Currently rewatching The Sopranos. Just finished S2. Great series, picking up new stuff every rewatch. Listening to some Sopranos podcasts as I go this time, lots of added insight.
May take a break to watch one of my guilty pleasures, The Walking Dead. S10 just released on NF, gone this far may as well finish.
I’m about halfway through WandaVision and it’s very compelling and a lot of fun. I’m deliberately spacing it out just to make it last longer.
Same. There is some good stuff in there and a solid cast but it’s very uneven.
And I feel that Rosie Cavaliero’s talents are grossly underused.
We finished Season 2 and the unrelenting sadism left us not wanting to watch Season 3. Are you saying it’s more of the same?
Season 3 was a different kind of bad. The main plot line involved water … sort of Chinatown-esque. But there were inexplicable scenes of the town big shots/indian casino management who get together regularly to go through drug-induced Carlos Castaneda hallucinatory fun times. No idea what that was all about, and stopped caring.
Finished a rewatch of The Finder. It had some stupid in it, but I liked the characters. The one season ended with several cliff-hangers, but was cancelled. And one of the costars died IRL anyway, so even if it got a second season it would have had to be reworked.
Currently watching Squid Game, kind of a Parasite meets The Most Dangerous Game. Just started episode 3 (of 9). Can be found on Netflix.
I’ve been watching Servant without reading any spoilers or plot descriptions (even this Wiki link) and it has been “what the eff am I effing watching?” all through season 1.
Just finished the last season. Predictably, not as good as previous season. The dream sequences were heavy handed and overused. Story line cliched. On the plus side, BBT is very watchable as an actor, J.K. Simmons makes a great villain, and I could not help but cheer for Nina Arianda’s character.
Has anybody see Ghosts on HBO? BBC comedy about ghosts haunting an old house, and new owners moving in? I’ve only seen the first episode but it looks promising. It also seems that an American version is debuting on one of the broadcast networks.
The BBC original of Ghosts is good. I think the cast does a really good job. There are three series of six episodes each and a Christmas special. Tonight at 9pm on CBS, the American adaption premieres. I’ll be curious if it works; some US adaptations have utterly failed.
In the first episode of Ghosts (BBC) they engaged in trope subversion that I found absolutely delightful.
For example: character is last seen entering a hospital. Cut to her partner sitting on her neatly made, empty bed. We think: oh no! she died!! But then you hear a toilet flush and she comes out of the bathroom. 
Squid Game was a romp, it’s quickly becoming the talk of America, and I strongly recommend sticking with it through all 9 episodes.
Also, there is a touch of The Hurt Locker in this one too.
I’ve seen it on the BBC. If you like the core cast of ghosts (Martha Howe-Douglas, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Laurence Rickard, Jim Howick and Ben Willbond), not only were they a staple of the earlier version of the excellent Horrible Histories series but they did a comedy fantasy series called Yonderland (involving Howe-Douglas as a suburban housewife dragged into a fantasy world as the “Chosen One”, and a lot of Muppets) and also the Shakespearean comedy film Bill. They’re fun in pretty much everything they’re in.
Not sure how it will translate to the US; as always, the right cast and the right writer will be key.
And if you are that comedic bent you might find “Quacks” to be worth watching as well, lots of familiar faces.
Only six episodes and no more on the horizon but I enjoyed it.
I’ve been meaning to mention this and kept forgetting. Yes, this show is delightful! So clever and well written. Kept a smile on my face from beginning to end (when I wasn’t outright laughing).
I watched the American version last night and I went in with pretty low expectations but it was quite good. I would say if you have seen the BBC version, just watch this one as it’s own thing and don’t make comparisons. So far it seems to have its own charm and I will definitely keep watching.
Only Murders in the Building seems to be faltering. The episode with the lesbian cop and her pregnant wife has been done to death and seemed forced. The silent episode was, I admit, an unusual treatment. It seems like Martin Short is desperately trying to hold this thing together at this point, with everyone else looking like cardboard props.
We are currently watching Squid Game and enjoying it very much. We are through episode 5. It’s very violent and gory, so if that’s not your thing you might want to skip it, and it’s definitely not for kids.
We finished Lucifer. Light entertainment, but enjoyable. And the series ended well. Recommended for just a fun hour of TV. The cast is what makes the show.
We watched The White Lotus. Meh. Unlikeable characters, lots of rich people acting poorly. If trust fund baby ennui over meaning and life is your thing, you might like it.
We are just finishing the new season of Archer. Don’t bother. The show is a hollow shell of what it once was. We have gone through entire episodes this season without so much as a chuckle. Disappointing. Don’t miss Archer seasons 1-5, as it’s awesome. The last few seasons are missable.
Season 7 of Bosch is the weakest one, but we still like the series. It will be intersting in the future as it is splitting into two different shows, with Titus Welliver appearing in both of them as Bosch.
We are loving Star Trek: Lower Decks. It’s heavy on Star Trek in-jokes, but it’s a really good standalone show even if you never saw any Trek before. My favorite Star Trek show since the original series.
Riverdale is a bizarre train wreck of a show that somehow remains watchable. It’s the show we put on when we just can’t find anything else to watch. Lots of eye candy for everyone is part of the appeal, I imagine, and then just the sheer loopiness of it all has a weird attraction. You’ll either sort-of-enjoy it, or hate it.
American Horror Story: Double Feature is decent enough so far. The season is split into two different, so far completely unrelated stories. I’d say it’s an average season for AHS so far - not up to the heights of ‘Murder House’ or ‘Freak Show’, but better than the last couple of seasons.
Is that in English or is it in English subtitles?
Ditto. I think. The positive about the BBC version is there is a small enough group of ghosts that we got to learn their stories. Here, who knows? Okay, other than Flower and the bear / Isaac and dysentery. But, our seasons are longer/more episodes, so maybe they’ll flesh (heh) them out.