# 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:** 471
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9408 "2026-07-26T04:11:11Z")
We just finished [_Summer '36_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38776795/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_in_0_q_Summer%2036), a new French murder mystery miniseries, set in Nice. Four women are suspects in the murder of a prosecutor. Nicely done, if not extraordinary in its complexity. Its cast includes [Miou-Miou](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591877/?ref_=tt_cst_t_9), and in looking her up, I found that 53 years earlier she had starred in _[The Mad Adventures of “Rabbi” Jacob](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069747/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_2_in_0_q_Rabbi%20jwcob)_, a 1973 French comedy I vaguely recalled as having seen before. So we [watched it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6057) last night. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9409 "2026-07-26T18:31:27Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Finished **DTF St. Louis** last week. I know it isn’t really _about_ the whodunnit, but the resolution felt rather anticlimactic, and something that the detectives really should have been considering from the beginning. > > Still, I liked the way the story was told, the performances were all excellent, and it’s been sticking in my mind for days, so that’s something. I really liked it too. It had kind of a “Fargo” feel, with a little touch of “Step Brothers” with the quirky bromance (and Richard Jenkins). ---
**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:** [July 27, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9410 "2026-07-27T15:19:37Z")
Late to the party as always, but I just started watching “What We Do In The Shadows” this weekend. I think it’s hilarious, but my wife bailed after three episodes and went back to watching her NCIS reruns. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9411 "2026-07-27T15:26:56Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Late to the party as always, but I just started watching “What We Do In The Shadows” this weekend. I think it’s hilarious, but my wife bailed after three episodes and went back to watching her NCIS reruns It’s a very funny and pretty consistent show all the way to its ending. Have you seen the original movie? It’s great as well. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9412 "2026-07-27T15:29:02Z")
Second the recommendation for _What We Do in the Shadows_. Very, very funny show. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9413 "2026-07-27T15:37:35Z")
I just want to add my name to the _What We Do in the Shadows_ fan club roster. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9414 "2026-07-28T03:58:31Z")
I just watched the first episode of _Stuart Fails to Save the World_ on HBO. It’s another spinoff of _The Big Bang Theory_, but a wonderfully twisted spinoff. It explains that Leonard and Sheldon made a machine that opened a time portal, and the timeline of the show is where bad and weird things happen. Stuart and his geologist friend Bert are on a quest to find and fix that machine, and since this is the first episode of many, obviously something(s) goes awry. No recent show has had me laughing as much (seeing your famous magician duo juggling live rodents for cans of food: weird things happen!) It’ll be interesting to see who else from _TBBT_ shows up, and perhaps you have to be a fan in the first place, but I’m loving it so far. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9415 "2026-07-28T11:17:10Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > (seeing your famous magician duo juggling live rodents for cans of food: weird things happen!) I haven’t seen this show, in fact, I didn’t know it existed until this thread, but I’m going out on a limb and assuming you’re talking about Penn and Teller (and confirmed on imdb). Is there any acknowledgment that Teller is Amy Farrah Fowler’s dad on Big Bang Theory? ---
**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:** [July 28, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9416 "2026-07-28T11:52:58Z")
They did not, but it was an alternative timeline so who knows what kind of justification they could manufacture. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9417 "2026-07-28T13:37:35Z")
He’s playing Teller; not Mr. Fowler. The scene is just a cameo spot gag. The first episode had a lot of funny apocalypse jokes like this. I suspect that’s not the setting of the whole season. I’m guessing it’ll be more a variation of Bill & Ted. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9418 "2026-07-28T19:53:52Z")
I know I’m extremely late to the party, but I recently binged Season 1 of _The PItt_. Great, great show. I’m still amazed as to how they filmed the chaotic episodes in the aftermath of the mass shooting. Looking forward to bingeing Season 2. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9419 "2026-07-29T20:21:56Z")
I see that a new season of **Reacher** is dropping on August 12th on Amazon Prime. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9420 "2026-07-29T21:16:43Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > a new season of **Reacher** It’s based on the novel _Gone Tomorrow_, the 13th Reacher novel of the series, all written by Lee Child. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9421 "2026-07-30T15:41:13Z")
For those that have Youtube Premium like me, you should know that sometime in early 2027, Peacock Streaming will be included in Youtube Premium for no additional charge. Just FYI. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9422 "2026-07-30T16:30:44Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Peacock Streaming will be included in Youtube Premium for no additional charge For any who may have an issue with it (I don’t), Peacock is owned by Comcast through NBC. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9423 "2026-08-01T19:12:48Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I’m not surprised. Harlan Coben has mini-series deal with Netflix and has been pumping out one schlocky show after another. I watched the first one, _Safe_, and it was hot garbage. I had to Google “schlocky meaning.” (cheap, poorly made, low in quality, tacky, trashy, and/or derivative). But your “one … after another” almost implies that you – _ **like me** _ – indulge in the schlock. His latest Netflix hit is _I will find you_ – this show has the 2nd-highest IMDB rating among the Coben minis but it is so drenched in schlock it may cure me of this perverse addiction! It isn’t even quite bad enough to be “camp.” Yet, captivated by the suspense and plot twists, I admit I’ll probably watch this miniseries all the way to the end. It “jumps the shark” about 8 or 9 times per episode! Is that a record? I won’t spoiler the show – in case someone wants to see for themselves how bad a detective thriller can be – but as an example of their compulsion to jerk the viewer around, one scene appears with the title “Geneva, Switz. // Five Years Ago.” BUT there is a 3-second pause between the place and the date. Why delay the date? They couldn’t pass up a chance to jerk the viewer a smidgen more! ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9424 "2026-08-01T19:43:18Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > **The Last Ship** on NFLX. A cast of unknowns in a ridiculous plot. A guy in a helicopter with a machine gun can’t hit a stationary target, but a guy on the ground with a .45 nails his ass. But I’ll probably watch it out of boredom. I’m actually kinda hooked on this bit of silliness. The acting isn’t bad and the characters are likeable enough. There is enough real Navy dialog going on and proper weapons handling happening to tell me that they’ve got a good military advisor for the series and they listened to him/her. All the last second drama is schlocky, of course, but it’s entertaining. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9425 "2026-08-01T20:15:17Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > I just watched the first episode of _Stuart Fails to Save the World_ on HBO. I really enjoyed the first episode. To me, it wasn’t really laugh-out-loud funny, but I had a big grin on my face throughout most of it. Wonderfully twisted. I just wish I hadn’t watched the commercial first, which contained a number of spoilers. Then I read a couple of small spoilers here in this thread. Then yesterday, the Apple News headlines on my phone had a _big_ spoiler for episode two. Dammit, not everyone watches streaming shows on the day they come out! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9426 "2026-08-02T11:51:12Z")
_The Offer_ A ten-part one off (not so mini) series chronicling the making of _The Godfather,_ told through the eyes of the producer Al Ruddy. I’d heard this was good and it didn’t disappoint. Is it slow-paced? Yes. Could they have told the story in half a dozen rather than ten episodes? Probably. Was it ever boring? Absolutely not. I am now very much wanting to read more about this, just to see how true to life this amazing tale really was. Some of it seems too over the top to be but who knows! I recently read Al Pacino’s autobiography and although it obviously covers far more than just _The Godfather,_ it does mention dealings with certain shady characters, so it wouldn’t surprise me if most of this really did happen. 8.5/10 ---
**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:** [August 2, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/9427 "2026-08-02T17:39:43Z")
We started watching ‘Furious’ on Hulu (I think it’s a Hulu original). It stars Emmy Rossum (Fiona from ‘Shameless’) as an ex-cop turned FBI agent who liaisons with the NYPD to try to catch a killer who was trafficked as an underage girl and now, as a young adult, is seducing and killing all the men who had paid to have sex with her as a teen. A few episodes in, it’s a pretty decent watch. Seems more ‘psychological exploration of emotionally damaged characters’ than ‘mystery - thriller - police procedural’ though; Emmy Rossum’s character carries a lot emotional baggage. Speaking of Rossum, it’s good to see her working. I hadn’t seen much of her since she left Shameless. She was the heart and soul of that show. I think it’s shameless that Emmy never won an Emmy for ‘Shameless’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=470) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=472)