgium series. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7411 "2025-09-16T12:51:16Z")
The series we’re watching had no new episodes, so we gave **Law & Order UK** a try. Pretty good, actually. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7412 "2025-09-16T15:01:13Z")
finished professor t. best character is kafka. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7413 "2025-09-16T18:52:36Z")
Can confirm that 6 episodes in, Ripley is great. And oddly funny at times, too! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7414 "2025-09-16T19:02:22Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I plan to watch all 7 episodes. I want to know how this complex story ends. I imagine it’s going to be a violent story arc. I wouldn’t ordinarily be interested but I thought _Mare of Easttown_ was superb. ETA: Still watching _Peacemaker_. Still great. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7415 "2025-09-16T19:32:32Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I wouldn’t ordinarily be interested but I thought _Mare of Easttown_ was superb. Agreed. We liked it a lot. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7416 "2025-09-16T21:05:21Z")
We’re enjoying _Grantchester_, well into season 6, the third following the switch from Sidney to Will. Not your father’s cozy mystery. The whodunit is almost secondary to the character development of all the leading characters, not just the top two leads. Well acted, well written, quote enjoyable. Streamable with PBS Passport. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7417 "2025-09-17T03:09:11Z")
Season 2 of _High Potential_ premiered tonight. I think it’s difficult to write for a character that is labeled a genius. How does a writer make that character seem brilliant? Morgan is a likeable character. But her brilliance doesn’t really come across. Is she consistently that useful to the police? Morgan’s fear of the Game Maker is still a big part of the season 2 premier. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7418 "2025-09-17T05:41:14Z")
High Potential started out with a great pilot and most of the early episodes were good. Especially Morgan’s interaction with her kids. Introducing the serial killer has shifted the focus of the show. I hope it gets back on track in season 2. The premiere last night was disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7419 "2025-09-17T06:34:11Z")
**Big Timber** was apleasant surprise. Informative, MacGuyver like solutions and likeable real people. Gave me a lot of respect for those providing our ( Canadian ) wood. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7420 "2025-09-18T13:40:16Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I think it’s difficult to write for a character that is labeled a genius. How does a writer make that character seem brilliant? > > Morgan is a likeable character. But her brilliance doesn’t really come across. Is she consistently that useful to the police? Are you new to the show? In season 1 she would quickly notice myriad details the cops missed, even when she only saw the case files- she’d scan them and instantly pick up on key info pointing to the bad guy. She routinely showed up and embarrassed the other detectives. And she had an encyclopedic knowledge of memorized facts. At least the CSI shows, when, say (an example I’m making up), a paint chip from a car involved in a hit and run was found at the scene, they would consult a fictional database of vehicle paint colors to pinpoint the year, make and model of the car with that paint color, as a faint sop to realism. Morgan would have the info in her head already, as if she studied vehicle paint colors in her spare time as a relaxing hobby. I mean, it’s a likeable show that we watch, but she is portrayed as ridiculously, improbably brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7421 "2025-09-18T14:39:04Z")
**Deli Boys** (Hulu) Two young Pakistani-American brothers find that their late father’s chain of Philadelphia convenience stores was a front for a drug smuggling operation. Really funny…probably even more so if you’re of Pakistani descent yourself but that’s not a problem at all. Occasionally violent. Kind of an Elmore Leonard vibe. Their violent and foul-mouthed aunt is played by the mom from “Never Have I Ever”. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7422 "2025-09-18T16:01:32Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Are you new to the show? In season 1 she would quickly notice myriad details the cops missed, even when she only saw the case files- she’d scan them and instantly pick up on key info pointing to the bad guy. I started with the Season 2 premiere. I just bought season 1 on Prime and watching it. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7423 "2025-09-18T16:10:11Z")
OK, I thought maybe you were new to the show, I wasn’t being snarky, since in S.1 she was portrayed as being ridiculously brilliant. I haven’t seen the debut of S.2 yet, so maybe they’re downplaying her ‘brilliance’ now, or at least for that episode. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7424 "2025-09-18T16:29:45Z")
Last night I watched the first three episodes of **The Sticky** on Prime (I know, I’m like a year late to the party). I found it pretty fun so far. It’s kind of giving me Fargo vibes – Inept, amateurish criminals; a snowy, rural setting; characters with strong accents (albeit Québécois instead of Minnesotan). Each episode even starts with a card stating “This is definitely NOT a true story”, which feels like an homage to Fargo’s fictional claim that it is a true story. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7425 "2025-09-18T16:33:52Z")
I really enjoyed it too. Saw the first two seasons on Netflix but no sign yet of the third season. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7426 "2025-09-18T16:34:23Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > **Deli Boys** (Hulu) Two young Pakistani-American brothers find that their late father’s chain of Philadelphia convenience stores was a front for a drug smuggling operation. Any resemblance to the French series [Family Business](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Business_(French_TV_series))? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7427 "2025-09-18T16:57:36Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Last night I watched the first three episodes of **The Sticky** on Prime (I know, I’m like a year late to the party). Just be aware that it it is open ended, without wrapping up plot threads meant to be continued in later seasons that are [never going to happen](https://deadline.com/2025/02/the-sticky-canceled-prime-video-margo-martindale-1236297828/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=370) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=372)