# 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:** 416
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8308 "2026-02-21T00:42:34Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Except for racists who cares about his race? Except his powers, background and other stuff is also different. ---
**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, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8309 "2026-02-21T00:47:04Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > Except for racists who cares about his race? > > Except his powers, background and other stuff is also different. He was boring, obscure and basically forgotten. Good for them. I collected comic books as a kid and I barely remember anything about him. He’s the perfect character to reinvent. If you want him the way he was go read an old comic book. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8310 "2026-02-21T00:48:44Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He was boring, obscure and basically forgotten. Okay, fine. Why not then a new name for a character who has a different backstory and powers? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8311 "2026-02-21T00:53:16Z")
Eh, why not recycle the name of a character who isn’t currently or likely to be active in the MCU? And that’s not even getting into the issue of in-universe character name handoffs and reassignments. I like the timeline in which the Falcon is now Captain America, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8312 "2026-02-21T00:59:56Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He was boring, obscure and basically forgotten. Good for them. I collected comic books as a kid and I barely remember anything about him. I liked him. He was usually written as an immensely strong but easy-going, good-hearted lug of average intelligence, with minor comedic overtones. I sorta liked that original West Coast Avengers run with him, Hawkeye, Mockingbird and Tigra. But then I tended to gravitate towards minor characters back when I read superhero comic books (mostly a long time ago now). That said… > [@Loach](#): > > He’s the perfect character to reinvent. If you want him the way he was go read an old comic book. I pretty much agree. Minor comic book figures are perfectly reasonable characters to play around with and reinvent. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8313 "2026-02-21T01:58:15Z")
We finally got around to finishing the final season of Vera. It was a good finish to a series that never really flagged in quality. ---
**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, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8314 "2026-02-21T02:58:06Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > He was boring, obscure and basically forgotten. > > Okay, fine. Why not then a new name for a character who has a different backstory and powers? Because they were able to do it in a creative way. ---
**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 21, 2026, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8315 "2026-02-21T06:02:44Z")
All I remember about Wonder Man from the comics was that he was an actor. The TV series checked that box. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8316 "2026-02-21T06:44:18Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Finished the main series of **Narcos** , which was excellent. I haven’t decided whether I want to move on to the Mexico series. If you were ok with season 3 of Narcos sans Pablo, then you will probably also like Narcos: Mexico. Diego Luna, Michael Peña, Tenoch Huerta and Joaquín Cosío are all pretty great in their roles. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8317 "2026-02-21T07:45:04Z")
> [@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. ☹ He doesn’t bother me, but then I’ve never read any of the books, so… He played a psycho drug lord in one season of _Goliath_ (with Billy Bob Thornton) and was suitably creepy in that. He was also fine in _A Man Called Otto._ So I don’t really get the hate, but each to their own… ---
**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 21, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8318 "2026-02-21T14:33:46Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > We finally got around to finishing the final season of Vera. It was a good finish to a series that never really flagged in quality. My wife and I recently finished Vera as well. As soon as Joe came back I had a pretty good idea how the series would end. It was a satisfying ending but no way it would fly in real life. Vera cleans out her desk in the middle of the night and leaves a note for Joe basically saying “It’s your team now.” No two weeks notice, no job posting, no interviews, no clearing the hand-off with her supervisor, just poof she’s gone and he’s in charge. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8319 "2026-02-21T15:24:39Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > And of course there is Sir Ben Kingsley, excellent as always. They say his Lear was the toast of Croydon. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8320 "2026-02-21T17:29:34Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > My wife and I recently finished Vera as well. As soon as Joe came back I had a pretty good idea how the series would end. It was a satisfying ending but no way it would fly in real life. > > Vera cleans out her desk in the middle of the night and leaves a note for Joe basically saying “It’s your team now.” No two weeks notice, no job posting, no interviews, no clearing the hand-off with her supervisor, just poof she’s gone and he’s in charge. Similar reaction here - including something I started to add to my post: like a lot of British detective series, Joe is the not-too-intelligent foil who asks dumb questions so Vera can answer waspishly. Even if she could hand it off like that, is he even remotely capable? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8321 "2026-02-21T20:43:06Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > We finally got around to finishing the final season of Vera. I Where did you watch Vera? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8322 "2026-02-21T20:46:21Z")
BritBox. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8323 "2026-02-21T20:46:51Z")
Thanks. ---
**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 21, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8324 "2026-02-21T23:42:46Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Just finished the first season of _ **The Righteous Gemstones** _. And we finished the series yesterday. I enjoyed it for the most part, but at the same time I was continually frustrated by the sibling characters who kept _almost_ becoming somewhat redeemable before inevitably reverting back to their selfish, petty, thoroughly awful selves. I also didn’t much care for the ridiculous _deus ex machina_ ending to season 3. But the writing was consistently strong, and the performances, especially John Goodman’s, were excellent. It kind of pinballed between a live-action cartoon and a thoughtful study of flawed and complex characters. But somehow that worked. One final thought: I expected this show to be much more cynical about religion itself. For all their excesses, the Gemstones are generally portrayed as earnest in their faith. They are foolish people in many ways, but not because they are hypocritical about their religion, which would have been an easier and probably less interesting choice. ---
**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 23, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8325 "2026-02-23T20:48:10Z")
I just started two, The Righteous Gemstones and The Beauty. I’m only two episodes into The Righteous Gemstones but so far I’m really liking it. The first episode was really good. The Beauty is the new Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, Monster etc) series. The basic premise (at least as of three episodes in) is that an STD causes people to become really good looking, then at some point in the future, they become aggressively violent and explode. (Not really a spoiler, you learn about it in the first few minutes of the first episode, but I don’t want to ruin something unexpected) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5bDmmK15CNY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Beauty | Official Trailer | Evan Peters, Rebecca Hall, Ashton Kutcher | FX") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bDmmK15CNY&t=1) ---
**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 23, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8326 "2026-02-23T22:27:26Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > The Beauty I’ve never been a fan of Ashton Kutcher, but he does a great job eating the scenery in this. A raunchy, violent, amoral psychopath who is instantly recognizable as a number of real-life billionaires. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8327 "2026-02-24T02:08:19Z")
The newest episode of Dark Winds has a nice little point, and a big error- There is a shooting at a Diner, so the R is out, leaving just Dine. (Diné) Cute. Then a young girl walks thru an unlocked door, down a hall and finds another unlocked door where drugs & stuff are stored, inside is a cabinet full of morphine and stuff- also unlocked. No no, no NO!. Federal law requires they be locked and climate controlled. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=415) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=417)