# 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:** 414
**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 16, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8268 "2026-02-16T19:17:00Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Watching S2 of **The Last of Us**. It’s holding my interest so far. I heard that even S3 is not the last season, which is unfortunate. I don’t know how long the story should take, but not super long I think. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8269 "2026-02-16T19:18:44Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > But considering where I was halfway in I’m pretty certain I would have been rolling my eyes enough to make them sore 😉. My eyeballs rolled so much they popped out of my head and rolled across the floor. My cat ate one of them, which kinda sucks. What an absurd, even slapstick, ending. Still, it was pretty well done, overall. I agree with @needscoffee and rate it around 6/10. Tops. I don’t regret watching it, but I wouldn’t even consider watching it twice. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8270 "2026-02-16T20:45:39Z")
**The 'Burbs** On Peacock Based on the 1989 movie, Keke Palmer and Jack Whitehall move into his parents’ nice suburban home and encounter the weirdness and odd goings-on in the town, including someone new moving into the creepy house across the street. It also features Julia Duffy, Paula Pell, Mark Proksch, and Kapil Talwalkar. There’s a mystery of a runaway friend that strings the episodes along as the characters all begin investigating that. It’s fun and I liked the actors. The mystery was kind of creepy, I guess, but other than the setting, it’s not that close to its predecessor. Though I must admit that I haven’t seen the movie in quite a while. The ending did leave me wanting more. ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8271 "2026-02-16T20:52:33Z")
Okay, I’m really liking **Murderbot** now. The characters are getting more fleshed out. I both feel for the SecUnit and I’m frustrated he doesn’t get it. Hard to miss the autism coding. There’s a lot of stuff happening in Season 1 that I don’t recall from Book 1. For those who have read the series, did they add totally new stuff in, or just mash later books together for the storyline? ---
**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 16, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8272 "2026-02-16T21:40:05Z")
For no real reason other than it popped up in my Hulu feed, I watched the first 5 or 6 episodes of Living Single. I don’t think I’ve watched it since it was on or maybe a few reruns when I was in college (which was right after it aired). Two things caught my eye almost immediately. It’s essentially The Golden Girls, and the first episode was clearly filmed in the Winslow’s (Family Matters) house/set. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8273 "2026-02-17T00:42:29Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > > [@PastTense](#): > > > > > [@Johanna](#): > > > > > > _Dark Winds._ So very much _Dark Winds._ Yá’át’ééh! > > > > The fourth season won’t premiere until February 15, 2026 > > But Season 3 has just arrived on Netflix instead of being exclusively on AMC. I was too impatient to wait so I subscribed to AMC to watch it earlier, and will probably do the same for Season 4 next February. Yup, here we are in Season 4 of _Dark Winds_: AMC is dropping a new episode every Sunday (for the next seven weeks, apparently). And the internet tells me that the series has officially been renewed for a fifth season, which is fine; so far, I’m happy to keep watching this thing as long as they keep making it. This is definitely not the original story arc of the Tony Hillerman novels, though I’m deliberately not rereading so I won’t get (more) confused. ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8274 "2026-02-17T02:40:54Z")
**Mock the Week** Recommended. If you aren’t aware, Mock the Week went off the air a few years ago. It was brought back about two weeks ago and is more or less the same as ever. Dara, Hugh\*, even the set are the same. It’s nice to have back. I like Dara O’briain the most. I think the whole cast and guests are quite humorous, though. \*Hugh was not available for the first two episodes and just rejoined the third. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8275 "2026-02-18T23:09:52Z")
**How to Get to Heaven from Belfast** (Netflix) The story/mystery is just good enough but the characters make it well worth the watch. It’s by the same showrunner as _Derry Girls_ but shares little with that show except it’s in Ireland and has a familiar face in the second half of its 8 episodes. The casting is brilliant, especially the young lookalike actresses in the flashbacks. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8276 "2026-02-19T11:08:18Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > It’s by the same showrunner as _Derry Girls_ but shares little with that show except it’s in Ireland Nitpick: **Northern Ireland** , there was a 30 year civil war over that distinction… ---
**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:** [February 19, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8277 "2026-02-19T14:49:46Z")
It’s an island and there are episodes on both sides of the border, but mostly Donegal in the Republic. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8278 "2026-02-19T15:51:32Z")
**How to Get to Heaven from Belfast** (2026, Netflix, 1 se.) Recommended. I am a big fan of Lisa McGee’s other project _Derry Girls_, so I was already full in. My wife is new to Irish shows and Mrs. McGee’s style but she is enjoying it as well. ETA: Ha! Ninja’d, listen to **Elmer\_J.Fudd** guys. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8279 "2026-02-19T16:08:42Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > It’s an island and there are episodes on both sides of the border, but mostly Donegal in the Republic In Episode 1 one of the characters says “I’m glad I brought my Euro purse” – alluding to frequent border crossings with 2 different currencies. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8280 "2026-02-19T16:50:17Z")
I’m a bit disappointed the Donegal accent doesn’t play a larger role. She had fun with that in Derry Girls. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8281 "2026-02-20T14:37:53Z")
Finished the main series of **Narcos** , which was excellent. I haven’t decided whether I want to move on to the Mexico series. Started the new season of **The Rookie**. Look, I like Nathan Fillion onscreen and the characters are fun but my god the plots just get stupider by the episode. The FBI: “We’re trying to catch an international arms dealer in Prague, so clearly the best people to handle this are an LA beat cop and his wife.” _whaaaaaaaaaat_ ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8282 "2026-02-20T15:02:24Z")
I liked _Wonder Man_. I didn’t know what to expect going in. I didn’t expect a superhero show that isn’t a superhero show. The origin story of comic book Wonder Man is convoluted and not very well known so they threw all of that out. I don’t know where they are going to go with the character from here but it’s a good self contained miniseries. And of course there is Sir Ben Kingsley, excellent as always. ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8283 "2026-02-20T16:04:04Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > 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 I’ve finished watching season 1 of ER. I think it compares quite favourably to The Pitt (perhaps not surprisingly) although there is more of a soap opera element. Dr. Ross’s (George Clooney) stories are easily the least interesting though. Season 2 has added even more about the characters’ personal lives, for better or for worse. Another thing that dates the show is the number of patients with AIDS (again, not surprising for a show from the ‘90s). ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8284 "2026-02-20T16:40:31Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I’ve finished watching season 1 of ER. I think it compares quite favourably to The Pitt I watched ER in real time and have never revisited the earlier seasons. Mostly what I remember is how ridiculous it got toward the end, with helicopter crashes and exploding ambulances and the like, week after week. (Even though I still enjoyed it for what it was.) I’m happy that Wyle is _not_ playing Dr. Carter on the Pitt, as the two shows definitely don’t feel to me like they could exist in the same reality. Maybe I’d revise that opinion if I were to rewatch ER, which I may or may not do. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8285 "2026-02-20T16:42:16Z")
I watched S4E1 of **The Lincoln Lawyer** last night. I’ll watch the whole season just because I want to see whodunit and how it gets solved. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8286 "2026-02-20T16:49:07Z")
It’s a shame, because I really like the Lincoln Lawyer novels (and the movie with Matthew McConaughy was decent), but since they cast a block of wood as the lead actor, I find the series unwatchable. ☹ ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8287 "2026-02-20T16:50:18Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I’m happy that Wyle is _not_ playing Dr. Carter on the Pitt, as the two shows definitely don’t feel to me like they could exist in the same reality. I think most of the first season has a similar feel; you can even kind of map similar characters between the two shows (Dr. Greene → Dr. Robby, Carter → Huckleberry, etc). Obviously the real-time element isn’t there so most cases are wrapped up in an hour, and there is more discussion of home life (Dr. Greene and his wife, Dr. Lewis and her sister, Dr. Benton and Marcellus Wallace). I started watching ER around season 7, so I also remember the ridiculous helicopter crashes (which is about when I gave up). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=413) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=415)