# 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:** 412
**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:** [February 13, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8228 "2026-02-13T04:38:46Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Wow, I do _not_ watch medical shows, but this one is simply amazing. I just watched the pilot of ER. Noah Wyle looks like a high school kid! ---
**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:** [February 13, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8229 "2026-02-13T13:35:36Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I just watched the pilot of ER. Noah Wyle looks like a high school kid! I’m glad this show went in the “brand new show” direction. I believe when The Pitt was in its earliest stages, Noah Wyle was going to play the same character he played from ER. I’ve never seen ER, but agree everyone looks like babies in the early pictures. We finished season 1 last night and it was very good and very satisfying. . The little girl(Amber) who drowned was the most intense and anxiety-inducing moment in the whole season. It took up 20-25 minutes of screen time, but was terrible…but gripping. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8230 "2026-02-13T17:22:45Z")
Tried out **His & Hers** on NFLX last night. Really couldn’t get into it at all. Cop, ex-wife, dead kid: nothing out of the ordinary here, and it’s been done better. I may have been talked into re-upping HBO after reading comments above about **The Pitt**. Their subscription price is off-putting, but we’ll binge and dump. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8231 "2026-02-13T17:28:04Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Tried out **His & Hers** on NFLX last night. Really couldn’t get into it at all. Cop, ex-wife, dead kid: nothing out of the ordinary here, and it’s been done better. I’m 4 episodes in and only half invested. For me, there’s a bit too much “Mare of Easttown” in it. At least WRT everyone knowing and/or being related to each other. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8232 "2026-02-13T18:07:13Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve never seen ER, but agree everyone looks like babies in the early pictures. I haven’t seen the first few seasons of ER (the Clooney years), so it’s new to me too. It actually feels pretty fresh, although a couple of things seemed dated so far: 1. In the first few episodes, there’s a scene where a flirtatious young woman gets Dr. Greene to rub burn cream on her inner thighs AND a scene where a flirtatious young woman gets Dr. Carter to rub rash cream on her bum (and she later sneaks into his car and tells him “let’s go to my place”). Moral: women be horny for doctors. 2. The small amounts of money that get mentioned when they talk about how expensive health care is. “You want to see a neurologist? You don’t have insurance so that would cost you $180!!!” ---
**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:** [February 13, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8233 "2026-02-13T18:29:57Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Moral: women be horny for doctors. So in 2026 women don’t be horny for doctors? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8234 "2026-02-13T18:31:22Z")
Nowadays I think they at least would have made a few more episodes before going back to the same well! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8235 "2026-02-14T15:34:46Z")
**Sirens** (Netflix) A 5-episode mini-series that ran last year but I’d never heard of it. Julianne Moore is a billionaire philanthropist (and possibly leader of a cult….I’m only 1 episode in). Milly Alcock is her personal assistant; Meghann Fahy plays the assistant’s older and more grounded sister who suspects Something Is Up. It may or not may not turn out to be fun and worthwhile, but I can’t get past the casting. The personal assistant is supposed to be a high-powered professional dynamo, but Milly Alcock has the face of a 12-year-old girl and I can’t get past that. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8236 "2026-02-14T15:48:06Z")
**How to Get to Heaven From Belfast** (Netflix) From the creators of **Derry Girls** , which I loved. Appears to be a mystery-comedy….one episode in, looks promising. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8237 "2026-02-14T15:54:37Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The personal assistant is supposed to be a high-powered professional dynamo, but Milly Alcock has the face of a 12-year-old girl and I can’t get past that. Maybe spend some time looking at pictures of 29-year-old youngest female (non-heiress) billionaire Luana Lopes Lara to help acclimate yourself? [https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2025/12/02/how-kalshis-luana-lopes-lara-cofounder-went-from-professional-ballerina-to-worlds-youngest-self-made-woman-billionaire/](https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2025/12/02/how-kalshis-luana-lopes-lara-cofounder-went-from-professional-ballerina-to-worlds-youngest-self-made-woman-billionaire/) I mean, it’s not just you: we’re conditioned to accept the idea of “precocious”-looking young male high-powered professional dynamos (“boy genius”), but not female ones. Childish-looking women are just perceived as little girls, full stop. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8238 "2026-02-14T15:57:48Z")
Luana Lopes Lara looks her age. Milly Alcock is 25 but could play Pollyanna or be in the cast of Stranger Things. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8239 "2026-02-14T16:03:51Z")
I finished watching season 1 of **The Mighty Nein** on Amazon Prime, another animated series from Critical Role (in the same world as **The Legend of Vox Machina** ). Entertaining and engaging, if you’re into D&D-style stories. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8240 "2026-02-14T16:06:48Z")
Kinda my point? We see a boyish-looking male actor playing a high-powered professional and think _”wow, that high-powered professional looks about 12 lol!”_ We see a girlish-looking female actor playing a high-powered professional and think _”wow, that actress looks about 12, she needs to be playing child or teen characters, not high-powered professionals!”_ ---
**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:** [February 14, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8241 "2026-02-14T17:22:31Z")
We started **The Pitt** last night. Seems like a typical medical series, but with more profanity and gore than network efforts. I’m impressed with the cast’s ability to memorize the medical jargon. One part that really hit home was the couple trying to decide whether or not to let their father die peacefully. I went through that with my son. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8242 "2026-02-14T21:08:39Z")
We’ve been watching the 2020 version of _All Creatures Great and Small_ on PBS. It’s charming, well acted, and surprisingly moving. Several episodes have inspired a few sniffles from both of us. Just the thing to help us escape the stress of current reality. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8243 "2026-02-14T21:16:38Z")
They did a good job of making the adult children sympathetic while frustrating as hell. **The Pitt** is a testament to the power of good storytelling. It appears to be having a real impact on how people think about such situations. They’ve done surveys in which people said the show has convinced them to act differently in how they approach end-of-life-care and organ donation. It may actually be the most important show on television. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8244 "2026-02-14T22:05:12Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > We started **The Pitt** last night. Seems like a typical medical series, but with more profanity and gore than network efforts. No, I somewhat disagree. The typical medical drama is mostly the staff having affairs with each other, and relatives (that we never knew existed until this episode) being brought in great medical distress. The Pitt is far more medical than drama. > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > **The Pitt** is a testament to the power of good storytelling. It appears to be having a real impact on how people think about such situations. They’ve done surveys in which people said the show has convinced them to act differently in how they approach end-of-life-care and organ donation. It may actually be the most important show on television. I liked the “walk of honor” where the staff lined up and applauded the new organ donator. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8245 "2026-02-15T03:44:25Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I watched the season two finale of **The Night Manager** last night, and it was quite a dramatic conclusion. I lost track of what was going on, it’s quite a convoluted back and forth, but the general theme of espionage and double crossing was still enough to keep me interested. If you were ever someone who championed the idea of Tom Hiddleston to be the next James Bond, this may be what you’re looking for. Season 2 was quite a watch! Finished it tonight. Seems like there will be a Season 3 in the future. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8246 "2026-02-15T04:12:10Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > We see a boyish-looking male actor playing a high-powered professional and think _”wow, that high-powered professional looks about 12 lol!”_ > > We see a girlish-looking female actor playing a high-powered professional and think _”wow, that actress looks about 12, she needs to be playing child or teen characters, not high-powered professionals!_ Nah, I would think the boyish actor looks like he should be playing a younger character, too. Sometimes people are just miscast. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8247 "2026-02-15T20:07:40Z")
Just finished His and Hers. Kinda meh, but for such a violent/action oriented show, it’s surprisingly easy to watch. It would’ve been easy to blast through the entire thing in a single day. Regarding the ending… > **Summary** > > I’m not one of those people that tries to figure out a whodunit on my own, I generally prefer to go along for the ride. However, in this case, I saw mentions of a twist ending or something otherwise unexpected happening. At that point, my money was on mom, but mostly because there was absolutely zero other reason for her to be in the show. > > Do we know why Jack cancelled the phone records request on…someone, don’t remember who? Do we know why Jack was so desperately trying to steer the investigation towards Clyde? One thing I read (not about that, just about Jack, in general) is that he’s not a good detective. Is it just that? And I’ll reiterate what I said earlier. I felt a lot of it was way over complicated. Too many people, too many relationships, too many people fucking someone other than their SO, with or without them knowing and with or without them being okay(ish) with it. Everyone knows each other etc. It means there’s a lot of complicated relationships and we’re just jumping into the middle and having to pick up bits and pieces of the history as we move through the show. I know it’s a small town, but they could’ve set it anywhere. They did use Priya as a way to get information to us, but I wished they would’ve used her more, or better. Maybe the answer really does come down to that last line “Forget it, Boston. It’s Delhonega”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=411) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=413)