Holy crap, what a great series! Just finished E9, which was really intense. The writers have been scrupulous in keeping the innie world separate from the outie world. I have yet to see a slip-up of any kind. Brilliant.
Well, that was a fairly depressing series, with some decent plot turns. Kudos to Kevin Kline for taking on a dramatic roll so convincingly. I sort of agree with your unhappiness with Kline’s character at the end, but not everyone pays a price for their bad behavior.
Right - I mean, if you’re going to kill Tom Hanks’ son, why not go for the white racist one?
Also, it really irritated me that he couldn’t look up how to pronounce “omega”.
Matlock 2024
I’m watching it live on Monday nights. It’s on Paramount+ if you need to catch up.
Kathy Bates has starred in several tv shows. She always excellent portraying characters…
She’s working undercover in a law firm as Madeline Matlock claiming that she hasn’t practiced law since 1990.
Matlock is very clever and plays the harmless little old lady to get people talking.
Can’t say anything more without Spoilers.
So far it’s been very good.
I wonder if they will wrap up the season 1 plot? It’s not the type of plot that can be sustained. It’s like Season 1 is the character’s transition period for Season 2.
Finished: The Umbrella Academy (S4) - I’m not entirely sure I followed every thread in this weird universe (in part because I’ve forgotten stuff from the previous series), but it does wrap things up as neatly as we were likely to get. Aidan Gallagher continues to be very watchable indeed.
Young Sheldon (S7) - More of the same, although the show has been increasingly drifting toward serious content. There were still plenty of moments to make me laugh out loud, though.
I really like this show too.
Well, I finished s2 so something about it was good and kept me coming back. I started s3 and find the changes interesting. I did like seeing the preview clip from s3e1 to see it in full context. That clip is what I liked.
I suppose that could start a discussion about defending guilty people but that’s another thread.
I’m torn going back to finish The Penguin. I watched two episodes and then went meh. As I said earlier, after rewatching the movie and Oz is not trusted or high up on the ladder, I have no idea how he would get to the top and stay there. Not to mention the tension with the family and Sofia. More than that, though, origin stories that drag on like this one aren’t interesting to me because I know he wins. Sure, it can be interesting seeing the cost it took for him but it hasn’t been so far.
Thanks for the discussion! Take care!
I noticed that too. Oz is ruthless from the beginning.
It’s more interesting when a characters values get corrupted as they do questionable things to climb upwards.
I’ve been watching Georgie and Mandy’s first marriage. The opening credits really play up the Patrick swayze resemblance.
It is okay so far, way too many commercials.
We’ve been watching and really enjoying Poppa’s House with Damon Wayans and his son. It’s pretty funny and a little raunchy for regular TV.
I just watched the first episode of the new Day of the Jackal series on Peacock. I am a big fan of the original movie and hated the Bruce Willis movie from the 90s. Other than being a talented sniper, there doesn’t seem to be too much in common with the book or either movie. However, I was entertained enough to keep going.
You have limited company in that opinion:
The Penguin very quickly went from being “just another cash grab spin-off” to one of the must-watch shows of the year. Now, the final episode of the season has one of the highest IMDb ratings for a TV series with an incredible 9.7. This puts it in the same league as the likes of The Last of Us and Breaking Bad…
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I was told by several friends it gets better and get back to it. Now to find the time.
I’ve read in other articles the Penguin makeup took over 2 hours.
There’s a 2 min video of the prosthetics being applied.
Finished this season of The Diplomat. Quite the cliffhanger ending. Rory Kinnear should get an Emmy for his portrayal of the PM.
We’re nearly finished watching UnREAL.
For the first three seasons, I’d say that it’s a great, scandalous bit of schlock entertainment.
Going into season 4, it’s sadly poignant. It should be the biggest hit of the year, despite being 8 years old.
I also did. There were two types of scenes: those with the Jackal (the assassin) and those with the agent chasing him. I quite enjoyed the scenes with the Jackal, but not at all the scenes with the agent [those scenes irritated me]. Thus I don’t think I will continue.
I missed the last couple of seasons of the original broadcast run, so I started watching again the other night around the beginning of S5. YS is one of those shows that I originally thought I was going to hate, but they did a really good job of making it about more than just Sheldon.
History Channel-
The Good- The Unexplained, Forged in Fire, Alone, The Proof is Out there
The bad- Curse of Oak island, Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, Ancient Aliens.
First episode of Silo. A pretty good cast and so far has my interest.
The first two episodes of Sweetpea on HBO. It really hooked me. A very low self-esteem young woman with a lifelong bully in her life is finally pushed beyond just wishing to kill people in her life who have made her miserable. Very bloody, but with a bit of humor. The actress (ella Purnell) playing the lead is very good.
I knew I was getting too emotionally involved when I was yelling at her to kill her sister before she Julia, because then she wouldn’t have to move out of her house.
I’m curious to see where it goes.