# 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:** 425
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8488 "2026-03-12T16:31:02Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > > [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > > > _What is hard to stand is Morgan Freeman’s voice._ > > RE: Dinosaurs > > I was looking forward to this series but his droning, one-note delivery put both my wife and I to sleep. It’s a real mismatch with the subject matter and the visuals, which are stunning. I tried watching it in another language, but they seem to have engaged clones of Mr. Freeman or used some AI to transfer his voice into Spanish, South American Spanish (that was the worst) and German, only that the endless pauses in the wrong moments are even more unnatural in those languages. I am giving the dinos up. The new information is too superficial for that acoustic hassle, I’d rather read a book about them. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8489 "2026-03-12T16:40:12Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Yes, _How To Get To Heaven From Belfast_ was complex, even ridiculously so. I saw the whole thing and I’m sure I don’t quite understand it. I gave up. Between the flashbacks and fantasies and “meanwhile in a completely unrelated setting…” I lost track of what was happening. I loved Derry Girls and I enjoyed the dialog, but I’m done. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8490 "2026-03-12T16:47:19Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Based on the picture I see on the internet, I’m assuming you’re talking about the show with Julianne Moore, right? Indeed. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8491 "2026-03-12T16:50:38Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’m about halfway through How To Get To Heaven From Belfast. I’m really liking it, but I’m fully aware that I’m missing parts of it simply due to their accent and how fast they talk. I know it’s meant to be a somewhat complicated story, but I’m struggling to keep things like who we’re actually looking for, who’s dead, who’s missing, which names (outside of the main three) belong to which faces etc. Glad I’m not alone! I started epi 5 last night, but fell asleep about halfway through and remember little of it, so I’ll restart that episode again. It’s entertaining, but, uh, more than a little quirky. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8492 "2026-03-12T16:55:43Z")
Episode 5 is the last one I watched and I really liked it. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8493 "2026-03-13T00:16:07Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Yes, _How To Get To Heaven From Belfast_ was complex, even ridiculously so. I saw the whole thing and I’m sure I don’t quite understand it. > > I gave up. Between the flashbacks and fantasies and “meanwhile in a completely unrelated setting…” I lost track of what was happening. I loved Derry Girls and I enjoyed the dialog, but I’m done. Thanks for the review. Now I know it’s not something to watch with my wife. She likes straight forward narratives. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8494 "2026-03-13T17:35:03Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > So many plot points abandoned. But I won’t hijack like that. I kinda liked that, actually. The idea that not everything gets neatly resolved was kind of refreshing in some ways. But yeah, I never liked Beth. She always seemed like someone I’d go WAY out of my way to avoid actually having to deal with, because she’s crazy as hell, and doesn’t behave in a reasonably predictable manner, and somehow the show didn’t actually reflect what having a reputation for being capricious, violent, and an angry lunatic would do for her. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8495 "2026-03-13T17:37:41Z")
The “origin story” as to why Beth had her hate-on for her brother was so eye-rollingly stupid that my optometrist forbade me from ever watching the show again lest I blind myself. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8496 "2026-03-13T17:51:35Z")
My husband and I have started watching The Good Place. I’ve heard it’s a really great show and we’re the last people on earth to see it, but five episodes in, I’m bored. Keep trying, or cut my losses? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8497 "2026-03-13T17:54:55Z")
Keep going. At the very least, finish the first season before making a decision. If you really can’t push it that far, watch the final episode of the first season before you throw in the towel. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8498 "2026-03-13T21:29:51Z")
We started watching it on Netflix a little while ago and have just started the final series. It definitely has a certain charm and keeps me chuckling. The characters are likeable, although Jason is a bit eye-rolly. Can anyone really be that stupid? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8499 "2026-03-13T21:44:06Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > but five episodes in, I’m bored. Keep trying, or cut my losses? Yeah, it takes a little time to finish setting the stage. Definitely wait until you begin the 2nd season. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8500 "2026-03-13T22:02:36Z")
IIRC this was mentioned way upthread, but here’s a trailer for the new Malcolm In The Middle. It looks like they got a surprising number of the original cast back (but it’s a different Dewey). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ABol0H2n_rc/maxresdefault.jpg "Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair | Official Trailer | Hulu") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABol0H2n_rc) ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8501 "2026-03-13T23:04:01Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Yeah, it takes a little time to finish setting the stage. Definitely wait until you begin the 2nd season. Thirded. It takes a while for it to grow into itself. > [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Can anyone really be that stupid? He’s one of the best characters IMO. “Every time I had a problem, I would just throw a Molotov cocktail, and just like that - BOOM! I had a different problem.” Chidi is me, though. “You know that sound a fork makes in the garbage disposal? That’s the sound my brain makes all the time.” ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8502 "2026-03-13T23:25:18Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > My husband and I have started watching The Good Place. I’ve heard it’s a really great show and we’re the last people on earth to see it, but five episodes in, I’m bored. Keep trying, or cut my losses? Keep going for sure. Things…change. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8503 "2026-03-14T00:03:17Z")
Reasonable…and unanimous. Okay. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8504 "2026-03-14T00:42:48Z")
And when we tell you it gets better, we don’t mean that it’s bad right now and you have to push through it (ie The Office or Parks And Rec), it’s more like what @needscoffee said, they’re still setting the stage. Someday, assuming you like the show enough to rewatch it, you’ll see so many things you missed the first time around in these early episodes. Mike Schur (the show creator) really knew what he was doing here. Be sure to let us know when (if) you finish the first season. There’s an absolutely amazing behind the scenes clip to compliment it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8505 "2026-03-14T02:19:14Z")
New Ghosts- okay this bringing in a new ghost every week is getting thin. Oh, and Flower with Thor and the leather chair? Thor is covered with leather and fur. But I got a good laugh in Best Medicine when Dr Best mentioned those two women had been poisoned, his Aunt Sarah had a little smile. Funnier than all the jokes. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8506 "2026-03-15T12:40:12Z")
We gave the new HBO sitcom **Rooster** a look last night. Stars Steve Carell as an author and John C. McGinley as a college president who is trying to coax him into becoming a professor emeritus. Wasn’t impressed with it. It seems that sitcoms (like “Shrinking”) are now relying on rapid-fire dialog that never rings true as it never happens in real life. As comedy, this wears thin fairly quickly. McGinley, who I like as an actor, seems to be channeling RFK, Jr. in his quirkiness. We may give it another ep or two, but so far I’m not impressed. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8507 "2026-03-15T16:01:46Z")
I should’ve known better: I starting watching **NCIS: Origins** again after swearing it off; the most recent episode was so loaded with anachronisms it really put me off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=424) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=426)