# 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:** 50
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/981 "2022-02-07T16:03:06Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Watched _The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window_ (starring Kristen Bell). It is supposed to be parody, and it does have _some_ moments of humor, but they are so few and far between that the show mostly plays like a straight very dull, very clichéd mystery/thriller. We finished this last night. Mostly it didn’t seem to know what it wanted to be, sometimes playing as silly parody and sometimes as straight thriller, and not really working as either. And I am by no means a pearl-clutching snowflake, but I have to say I found the fight to the death against a 9-year-old girl to be somewhat disturbing and in poor taste. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/982 "2022-02-07T16:23:09Z")
I binged **Reacher** this weekend on Amazon Prime. I enjoyed it _ **but** _ it was like they took a decent idea for a 90 minute movie, then figured out a way to draw it out for eight 40 minute episodes. But I enjoyed it. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/983 "2022-02-07T18:09:52Z")
I saw the trailer where Reacher has a strong reaction to someone’s treatment of their dog. Some people need punching and he would appear to be the guy to do it. I’m in. We’re all caught up with _Ozark_ and trying to decide what to do next. We’ve started _Raising Dion_, but it doesn’t have the same oomph. I’m not sure anything has the same oomph. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/984 "2022-02-07T18:25:23Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > We’ve started _Raising Dion_ , but it doesn’t have the same oomph. I’m not sure anything has the same oomph. I mentioned upthread how I tired with SD S2 midstream. You’ve got to expect silly technobabble explainations in a superhero show, and that is okay as long as it is a brief side-mention (“Peter Parker was bit by a radioactive spider!”) But a big part of the season _focuses_ on the technobble and the incredibly awful mischacterizations of how science and medicine work. You get to hear a _lot_ about the triple-helix DNA of powered people, and see problems solved by mixing the flask of blue liquid with the flask of green liquid, and entire areas of research and development being created, tested, and recreated on a timeframe that makes the forensics in an episode of CSI: Miami look leasurly and drawn out. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/985 "2022-02-07T19:40:18Z")
I binged **Station Eleven** this weekend. It was indeed very hard to watch regarding the pandemic stuff. Especially when it’s snowy in the show, as it’s snowy here, and I’m isolating. I took some breaks to go outside in the sun with the dogs. Even though there’s 20" of snow on the ground, at least there’s people driving by. It was a good show, though. Glad I watched it. And I am also glad to find that the graphic novel was noted as being pretentious. Whew, it wasn’t just me! I’m working my way through **The Great** from Hulu before its 3rd season comes out. Not particular liking or hating the show. I just like Nicholas Hoult. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/986 "2022-02-10T12:25:38Z")
Just watched _The Curse_. Think a bit _A Simple Plan_, part _Goodfellas_, except with all morons. Season one ends mid- story arc, so there’s gotta be at least one more. > **['The Curse' fans call for a second series after binging first](https://www.whattowatch.com/news/the-curse-fans-call-for-a-second-series-after-binging-first)** > > 'The Curse' viewers couldn't help but binge-watch the new C4 comedy caper after the first episode aired. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/987 "2022-02-10T14:05:51Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > It’s the same reason I stopped watching **The Walking Dead** ; it’s just 100% downer the entire time. I gave TWD a try years ago and made it about two episodes in. Sweaty southerners yelling at each other was all I took away from it. I have a lot of friends who have hung on the show since the beginning and I kinda feel I’m missing some important cultural currency, but I’m far too behind to catch up now, and I’ll live. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/988 "2022-02-10T15:10:22Z")
Now we have to wait for it to arrive on our shores. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/989 "2022-02-10T17:17:22Z")
Yeah…wait…(glances around furtively). ---
**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:** [February 10, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/990 "2022-02-10T17:55:45Z")
Two episodes in to **F is for Family** on Netflix. I had no idea this was five seasons in, as I’d never heard anything about it, and I like Bill Burr. The pilot was uneven, and the dad was very unlikeable, but episode 2 was a lot better, with a few laugh-out-loud moments. I suspect this show might eventually go to some very dark places. I’ll stick with it for now. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/991 "2022-02-10T17:59:18Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I enjoyed it _ **but** _ it was like they took a decent idea for a 90 minute movie, then figured out a way to draw it out for eight 40 minute episodes. Yeah, there’s a lot of that going around. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/992 "2022-02-11T05:48:03Z")
Space Force Personally, I think it’s quite good. Very funny and a few good motivational moments in each episode that come across as reasonably sincere. I’d venture to guess that the complaint that most have (the reviews on it are mostly negative except at Lawfare) is that the military is the hero and neither political party gets bowed to - which includes things like having the general offer a reasonable explanation for why he’s okayed paying $10k to launch oranges into space, and making TV Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez come out looking bad. The White House (i.e. Trump and crew) are clearly the dumbest bastard’s in the world compared to Pelosi and AOC but the Executive branch’s orders are possibly so beyond realism (i.e. played accurately to life) that the jokes at their expense probably don’t come across as harsh as the jokes aimed at the left. It’s a show for non-partisans and those who can take a joke, so I suppose it’s not too surprising that there isn’t a lot of love for this production. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/993 "2022-02-11T06:06:45Z")
I really liked _Space Force_. I think people were expecting something more lighthearted than it became. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/994 "2022-02-11T10:40:52Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I’d venture to guess that the complaint that most have (the reviews on it are mostly negative except at Lawfare) is that the military is the hero and neither political party gets bowed to - Or there could be other reasons? > [@Space Force!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-force/854182): > > I just learned of a new comedy from Steve Carell coming out on Netflix May 29 about the creation of Space Force, called “Space Force”, unsurprisingly. Got some interesting names in it, like John Malkovich, Lise Kudrow, Jane Lynch, Fred Williard, and Jimmy O. Yang (Silicon Valley). I’m hoping it’s at least in part a biting, Strangelovian satire of the Trump administration, but I might be getting my hopes up too much. Other than a joke in which it’s announced that the President wants to create a … ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/995 "2022-02-12T01:41:36Z")
Four episodes into Pam and Tommy. Not great television but very entertaining. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/996 "2022-02-12T03:04:58Z")
Finished Season One of _Reacher_. It was entertaining but mostly just dumb violence. Still can’t get over the ugly old mayor being the same actor that played D-Day in _Animal House_. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/997 "2022-02-12T13:54:48Z")
Likewise, I’ve only watched one more episode of Murderville. I’ve heard the Kumail one is very good. Marshawn Lynch is charming in his, though (and do not run at him with a baseball bat. You will lose.) Improv and plays always make me nervous-I get worried the actors will mess up. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/998 "2022-02-12T14:04:18Z")
We started watching “Life in Pieces” last night (Prime). I’d never heard of it, but then I generally avoid network programming. It’s amusing so far. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/999 "2022-02-12T14:24:42Z")
Sword Art Online season 4 is now on Netflix. I may alternate with new episodes of Disenchantment. Brian ---
**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:** [February 12, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1000 "2022-02-12T15:20:48Z")
We happened upon **Forever** on Prime, with Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen. Not what I expected it to be, and it takes two episodes (of 8) to even get to the premise. But those two episodes sucked me in and I will finish it out. If you decide to check it out, I suggest not reading any synopses beforehand. Go in cold. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=51)