# 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:** 415
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8288 "2026-02-20T17:11:11Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I started watching ER around season 7, so I also remember the ridiculous helicopter crashes (which is about when I gave up). Whenever they airlift someone in on the Pitt, I have flashbacks to Dr Romano and his chopper mishaps. ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8289 "2026-02-20T17:12:13Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > 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. ☹ Is it Mahershala Ali? I think he is the worst successful actor in movies and TV. I mean, I can’t believe he gets work. ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8290 "2026-02-20T17:15:35Z")
Nearing the end of S1 of **The Pitt**. Last night was E13 with the mass shooting (blurred just in case). Very intense and graphic. ---
**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, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8291 "2026-02-20T17:22:16Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > 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.) The big helicopter crash happened in season 10. There were 5 more seasons. I wouldn’t miss an episode of ER when it was on. Then I realized I just stopped watching. After about season 8 I watched sporadically then I stopped watching completely and never saw the later seasons. Partly because all they did was lump misery upon misery for the characters. Probably a lot of the reason was the babies that appeared in my house at around that time. Now one of those babies has binged the entire run of ER at least twice. ---
**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8292 "2026-02-20T18:21:10Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Is it Mahershala Ali? No, it’s Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, who I don’t remember doing anything notable before this series. (Of course, I don’t watch a whole lot of movies or dramatic TV). He certainly doesn’t fit my mental picture of Mickey Haller. ---
**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, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8293 "2026-02-20T18:27:24Z")
I remember him from the Magnificent Seven remake and _A Man Called Otto._ ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8294 "2026-02-20T18:35:35Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > > [@hogarth](#): > > > > I started watching ER around season 7, so I also remember the ridiculous helicopter crashes (which is about when I gave up). > > Whenever they airlift someone in on the Pitt, I have flashbacks to Dr Romano and his chopper mishaps. What I liked about the first episode of the ninth season of ER, in which Dr Romano lost his arm to a helicopter rotor (and is it necessary to spoiler-box something from 23 years ago?) was that wasn’t spoiled in advance by the network. Typically, their promotions give at least a hint that something big is happening. It reminded me of a sudden death in a 1991 episode of LA Law, which was similarly unspoiled. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8295 "2026-02-20T18:48:48Z")
One thing that people forget about ER around the big episodes and the soap nature was the incessant bullying and stress as a theme. Benson was a total piece of shit, and Romano too. It was a major feature even leading up to proper flashpoints. At least in the earlier seasons. Later on it was just treading water mostly. ---
**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, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8296 "2026-02-20T19:10:44Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > No, it’s Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, who I don’t remember doing anything notable before this series. He doesn’t do anything notable _in_ the series, either, e.g. acting. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8297 "2026-02-20T19:39:51Z")
I remember trying to watch ER and being unable to get pass the sheer incompetence, I remember thinking “a real hospital that had that many mishaps would soon be closed”. May be the show was better at first , but by the time I tried to watch it it has become unwatchable. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8298 "2026-02-20T19:57:41Z")
The other thing about ER is the frequency of mass casualty incidents; one week a bus crash, the next a ten-car pile-up, then a plane crash. Probably more major incidents in one season than any real hospital sees in ten years. The nice thing about The Pitt is that the one-day-per-season thing means it’s less obvious. ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8299 "2026-02-20T20:09:31Z")
**Small Prophets** Recommended. Cute show from Mackenzie Crook, who has a small role in it. Guy grows 3 tiny homunculi in some jars and they help tell the future. It’s relatively calm and kind of funny. We liked 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:** [February 20, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8300 "2026-02-20T20:15:02Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I remember trying to watch ER and being unable to get pass the sheer incompetence, I remember thinking “a real hospital that had that many mishaps would soon be closed”. The public hospital it was based on was pretty much known for just that. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8301 "2026-02-20T20:19:27Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > > [@hogarth](#): > > > > I started watching ER around season 7, so I also remember the ridiculous helicopter crashes (which is about when I gave up). > > Whenever they airlift someone in on the Pitt, I have flashbacks to Dr Romano and his chopper mishaps. Every. Single. Time. I can’t watch doctors waiting for a helicopter on the roof and _not_ get nervous that someone is going to get injured, no matter what the show is. The Pitt, that HBO Katrina hospital show, etc. That stupid scene from ER has forever seared itself in my memory. ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8302 "2026-02-20T21:40:18Z")
What about doctors walking on the ground? Because when helicopters have it out for you, nowhere is safe. ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8303 "2026-02-20T21:53:11Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The other thing about ER is the frequency of mass casualty incidents; one week a bus crash, the next a ten-car pile-up, then a plane crash. The first season only had one mass casualty, for what it’s worth. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The nice thing about The Pitt is that the one-day-per-season thing means it’s less obvious. Wait until The Pitt reaches episode 250; I suspect they’ll be running out of ideas by then… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8304 "2026-02-20T21:57:27Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > 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. Yeah. I mean, first of all, having like a dozen LAPD officers and a couple FBI guys do a stakeout in Mexico (where the US has no jurisdiction) over the murder of two women- where LA has 230+ murders a year. (Yes the TV showed only 5 LAPD, but of course they have to watch 24/7. ). > [@Loach](#): > > 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. They also threw away his race, powers, and about everything else but his name. In other words, as good as this show might be, it aint about the Marvel Wonder Man. > [@ShadowFacts](#): > > It’s a shame, because I really like the Lincoln Lawyer novels (and the movie with Matthew McConaughy was decent), I really liked it. ---
**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 21, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8305 "2026-02-21T00:09:11Z")
I had started to rewatch (again) Game of Thrones out of boredom, but couldn’t really get into it the third time around. Then I saw a couple of reviews here about **A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms** , and thought “why not”. Binged four episodes this afternoon and liked it well enough. I could have done without the giant penis and the guy having projectile shit coming out of his bum, but perhaps that’s just me. ---
**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 21, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8306 "2026-02-21T00:29:04Z")
We finished the first season of **Murderbot** and gosh it got good by the end. Very poignant finale. I’m hoping for more, and want to read more of the books now. ---
**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 21, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8307 "2026-02-21T00:29:10Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > They also threw away his race, powers, and about everything else but his name. In other words, as good as this show might be, it aint about the Marvel Wonder Man. It was made by Marvel so by definition it is Marvel Wonder Man. Except for racists who cares about his race? But anyway, Ultimate Wonder Man is black and that’s also Marvel Wonder Man. They did mention ionic powers but did not fully explore what his powers are. As a lesser known character it doesn’t really matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=414) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=416)