# 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:** 59
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1161 "2022-04-06T14:20:49Z")
We just finished _It’s OK To Not Be OK_, which was awesome and had me bawling at the final episode. Need to find my next Korean series to watch now (_Not_ Squid Game, I have negative interest in it) > [@solost](#): > > apparently it’s a sci-fi or supernatural mystery in which Josh Brolin plays the patriarch of a struggling ranching family in Wyoming, and he finds a mysterious big-ass hole in the ground on the edge of his property. Which causes some sort of mystery weirdness in the nearby town, I guess? You make it sound like Mystery Flesh Pit National Park:The Series. Which expectation it just can’t live up to 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1162 "2022-04-06T15:06:54Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > You make it sound like Mystery Flesh Pit National Park:The Series. Which expectation it just can’t live up to I had actually never heard of this and had to google “Mystery Flesh Pit National Park”, leading to my discovery of the awesome Snopes write-up on it, below. Thanks for the new knowledge of the day! That does sound like a great concept for a series! When I saw the big-ass hole in the ground in the trailer though, I was actually fearing echoes of ‘[La Brea](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11640018/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)’ 😬 > **[Is 'Mystery Flesh Pit National Park' a Real Place?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mystery-flesh-pit-national-park/)** > > According to a viral rumor, a fleshy pit in Texas was shut down in 2007 after hundreds of people mysteriously died. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1163 "2022-04-06T15:12:23Z")
Season 1 has a quite different tone from seasons 2 and 3. I’ll be curious how you feel. I can say no more 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1164 "2022-04-06T15:32:21Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Season 1 has a quite different tone from seasons 2 and 3. Season 4 is airing now. I waited for season 3 to finish so I could binge-watch it, then never got around to it. I haven’t decided if I care enough to watch 3 and 4. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1165 "2022-04-06T16:20:21Z")
Seasons 1-3 got very good reviews, but season 4 tanked, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1166 "2022-04-06T17:04:40Z")
Phoebe Waller-Bridge was responsible for Season 1, but then left. Season 2 and beyond was less about the tracking-down-the-killer story, and more on the mutual obsession between the 2 protagonists; which, IMHO, totally tanked. We could start a whole thread on series that went down the dumper when their creator left (Killing Eve, West Wing, Community…) ---
**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:** [April 7, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1167 "2022-04-07T00:11:11Z")
I thought I might revisit **Longmire** and find I’m liking it somewhat better than the first time around. The guy playing Henry Standing Bear is still all wrong for the part, and Vic is not nearly in everyone’s face enough, but it’s not bad. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1168 "2022-04-07T02:09:12Z")
If you enjoy Longmire, try the books written by Craig Johnson. The TV series and the books only barely resemble one another but the books have lots more of what is to like in the Longmire series. Vic virtually carries the books, in the series she is basically only cleavage. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1169 "2022-04-07T02:57:30Z")
I read all of the Longmire books, hence my comments about Vic and Henry. In the books, Henry is about 6’4" with long black hair and a muscular physique. In the series, he’s. . .well. . . Lou Diamond Phillips, who, while a decent actor, is the opposite of Henry. And I agree about Vic. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1170 "2022-04-07T03:26:09Z")
We just started The Mandalorian, two eps in and one a night. So far it is fine . ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1171 "2022-04-07T07:54:38Z")
Just watched the first two episodes (they are coming out on a weekly basis) of Slow Horses, an espionage thriller/workplace drama. Slow Horses (Slough House) is where disgraced MI5 agents get sent in order to live out their lives or rehabilitate their reputation. Great casting with Gary Oldman and Kirstin Scott-Thomas and other fantastic actors. Very atmospheric and so far, a joy to watch. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1172 "2022-04-07T11:49:33Z")
I just started Harry Wild starring Jane Seymour and don’t know if I will go back. She’s just abrasive but perhaps she softens during the season. The young fellow they have as her sidekick is pretty good and charismatic. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1173 "2022-04-07T12:26:21Z")
2 episode documentary on Jimmy Savile just dropped on Netflix: > **[Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (TV Mini Series 2022) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18970454/)** > > Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story: With Roger Ordish, Mark Lawson, Meirion Jones, Alison Bellamy. Jimmy Savile once ruled the airwaves with a quirky persona and good works. So how did this icon manage to hide his many alleged bad deeds for so... ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1174 "2022-04-07T13:44:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I thought I might revisit **Longmire** and find I’m liking it somewhat better than the first time around. The guy playing Henry Standing Bear is still all wrong for the part, and Vic is not nearly in everyone’s face enough, but it’s not bad. My husband and I loved Longmire. I hated the ending. I just couldn’t see Walt and Vic together. To me, he seemed more like a father figure to her. Blech ---
**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:** [April 7, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1175 "2022-04-07T13:53:14Z")
Over the past couple of months I’ve watched all six seasons of Longmire. While it was generally entertaining, by the end I had had enough of the Vic character. I guess it was balanced out somewhat by making Matthias more sympathetic along the way. The scenery was awesome but those three cops covered sixty miles from one place to another in record time. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1176 "2022-04-07T14:25:37Z")
Vic in the books is not the simpering creature portrayed in the series. She’s tough, opinionated, and not to be trifled with. The relationship works much better with the written word. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1177 "2022-04-07T14:57:39Z")
@Chefguy you are absolutely right. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1178 "2022-04-07T16:10:26Z")
I just watched this. If I’ve learned one lesson over and over again from true crime shows, books, and podcasts, it’s that Yorkshire police are the _worst_. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1179 "2022-04-07T16:12:42Z")
I found the first episode interesting enough to keep going even though Gary Oldman’s stocking feet are the most repulsive thing on TV right now. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1180 "2022-04-08T02:22:17Z")
Just finished the last episode of **The Dropout** on Hulu. Very well done and apparently stuck very close to the actual story. Makes you wonder how many people there are like that, scamming billions from unsuspecting people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=60)