# 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:** 446
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8908 "2026-05-01T14:04:27Z")
We watched the first two seasons(parts) of Money Heist on Netflix. Meh. It wasn’t great. An elaborate heist that involved printing their own money from the national mint. It had a lot of fundamental issues with the heist. We were moderately entertained. There are three more parts, but the heist and main story ended at the end of Part 2 so we are stopping. Skip it? It’s harmless. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8909 "2026-05-01T14:16:03Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Was the answer after 3 hours revealed to be “no”? The answer is no, eventually, but it takes her a while to get there. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8910 "2026-05-01T14:20:22Z")
**Say Nothing** (Hulu) - Follows the true story of two sisters exploits during The Troubles in Northern Ireland from the 70’s to around the 90’s and their relation to Jerry Adams as currently sitting MP who denies ever being an IRA member much less a leader of some heinous acts. It was alright. If the time and events interest you it’s alright, but if not you can all safely pass for better fare. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8911 "2026-05-01T14:37:27Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > We watched the first two seasons(parts) of Money Heist on Netflix. > > Meh. > > It wasn’t great. An elaborate heist that involved printing their own money from the national mint. It had a lot of fundamental issues with the heist. > > We were moderately entertained. Yeah, we bailed I think halfway through season 2. As you say, it got too ludicrously convoluted to take seriously after a certain point. As I mentioned upthread, we watched season 1 of ‘Billionaire’s Bunker’ by the makers of ‘Money Heist’, which has been cancelled, so no more seasons. It makes the plot of ‘Money Heist’ look like a simple walk in the park by comparison. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8912 "2026-05-01T14:58:02Z")
We watched all the seasons of _Money Heist_. Sure, it’s a melodramatic eye-roller that seems as if the writers are just making up the story as they film it. The character arcs are ridiculously sudden and erratic, and the long sojourns into flashbacks are just a way to keep the characters they kill off still around. It’s all fun, though, and unabashedly celebrates revolution, anarchy, and diversity in ways that would make some people’s heads explode. For those curious about how the series continues after the end of the first heist, it’s really not a spoiler to say the next target is the national mint. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8913 "2026-05-01T15:40:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > An elaborate heist that involved printing their own money from the national mint. It had a lot of fundamental issues with the heist. One being that coins are minted by the Mint, banknotes are printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8914 "2026-05-01T15:42:45Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > it’s really not a spoiler to say the next target is the national mint. This is different than the original heist? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8915 "2026-05-01T15:43:51Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > One being that coins are minted by the Mint, banknotes are printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing? No. It’s the Royal Mint of Spain. And they print paper money. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8916 "2026-05-01T15:44:17Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > It’s all fun, though, and unabashedly celebrates revolution, anarchy, and diversity in ways that would make some people’s heads explode. For those curious about how the series continues after the end of the first heist, it’s really not a spoiler to say the next target is the national mint. I do think you are mixing up. They robbed the national mint in the first 2 parts. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8917 "2026-05-01T16:15:15Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > I have some trepidation about season 2 of Ludwig. I really enjoyed the first season, but I’m afraid this might turn out to be a show where the resolution wasn’t planned out in advance and it ends up falling flat (or being drawn out too long/never resolved). I’m not worried. Based on how Season 1 ended, it seems like the writers know where it’s going. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8918 "2026-05-01T16:19:03Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > I have some trepidation about season 2 of Ludwig. I really enjoyed the first season, but I’m afraid this might turn out to be a show where the resolution wasn’t planned out in advance and it ends up falling flat (or being drawn out too long/never resolved). Hope that doesn’t happen. I’ve only watched the very first episode, so I’m assuming from this we don’t find out what happened to the brother in the first season? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8919 "2026-05-01T17:38:32Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I’ve only watched the very first episode, so I’m assuming from this we don’t find out what happened to the brother in the first season Any answer to this would be a spoiler. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8920 "2026-05-01T17:43:31Z")
O.k. understood. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8921 "2026-05-01T19:53:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I do think you are mixing up. They robbed the national mint in the first 2 parts. No, the first two seasons were at the place they print paper money. The other seasons take place where they keep the gold and make coinage (technically, a mint, but closer to the Spanish version of Ft. Knox). ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8922 "2026-05-01T20:20:23Z")
I’m up to episode 5 of **Banshee** on HBO. Lots of simulated sex and actual nudity. Basic plot: a criminal gets out of prison, goes to find his former girlfriend and ends up the town sheriff. Lots of violence and did I mention lots of sex? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8923 "2026-05-03T11:42:42Z")
Finshed _The Miniature Wife_ 2026 yesterday. There are 10 episodes. It is based on the 2013 short story by Manuel Gonzalez. I don’t expect a 2nd season. It seems like the characters stories concluded. The series has some high points. There were just enough to keep me watching. I found the dysfunctional marriage sub-plot tiresome. It’s a major point in every episode. I’d mildly recommend it. The miniature special effects are fun. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8924 "2026-05-03T18:59:39Z")
We just finished Blue Murder, a British crime drama set in Manchester, England, 2003-2009. (Amazon Prime, 19 episodes) We thought it was very good. Good writing, good acting. There was some personal drama, which I don’t care for, especially bratty kids, but it wasn’t enough to put us off watching. Recommended. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8925 "2026-05-03T23:03:54Z")
Finished season 2 of _Monarch: Legacy of Monsters._ enjoyable if you like monster movies. The biggest mystery left unanswered is how Anders Holm turned into _Skull Island’s_ John Goodman in less than 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8926 "2026-05-03T23:06:11Z")
Does _Blue Murder_ focus on a single crime each season? Or the same crime/criminal throughout five seasons? ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8927 "2026-05-04T15:52:12Z")
I binged **Man on Fire** on Netflix over the weekend and loved it. Apart from the source material it has little to do with either the Denzel Washington movie or the Scott Glenn movie. 7 episodes, so an easy binge and both the writing and the casting are outstanding. Two thumbs up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=445) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=447)