# 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:** 61
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1201 "2022-04-11T23:25:56Z")
We’re caught up on _Slow Horses_, and we finished _Severance_. I’m looking around for something else to watch. Hubby is interested in _Raised by Wolves_. He’s hooked by the Ridley Scott/Alien feel. This is the part that repels me. Fortunately I have many, many books on my iPad. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1202 "2022-04-12T18:41:45Z")
A friend recommended **9-1-1**. She told me that starting with the third season, it gets “entertainingly ridiculous.” I haven’t got that far yet, but I haven’t been bored by what I’ve seen so far. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1203 "2022-04-12T18:47:09Z")
It’s basically disaster porn. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1204 "2022-04-12T18:57:09Z")
That’s fair. ---
**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 12, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1205 "2022-04-12T19:38:00Z")
Two episodes in on **Tehran** on Apple TV. It’s a spy thriller about an undercover Mossad agent on her first mission in Iran. So far it’s a real edge of the seat thriller. Even though it’s an Israeli production, it looks like they are at least trying to avoid making the lead antagonist a cartoonish villain. He’s not necessarily a nice guy but they take time to explore his personal life. Two episodes in, I know more about him than the heroine. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1206 "2022-04-12T22:37:38Z")
This show is brilliant. I was searching for a thread on it and found this post. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1207 "2022-04-13T00:13:51Z")
::sigh:: Sorry, **Naomi** , but you’re off my watch list. You were a nifty CW superhero show that started with an amazing premise, and some good writing, but I no longer care at Episode 4. You turned into a teen drama instead. I do, however, greatly respect that you didn’t hide your powers from your parents, and you respected them. It was refreshing. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1208 "2022-04-13T17:36:35Z")
We’ve started watching Season 2 of _Young Wallander_. We’re enjoying it. They’ve made absolutely no attempt to match timelines, and the actors have a widely different array of accents. Despite that, it’s fun. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1209 "2022-04-15T02:22:23Z")
Going to commit eight hours to a USA production on Netflix called _The Sinner_. Starring Bill Pullman, this 2017 police procedural starts with Jessica Biel (Flashdance) committing a murder and the first season deals with her trial. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1210 "2022-04-15T02:24:30Z")
There were subsequent seasons. Each featured a new story that unfolded over the course of the season. ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1211 "2022-04-15T02:26:01Z")
Wrong Jennifer, it was Beals in Flashdance. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1212 "2022-04-15T02:38:22Z")
Lol, dammit. ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1213 "2022-04-15T13:08:11Z")
As I was warned, “Killing Eve” took a nosedive in season three. I don’t think we’re going to finish it. The acting is still stellar, but the plot, if there even is one at this point, is a mess. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1214 "2022-04-15T13:14:27Z")
I managed to get through all four seasons of The Sinner, despite it being really quite nonsensical at times. There’s something compelling in watching Bill Pullman’s amazingly awkward main character, who people inexplicably open up to. Just watching for his next inappropriate smirk is hypnotic. ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1215 "2022-04-15T13:30:23Z")
> [@dummygladhands71](#): > > Wrong Jennifer, it was Beals in Flashdance. That does explain my ‘wow, she looks _good_’ reaction. ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1216 "2022-04-15T13:59:30Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > > [@dummygladhands71](#): > > > > Wrong Jennifer, it was Beals in Flashdance. > > That does explain my ‘wow, she looks _good_ ’ reaction. Jennifer Beals still looks amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1217 "2022-04-15T21:07:29Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > **BETTER CALL SAUL IS BACK!!** Season five has dropped on Netflix. April 18, three days from now, begins the sixth and final season, and Jesse and Walt will be back too! ---
**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:** [April 15, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1218 "2022-04-15T22:02:26Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Going to commit eight hours to a USA production on Netflix called _The Sinner_ . Starring Bill Pullman, this 2017 police procedural starts with Jessica Biel (Flashdance) committing a murder and the first season deals with her trial. We liked this. I think the last season was the hardest to watch. ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1219 "2022-04-15T23:43:14Z")
Yeah, someone else pointed that out to me. That’s twice I’ve been fooled by their teasers. ---
**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 16, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1220 "2022-04-16T18:18:25Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > I managed to get through all four seasons of The Sinner, despite it being really quite nonsensical at times. Finishing up Season 1 and I might shelve this for now, watch _Yellowstone_ which Cathy has been pushing on me for weeks. The Sinner was fine, but I’m really tired of the endless string of sexually-traumatized women who form the backbone of so, so, many plots in these shows. By the time Biels was effectively making out with her sister, I was almost bored with the inevitability of the scene. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=62)