# 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:** 450
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8988 "2026-05-12T15:12:20Z")
My wife and I are about halfway through S2 of the Pitt as well. I did notice a possible continuity error in the first ep. Dr. Robby is shown riding his motorcycle without a helmet to the hospital but then the scene changes to the ER and Robby has a helmet hanging off his backpack. I thought it was interesting that the storyline started working up that he should wear a helmet (and it seems pretty stupid of him not to) but he had one right there. ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8989 "2026-05-12T15:14:36Z")
Carrying the helmet was to avoid any lectures from his co-workers. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8990 "2026-05-12T15:15:03Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > My wife and I are about halfway through S2 of the Pitt as well. I did notice a possible continuity error in the first ep. Dr. Robby is shown riding his motorcycle without a helmet to the hospital but then the scene changes to the ER and Robby has a helmet hanging off his backpack. I thought it was interesting that the storyline started working up that he should wear a helmet (and it seems pretty stupid of him not to) but he had one right there. The UK is behind on S2 so we are also halfway through and awaiting the drop of the rest. I wouldn’t be surprised if he brought the helmet for show so that his colleagues wouldn’t harass him about not wearing one. ETA: ninja’d… > [@Loach](#): > > He’s planning to go to Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, not exactly your normal relaxing vacation spot. And a name that’s a little on the nose. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8991 "2026-05-12T15:26:51Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > And to the writers: _motorcycle = death wish_ is just lazy and sloppy. Do better. I dunno - there’s another character throughout the season who is the Grizzled Motorcycle Vet who is a perfectly rational voice of reason. I think it balances nicely. ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8992 "2026-05-12T15:29:00Z")
This probably doesn’t belong here since I’m not watching this series, I just ran across a random episode of this show I’ve never heard of. A while back a bunch of us were watching The Goes Wrong Show. It was on a youtube channel called Lionsgate TV. That youtube channel also posts some ‘regular’ shows as well. I see Anger Management, something with Paris Hilton and a bunch of other Canadian Shows I’ve never heard of. Anyways, a show called Mr D popped up and the thumbnail for the episode it was recommending was called Breaking Slime and clearly a Breaking Bad spoof. I didn’t actually watch it, but I skimmed through it. It was, if nothing else, amusing. I have absolutely no idea how this fits episode fits into the show or if it’s a standalone thing. I say that because I’m curious if the amount of swearing (including from young kids) is normal for the show, or even Canadian [kid’s] shows in general. Anyways, in this episode, the principal bans slime (remember slime) but then recruits some students and starts making it on his own to sell to the kids. Other than being slime instead of meth, they treat it all like they’re actually making and selling meth. There’s even a scene with the principal in his underwear and a Heisenberg hat, two students in yellow jumpsuits with pink respirators, in an RV, making slime in blue barrel. Skim through it, watch a few scenes, it’s pretty amusing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EFCbBLDhJC0/maxresdefault.jpg "Mr. D- Breaking Slime (Slimy Business) FULL EPISODE | Lionsgate TV") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFCbBLDhJC0) ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8993 "2026-05-12T16:26:39Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I wouldn’t be surprised if he brought the helmet for show so that his colleagues wouldn’t harass him about not wearing one. Plausible. I also know riders who carry a helmet either for someone else who might get on or they don’t always go helmetless. I think in the Pitt thread I mentioned an accident I investigated. The rider had a full DOT approved helmet that he had obviously been wearing. There was sweat on the inside. It was strapped to his bike. He put on a novelty barely covering his head helmet because he was meeting a bunch of other riders close to where the accident occurred. The helmet and his head cracked open like a melon. Some riders are not consistent with their helmet habits. Pennsylvania is a no helmet required state. ---
**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 14, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8994 "2026-05-14T14:05:43Z")
Watched the first ep of a show called M.I.A. on Peacock. It’s about time they came out with a biopic about the innovative, talented British / Sri Lankan rapper! Ha, no. It’s a crime drama from the makers of Ozark. And like Ozark, it looks slickly made and entertaining, but with plot holes you could drive a go-fast boat through, or at least unlikely plot turns and twists worthy of a go-fast boat. And crime cliches like a…OK, I’m out of similes. Basic setting: at a family-run marina / fishing charter business in South Florida, a young woman named Etta who is one of the family’s dozen or so adult kids (ok, more like 5-6 kids, but I didn’t count) works as a tour guide taking tourists through the Everglades, but she wants to be more involved with the dad’s fishing charters. The mom and dad are reluctant. Mom says “she’s too smart for the family business-- she needs to go to college”. Dad convinces the mom to let her become more involved, like her siblings (who it seems they birthed just to have helpers), at least for the time being. The rest of the show sets up the plot going forward, so there are minor 1st ep spoilers coming, but nothing that wasn’t telegraphed like sign language at an ASL convention, so I’ll blur the most specific plot twists but not everything. Be warned: Turns out, (cliche 1) the family biz is cover for a drug-running operation-- _go figure_! On Etta’s first ‘charter fishing’ run, they pick up several bales of drugs that were left at certain coordinates in the ocean. Then they head toward Miami to drop off the drugs. But after 20 years of trouble-free drug running, (cliche 2) their boss, a crime patriarch whom they had a good relationship with, dies, and his son and cronies who take over are much more ruthless and greedy. The next pickup turns out to be not drugs, but trafficked women. Etta, who was perfectly fine with running what may have been enough fentanyl to kill everybody in Miami for all she knew, draws the line at this, and lets all the women go. Mom and dad realize the gig is up, and tell everyone to start packing for a bug-out. Etta suddenly realizes (cliche 3) that she left a good-luck necklace her mom gave her on the tour boat she runs. What’s going to happen while she’s on the boat, I wondered?? Will the necklace actually turn out to be good luck for her? Of course, it means she’s hidden on the boat as the bad guys show up, round up and brutally murder her entire family and burn the marina to the ground. On the run, Etta is almost killed by (cliche 4) a trusted family friend who is a dirty cop, gets away from him by (silly plot twist) siccing an alligator on him and rescued by Cuban refugees who help her escape and go underground. End ep1: all set up for a Punisher-style revenge romp! OK, so I kind of ridiculed the show, but will we keep watching? Yes, almost for sure. One thing about Ozark, no matter how ridiculous it got, it never stopped being entertaining. But a lot of that was because of Jason Bateman, so we’ll see if the young actor who plays Etta can carry the series in a similar fashion. ---
**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 14, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8995 "2026-05-14T15:23:06Z")
Finally finished all four seasons of Banshee. It’s oddly satisfying despite the glaring plot issues, the relentless violence and all the gratuitous nudity/sex going on. Or perhaps I mean “especially” instead of “despite”. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8996 "2026-05-14T15:47:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Finally finished all four seasons of Banshee. It’s oddly satisfying despite the glaring plot issues Yeah, I bounced off it the first time despite being generally fine with lots of violence, nudity and mayhem. I found Antony Starr a little off-putting for some reason. But I circled back to it after liking him in The Boys (also with the nudity, mayhem and violence) and managed to get into it the second time. It’s got loads of the ridiculous, but it commits hard to it and ultimately I also found it oddly satisfying in a trashy sort of way. Not for everyone, though. I’m not exactly sure it’s good to my mind. Just sorta entertaining if your tastes run in that direction. ---
**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 14, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8997 "2026-05-14T17:35:30Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Not for everyone, though. I’m not exactly sure it’s good to my mind. Just sorta entertaining if your tastes run in that direction. Job and Burton were the best parts of it. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8998 "2026-05-14T18:11:06Z")
I’ll join the crowd, currently in the third season of **Banshee.** It is indeed totally ridiculous – multiple fist fights and/or shootouts in every episode as well as gratuitous sex and nudity, even with a Thrones-esque bit of incest tossed into the stew. Decent production values (commits hard to it, as Tamerlane notes above) but ridiculous. I can’t wait to watch two more episodes tonight. If you were surprised that you liked **Warrior,** as I was, you might like this one, too. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/8999 "2026-05-14T19:03:13Z")
> [@solost](#): > > called **Slip** on Peacock I watched this over the past few days. Intriguing plot, although some really strange twists that made me wonder why they even bothered. But, I would agree with your review: > [@solost](#): > > Still, a watchable show, even sexy stuff aside. ---
**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 14, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9000 "2026-05-14T19:05:24Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I watched this over the past few days. Intriguing plot, although some really strange twists that made me wonder why they even bothered. Yeah, several time my wife and I looked at each other and said “why would she _ **do** _ that?” ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9001 "2026-05-14T19:07:39Z")
> [@solost](#): > > “why would she _ **do** _ that?” Exactly! Like when she went to smoke pot with the three teenaged boys. Why? ---
**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 14, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9002 "2026-05-14T19:09:39Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Exactly! Like when she went to smoke pot with the three teenaged boys. Why? Yeah, and then afterward asked one of the underage kids “wanna have sex?” 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9003 "2026-05-15T01:00:17Z")
Right now, seeing _Born Free,_ that short-lived NBC wildlife adventure series from 1974 w/Gary Collins and Diana Muldaur; it only lasted 13 episodes, yet it seems like it might be a pretty good show on DVD from Sony’s MOD of the same. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9004 "2026-05-15T01:28:31Z")
> [@bmasters1](#): > > Right now, seeing _Born Free,_ that short-lived NBC wildlife adventure series from 1974 w/Gary Collins and Diana Muldaur; it only lasted 13 episodes Jesus, that brings back memories. I watched that as a child (also [Daktari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daktari)), probably in re-runs though it could have potentially been first run for Born Free. I’ve saw the film several times on TV re-broadcasts back when there was five channels, you watched whatever and I of curse was obsessed with animals (my early childhood ambition was to be a zoo veterinarian). That fucking movie theme song. It’s now running through my head like a nightmare - “Born free, as free as the wind blows…” - thanks a lot 😀. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9005 "2026-05-17T21:58:15Z")
**Rooster** : I finished watching season 1 (10 episodes). I really enjoyed it, which somewhat surprises me, as show is pretty much all about personal relationships, and that isn’t something I normally gravitate towards. Therefore, I surmise it must be fantastic writing and direction, as well as performances by actors who are largely unknown to me. My season finale feelings, mildly spoiled for those who haven’t finished: A) they could have written Katie to be just a little less unstable and fickle, but they didn’t; otherwise, I like her. B) I sure hope McGinley is back next season; he’s my favorite character. ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9006 "2026-05-17T22:36:44Z")
**Man on Fire** on NFLX. Former spy doing spy things in Rio with bad guys out to get him. Pretty standard stuff, but not bad. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9007 "2026-05-17T23:01:30Z")
I watched Rooster as well. It’s from Bill Lawrence, creator of Cougar Town, Scrubs, Ted Lasso and Shrinking (among others). A recap I read pointed out that Rooster is about found families, which is a theme in several of his shows. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=449) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=451)