# 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:** 405
**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 20, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8088 "2026-01-20T17:50:39Z")
See this link. > [@BlankSlate](#): > > Ha! I wish I’d never seen the [SNL Homeland skit.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4aeibd1Rrc) _There goes the chin_…Now I can’t stop staring at it. ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8089 "2026-01-20T21:53:46Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Danes’ quivering chin has been a meme ever since the series “Homeland” Yesterday I saw a take-off on it with a woman on the verge of semi-hysteria while on the phone with her dentist’s office. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8090 "2026-01-20T23:55:53Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Speaking of Tom Hiddleston, my wife and I finished “Wallander”, the murder mystery series with Kenneth Branagh as Swedish detective Kurt Wallander. Have you tried _Young Wallander_ (Netflix, 2 seasons) with Adam Pålsson in the title role? A bit bleak but I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8091 "2026-01-21T04:11:04Z")
19-2, a french-Canadian police patrol series. Starts interesting but damn, those idiots constantly dig themselves into a world of trouble. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8092 "2026-01-21T10:19:56Z")
_Mare of Easttown_ 2021 Link [Mare of Easttown - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_of_Easttown) I watched Task and wanted to watch Brad Ingelsby earlier series. There are many of the same themes. Poverty, depression, loss of hope. The main cop character is dealing with a tragic loss in both series. Mare drifts more into soap opera. I really don’t care about all these peoples secret lives and entanglements.. Unless it connects to the investigations. Mare has several character and plot surprises. Task was more cut and dried. Good series. Highly recommend. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8093 "2026-01-21T12:18:06Z")
They murdured my durdur. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qaKZi6p6sxg/maxresdefault.jpg "Murdur Durdur - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaKZi6p6sxg) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8094 "2026-01-21T12:54:04Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > > [@Shoeless](#): > > > > Speaking of Tom Hiddleston, my wife and I finished “Wallander”, the murder mystery series with Kenneth Branagh as Swedish detective Kurt Wallander. > > Have you tried _Young Wallander_ (Netflix, 2 seasons) with Adam Pålsson in the title role? A bit bleak but I liked it. I wasn’t aware of it. We’ll have to check it out. “Wallander” was kind of bleak too. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8095 "2026-01-21T15:04:13Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Somewhere in the middle of **Pluribus**. It’s interesting and definitely unique. But the development of the story is slow. It feels a bit meandering. And I don’t really like the main character at all. She’s abrasive and not very competent, often doing stupid impulsive things that have no chance of working. Usually they give you some evidence that a character is going to change for the better, but about six episodes in, I haven’t seen that evidence much at all. I think she’s acting pretty rational for: Someone who has seen 99.9999999% of humanity’s personalities disappear and watched her long term partner die in front of her. In fact, I’d say she’s far more rational than the one pretending that’s still her child, and far less shitty than the Vegas guy. There is also an extensive [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluribus-new-vince-gilligan-show-on-appletv/1024659) on the board. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8096 "2026-01-21T17:34:14Z")
Thanks. I’ve been avoiding the thread until after I’m done with the season. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8097 "2026-01-21T19:54:09Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > They murdured my durdur 😀 I hadn’t seen that SNL before. They hit the high points. Mare was related to or had conflicts with everybody in town. ---
**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 22, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8098 "2026-01-22T16:52:06Z")
_Gunpowder_, 2017 BBC series which made its way to HBO Max. It is OK… if you know the history, not a lot of suspense here. The reformation/wars of religion period is particularly ugly and depressing, so you’re not going to be overwhelmed by spectacle. Generally faithful to the events in question, though I assume many of the conversations were made up for the series (and they were in modern English, not Shakespeare/King James Bible English, so, yeah). 3 episodes, 3 hours. Not a big committment. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8099 "2026-01-22T18:35:57Z")
I’m probably the last one here to watch _ **The Pitt** _. My wife and I did two to three episodes a night over the past week, and finished season one yesterday. Just great, great television. As some have already mentioned, they did roll out a handful of tired medical show tropes here and there, but mostly it felt very raw and real, if a highly amped-up version of “real.” There were episodes that felt a little _too_ chaotic, almost to the point of being exhausting to watch. But they always seem to follow with a somewhat quieter hour so everyone can catch their breath a bit. And I have no doubt they hit pretty close to the bulls-eye of what a mass-casualty event is like at an actual ER. We decided not to start season two until all the episodes are out. I’m looking forward to late April! ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8100 "2026-01-22T18:50:07Z")
How does _The Pitt_ compare to Noah Wyle in ER? It would be interesting if he was the same doctor. Now, older and adjusting to the new world of todays, over-stressed health care system. I watched ER regularly. I haven’t seen _The Pitt_. I experienced it twice in real life last year. Kidney Stone and then months later Sepsis. Not sure I want to know what the staff are doing while I’m on a gurney waiting and hurting. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8101 "2026-01-22T19:08:54Z")
It’s not too hard to imagine John Carter evolving into a version of Dr. Robby, I suppose… but it’s been many years since I watched ER. There’s a med student on The Pitt that kind of reminds me of Wyle’s original ER character, though. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8102 "2026-01-22T21:49:48Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I’m probably the last one here to watch _ **The Pitt** _. No, I still haven’t gotten around to watching it yet, but I plan to, eventually. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8103 "2026-01-22T21:58:54Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It would be interesting if he was the same doctor. Now, older and adjusting to the new world of todays, over-stressed health care system. The showrunner of _The Pitt_ was one of the producers of _ER._ The original idea was a sequel to _ER_ showing John Carter working through the pandemic. They went to the Michael Creighton estate about the idea. Then they decided to go a different direction and with a different (real time) format. The Creighton estate is suing them even though it’s obviously not the same character and a completely different show. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8104 "2026-01-22T21:59:56Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > We decided not to start season two until all the episodes are out. I’m looking forward to late April! I don’t know if we’re gonna wait for all of them to come out, but we are gonna wait for a lot more to come out before we watch it. I think we started watching season one win a little more than half of them were out. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8105 "2026-01-22T23:16:36Z")
Started Series 18 of **Taskmaster**. I like the grumpy guy. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8106 "2026-01-22T23:25:58Z")
Jack Dee, perhaps? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8107 "2026-01-22T23:27:21Z")
Yeah, he’s funny! Plus he has the kind of personality I think is really going to bounce off of Greg’s very nicely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=404) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=406)