# 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:** 407
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8128 "2026-01-28T05:24:11Z")
**The Beauty** (FX and Hulu) Just watched the first episode about a sexually transmitted virus that turns you beautiful before making you spontaneously combust. The remarkably attractive pair of FBI agents on the case leave no mystery about what 1990s TV show it gets its inspiration. I’ll keep watching. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8129 "2026-01-28T06:07:23Z")
_Shrinking_ is back for season 3. (“The Field” sounds familiar…) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8130 "2026-01-28T06:22:42Z")
[![](https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Fox_Mulder?file=Fox_Mulder.jpg) ](https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Fox_Mulder?file=Fox_Mulder.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8131 "2026-01-28T14:00:30Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > _Shrinking_ is back for season 3. (“The Field” sounds familiar…) My wife and I are watching and finished season 1 last night. Good, not great. Moments of hilarity and even moments of drama, but not as funny as Scrubs…nor as effective as a drama. Like it, though. ---
**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 28, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8132 "2026-01-28T14:23:58Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > > _Shrinking_ is back for season 3. (“The Field” sounds familiar…) > > My wife and I are watching and finished season 1 last night. Good, not great. Moments of hilarity and even moments of drama, but not as funny as Scrubs…nor as effective as a drama. > > Like it, though. It’s in my top 5 of best shows all time. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8133 "2026-01-28T14:25:36Z")
up to series 10 of father brown. so glad annoying inspector murray has gone off to scotland. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8134 "2026-01-28T14:28:01Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > **The Beauty** (FX and Hulu) > > Just watched the first episode about a sexually transmitted virus that turns you beautiful before making you spontaneously combust. A virus that turns you into a smokin’ hottie, eh? Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8135 "2026-01-28T15:12:58Z")
**Steal** (Prime, 1se., 2026) Blurb- An ordinary office worker, Zara, finds herself at the heart of a heist; a typical work day at a pension fund investment company is upended when a gang of violent thieves burst in and force Zara and her best mate Luke to execute their demands. We’ve seen the first episode and it’s alright. We’ll continue. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8136 "2026-01-28T15:15:24Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > There was indeed a ‘weird trick’, by that I mean a double twist. My smugness evaporated when the first twist was revealed to be a red herring and a way more outrageous twist took its place. Annoyingly my partner actually guessed it! Haha. But having finished the episode and reading a few critical user reviews on IMDB I do tend to agree that it was a little ridiculous. And left me feeling rather sorry for a character that did not deserve their fate! Our only issue with it was a loving calculating mother would never tell her daughter. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8137 "2026-01-28T16:39:15Z")
Further thoughts on _His and Hers:-_ I thought it was pretty harsh on Katherine/Lexi, although quite why she left Anna in the woods was a bit of a mystery when it was her that tried to help her… also felt for her husband Richard (ok, he had an assault charge in his past so was not a nice man, but it sounded like it was dismissed(??) ). Others have pointed out that there seemed to be no consequences at all for the men who actually committed the heinous act, which is a very good point. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8138 "2026-01-28T16:47:48Z")
Oh, for sure. It was important for the story the male detective didn’t solve the case. In the beginning the intrepid Lieutenant Priya was trying to solve the case and was getting close when the Detective told her, “Relax Boston, this is Dahlonega (Georgia)” the meaning being here in this small town things are always exactly as they appear. Alice was able to get away with this BECAUSE this entire town thinks it’s clever and criminals all dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8139 "2026-01-28T16:54:11Z")
The explanation for Lexi’s lack of aid during the rape was explained by the last episode in the instance of the sailboat and the dying sister. Underneath her plus sized jumper and awkward behavour Lexi is a complete psychopath. ---
**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 28, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8140 "2026-01-28T18:33:29Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > > [@TRC4941](#): > > > > The new season of _ **All Creatures Great & Small** _ started a couple of weeks ago. How I love this show! > > Thanks for that. I hadn’t realized it was back on. Watched the first episode of the season. I was a little surprised by the time jump. Edward was in a bit of a out of the frying pan into the fire situation. At least in the first episode that wasn’t addressed. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8141 "2026-01-28T23:22:05Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > so glad annoying inspector murray has gone off to scotland. Inspector Mallory is quite a change. He appears to think he’s in a different show. ---
**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 28, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8142 "2026-01-28T23:28:28Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > > [@TRC4941](#): > > > > > > The new season of _ **All Creatures Great & Small** _ started a couple of weeks ago. How I love this show! > > > > Thanks for that. I hadn’t realized it was back on. > > Watched the first episode of the season. I was a little surprised by the time jump. Edward was in a bit of a out of the frying pan into the fire situation. At least in the first episode that wasn’t addressed. Who is Edward in _All Creatures Great and Small_? ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8143 "2026-01-29T00:17:48Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > > > > [@TRC4941](#): > > > > > > > > The new season of _ **All Creatures Great & Small** _ started a couple of weeks ago. How I love this show! > > > > > > Thanks for that. I hadn’t realized it was back on. > > > > Watched the first episode of the season. I was a little surprised by the time jump. Edward was in a bit of a out of the frying pan into the fire situation. At least in the first episode that wasn’t addressed. > > Who is Edward in _All Creatures Great and Small_? Mrs Hall’s son who she had been estranged from until he went off to war. The first time you see him he’s wearing a HMS Repulse hat. If you know history then you know that’s not a good sign. Sure enough at the end of season 5 the ship goes down and his fate is unknown. Mrs Hall finds out he was rescued but he is wounded and recovering in Singapore. Singapore at the start of 1942 is not the place you want to be. I have not seen the other episodes yet. I don’t know if anything was mentioned. Maybe they just want you to assume he made it back to England through the war torn Pacific without any further drama. When they mentioned where he was I assumed there would be further story there. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8144 "2026-01-29T01:58:39Z")
Keystone type police. Glad Sullivan is back. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8145 "2026-01-29T15:03:34Z")
Yes, I was a bit confused. I thought I had missed some episodes. But I really liked that episode; it was touching. ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8146 "2026-01-29T16:26:40Z")
Watched the first two episodes of _ **His & Hers** _ last night. They’re parceling out information to us, the audience, in slow drips and drabs. Done well, that can be a surprising and suspenseful storytelling technique; done poorly, it’s just frustrating. I haven’t yet figured out which this is. ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8147 "2026-01-29T16:27:52Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Yes, I was a bit confused. I thought I had missed some episodes. But I really liked that episode; it was touching. Season 5 ends at Christmas 1941. Their timing is a little off since the Repulse was sunk by the Japanese on December 10th. Season 6 opens in May or the end of April (depending on how many days are covered in the episode) of 1945. Even though they aren’t holding close to the source material I do believe that the original books also fast forwarded through the war. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=406) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=408)