And 5 episodes of season 2 aired so far.
My wife and I are working through Home Economics and are on season 3 now.
This is a funny show and I wish it got more than 3 seasons. I also remember watching the first season but not the other two so people like me may be the reason it didn’t last longer.
Topher Grace, Caitlin McGee, and Jimmy Tatro are all siblings and are in different financial situations. They navigate the ins and outs of their finances, spouses and kids, and parents in the episodes. It does lean a bit hard on “what did we learn today” at the end of the eps but the characters are fun and have different quirks and the jokes are mostly character based.
Exactly. Netflix is absolutely not the permanent home for Resident Alien.
I was so sure that’s what I had heard. Though maybe it depends on your country, as international people such as myself have access to Netflix but not USA.
Unlike my old laptop, my new one has no problem logging into Apple+, so I can continue with Severance.
I agree in not wanting to watch another teen show but School Spirits kept me watching through s1. I was disappointed that not all of s2 was out. I will say I don’t like how they went about solving the mystery by just assuming the next person they don’t like is guilty. It would have been nice if they had some idea of gathering clues, looking for facts, and being detectives. I am probably asking too much.
I really want to keep watching and like Resident Alien but I don’t understand why they decided to make Harry unlikeable. I don’t understand why people like him much less help him. He consistently berates or insults them but they keep coming back. It disappointed me. A rewatch of part of s1 made him worse, in my mind. As I said, I want to like it but they don’t give me anything to like.
Amazon Prime, or some subscription through them, allowed me to watch e1 of Severance. I found predictable, especially the end reveal, but well done. I would watch more of it if it was on a service I had but I don’t have Apple+ and don’t want another streaming service.
Thanks for the discussion!
I gave up on Resident Alien after Season 2.
I felt like it turned into a different show. It started as a Sci Fi version of Northern Exposure. A fun comedy as the alien tried to fit into small time life.
By season 2 they introduced the agents assigned to capture the alien. The focus of fitting into small town life changed.
I read Wikipedia summaries and wasn’t interested in the direction of the show.
As Season 3 has just dropped on Netflix, we watched the last episode of Season 2 in order to refresh our memories about what was going on. It helped a little, but neither of us could remember much of that. We then watched Season 3 Episode 1. It didn’t do much for us. And there’s much too much drama involving D’Arcy and Asta.
Yeah, they’ve moved more heavily into personal relationships, which doesn’t interest me at all. I’m trying to stick with it, but my attention wanders.
I’ll mention two completely different series. I’ve just finished watching Yes, Minister for probably the third time. And even the third time around, I’m impressed by how clever it is. Nigel Hawthorne is particularly fine as the smug and utterly cynical Permanent Secretary who usually (but not always) brilliantly outwits the Minister to get his way. I suppose I could go on to watch Yes, Prime Minister but I don’t recall that being as good. Jim Hacker’s craven fear of the PM and the officials of the PM’s office is often a big part of the story lines. Without this tension, I think the sequel series loses some of its comedic effect.
The other one I just started is The Good Place, which I was interested in because of how widely acclaimed it was. The problem is I’m not a big fan of fantasies. It’s well acted and lavishly produced and has fine comedic touches, but I’m not sure if I’m going to stick with it. I’ve just seen the first two episodes so far.
I watched Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister as a teen on PBS in the probably late 1980s, and liked it then. A few months back I watched the first episode in anticipation of watching them all, but it just didn’t grab me.
(I almost quit The Good Place after the first couple of episodes, but I stuck with it and it became Must See TV.)
Aa for older British shows, I’ve been slowly going through The Wombles for the first time.
I would suggest sticking with it through the end of the first season, or at the very least the next two or three episodes.
(When it first aired, I didn’t think from the promos that it was a show I’d be interested in. But I watched it one weekend when NBC re-aired the first four episodes, and I was hooked.)
I strongly agree. It’s a relatively short season, and the payoff is worth it.
The Good Place is one of those rare series that has a very distinct beginning, middle, and end, and doesn’t stay around too long.
Right now you’re at the beginning, and the plot hasn’t really been set in motion yet.
Not everyone likes the same things, of course, but if you quit after two episodes, you’ll miss out on what’s about to become a very interesting story.
I’d echo @Shoeless’s suggestion to give it at least the first season. If it hasn’t grabbed you by then, it isn’t for you.
I bailed early on both The Good Place and Shitz Creek. The sudden praise during seasons two encouraged me to pick them back up and I never regretted it. Now I actually look for shows that were mostly ignored until season 2. It’s easier to get through the necessary buildup if you know there is actually a payoff.
Parks & Rec and 30 Rock: both had bad first seasons, made some tweaks, and in Season 2 became great.
I think the same thing was true of Seinfeld. It got a lot better after the first season.
IIRC, Cheers was one of the lowest-rated, if not THE lowest-rated, show in its first season. Several years later, it was #1.
MASH was nearly cancelled after its first season as well. In fact, the last episode of season one plays much like a series finale.
The apocryphal story is that the wife of Fred Silverman, CBS’s VP of programming, liked it and convinced him to give it one more season to catch on. Spoiler alert: It did.