# 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:** 42
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/821 "2022-01-10T15:05:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Oh probably, but it’s been a few years. Can I blame Amazon for cancelling _The Tick_ , at least? Oh, yeah, absolutely, I’m right there with you on that one. ---
**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 10, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/822 "2022-01-10T15:06:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > S4 is the weakest of them. Is that the Kansas City one? We only made it through three or four episodes. I wish they hadn’t abandoned the Solversons (what a great name!) as the thread running through every season like I thought they would after the first two seasons. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/823 "2022-01-10T15:11:34Z")
Yeah, with Chris Rock. It’s basically a prequel to the Mike Milligan character from S2. ---
**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 10, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/824 "2022-01-10T20:44:43Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Watched the second episode of **Around the World in 80 Days** with David Tennant I just watched episode 6. And I really love this series! It hits all the right notes for me. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/825 "2022-01-10T23:52:25Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > > [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > > > I’m just now getting around to _Fargo_ on Hulu. My goodness what a good show. I’m in S2 now and I was afraid it couldn’t get much better after S1. Happy to say I was wrong. > > I enjoyed 1,2 and 3 pretty much equally but I couldn’t get into 4 at all. I feel the same. They tried something different with season 4 which is to be commended, but it just didn’t work. I still watched it all, but it’s easily the weakest of the 4. ---
**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 11, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/826 "2022-01-11T00:02:01Z")
I’ve rewatched the first 3 seasons at least once (maybe twice?) but have no desire to revisit season 4. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/827 "2022-01-11T00:02:56Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > We’re watching **And Just Like That** , the sequel to Sex and the City (minus Kim Cattrall). I read somebody observing that the cast of **And Just Like That** are older than the cast of _The Golden Girls_ were in their first season. Rue McClanahan: 53 Bea Arthur: 54 Betty White: 55 Cynthia Nixon: 55 Kristin Davis: 56 Sarah Jessica Parker: 56 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/828 "2022-01-11T00:12:08Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > > [@N9IWP](#): > > > > Watched the second episode of **Around the World in 80 Days** with David Tennant > > I just watched episode 6. And I really love this series! It hits all the right notes for me. Online or is your PBS station ahead of mine? Brian ---
**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 11, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/829 "2022-01-11T00:21:13Z")
I source my TV from many places. So let’s say Online. They released all 8 episodes on the BBC iPlayer. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/830 "2022-01-11T01:03:25Z")
Same here. I also like to watch them in chron order, which is (I think) 2, 1, 3. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/831 "2022-01-11T01:24:16Z")
Agreed mostly but I will say Season 4 was worth watching for Jesse Buckley’s performance as the killer nurse. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/832 "2022-01-12T18:18:02Z")
We finished **Landscapers** last night. Thank the gods it was only four episodes long, as it got really tedious. The whole story could have been reduced to a simple hour and a half movie instead of trying to be all avant garde and edgy. It failed in both. Olivia Coleman is a terrific actor and didn’t need to suffer through all the meaningless embellishments the show’s creator put them through. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/833 "2022-01-15T06:26:17Z")
I’m working my way through this one and had to wonder that there were only two detectives (basically) on such a case. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/834 "2022-01-15T14:30:15Z")
To my surprise, there is now a Season 3 of “After Life”, a Ricky Gervais series on Netflix. A lot of people don’t like him, but he has moments of comedic genius, IMO. Basically, everyone on this show is a loser, which is his niche, and Gervais plays a depressed, angry asshole, which is also his schtick. But the funny stuff can be hysterically so. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/835 "2022-01-15T14:58:38Z")
I really love most of his series- especially After Life and Extras- love Ashley Jensen too and really looking forward to the 3rd season. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/836 "2022-01-15T18:39:05Z")
> [@LVBoPeep](#): > > love Ashley Jensen too They must be friends IRL, as he goes to her often. “Extras” was one of my favorite series. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/837 "2022-01-15T20:31:17Z")
We’re about halfway through the first season of **Imposters**. So far, pretty good. It’s totally implausible, once you get past the first episode but they bluff their way through that so cleanly and pay everything with enough realism to not bother you. So far, they’re doing a good job of keeping us at least mildly surprised in the directions that things go. > [@Chefguy](#): > > Yeah, I got suckered into “Lost” as well, and by the time I realized it was going nowhere, it was over. At least I can post bragging rights for jumping ship on TWD. The last episode of Walking Dead swung so hard, so fast into dumb dumb land the last couple of episodes of the first season that I could have sworn that the showrunners had been kidnapped and replaced with the people that produce daytime soap operas. Suffice it to say, I also jumped ship early. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/838 "2022-01-15T22:10:04Z")
We are four episodes into **Arcane: League of Legends** and loving it. Dark, complex, dystopian animation isn’t usually my thing, but this show is very compelling. We are about to start **Afterlife**. Loved the first two seasons. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/839 "2022-01-15T23:08:22Z")
Finished **My Name**. It’s no _Infernal Affairs_ but it’s an entertaining enough entry to the genre. Lots of punching, stabbing and bleeding all over the furnishings. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/840 "2022-01-16T01:53:13Z")
We’re watching Archive 81. It’s a mash-up of a number of types of horrors genres. It’s watchable. I like the cast and I haven’t spent too much of the time yelling at the screen in frustration, which is an important metric for shows like this (to me anyway). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=43)