It took me a while to settle on the alternate meaning of guinea pig. I presume Hemsworth is not playing the part of a little rodent, but is playing himself as a test subject?
The first idea was cute (awwww, little piggie Thor) but didn’t entirely mesh with the investigation of Alzheimer’s.
You aren’t the only one.
I enjoyed the first two episodes of the Night Court re-boot but now I have the two most recent episodes still sitting on my DVR to be watched. Not sure if I care enough to finish out the season. I had high hopes as I really liked the original and I like Melissa Rauch and John Larroquette. Maybe I’ll check it out again after the hockey playoffs are over… or maybe not.
Have you read any of the Joe Pickett books? Dornan is trying to capture the character, who is one of the stranger serial heroes. Almost incompetent at times, and usually unsure of himself, but he ‘gets it done’ through sheer determination. Dornan captures some of that, but I agree it can be a bit off-putting.
Watched another episode last night. We are still liking it.
Just watched this one. So, they went there…
Heh. I guess “human guinea pig” would have been a more accurate description. But I do like the idea of Chris doing the voice work for a show about a limitless rodent.
Yeah, my take on it as well. I’ve read the books and watched the series. Not sure I’d go back for another season. The guy (in the series) is a boob, and not in a good way.
I watched what I thought was the entire series over the weekend. The last ep I saw ended with Danny and his parents arriving at the burning home and Amy, stuffing her face at Burger King, in deep despair. I thought that was the end, and I thought it was perfect
I cannot recommend this series enough. I also didn’t know that Steven Yeun has such a lovely singing voice.
So you haven’t finished to the real end yet? That’s (as you must know now) only episode 7 out of 10.
Hee, no. I only discovered that this morning. Kind of funny that if it had ended with ep 7, it would totally work(though I am hoping for a slightly happier wrapup).
Spoiler, read only after viewing the full season (of Beef):
I thought it was a weird twist in a show otherwise based on realism to have a plot point turn on a deus ex corvid. Sort of like the Fargo series, now that I think about it.
I also watched the first four episodes of Mrs Davis over the weekend and it was bonkers, but fun. Look forward to the remaining four episodes.
I watched the first fifteen minutes of Mrs Davis and decided it was not for me.
…not exactly specific spoilers for the last fifteen minutes of episode four:
The entire opening sequence is re-contextualised. If you are unbothered by spoilers, maybe try watching the last fifteen minutes of the fourth episode, and see it changes your mind. I really didn’t like the opening fifteen minutes of the episode at all, but I’ll watch anything that Damon Lindelof has a hand in. And the ending of episode four took away a lot of the “bad taste” I had in my mouth after the opening.
Season four of Succession seems to just be the same episode with slightly different dialog, done in a different location.
Was it the first fifteen minutes, or the first 5 1/2? Fifteen gets you through the shipwreck rescue scene and partway into the Simone introduction scene.
I’m a couple of episodes into Outer Range (Josh Brolin) on Prime. I’m not sure about it yet. It’s kind of odd but intriguing.
I watched Episode 1 last night and enjoyed it. It has a very West Wing feel – the show runner was a producer on WW.
(It seems to exist in a universe where positions of power – president’s Chief of Staff, CIA chief of mission – are held by women of color, but I’m fine with that.)
We’re watching this one, too. It’s not too far off how things work in the Department of State (I was once an employee). We just overlook the things most people who have never worked in that business wouldn’t notice, like unarmored vehicles, sensitive conversations taking place in the open, outside of the SCIF, or over cell phones, etc. The talk about career diplomats vs political appointees was right on the mark. The infighting at State is vicious, and it can easily translate to life at an overseas post. The biggest bunch of backstabbing fuckers you’ll never want to meet.
For the longest time I’ve been wishing I’d pursued a career at the State Dept just because it sounds so interesting, but this show is making me rethink it. So stressful (though my current job isn’t a bowl of cherries either).