Not in a drawer, just open so passerby could read them?
Yep.
I watched The Residence on Netflix. It’s a comedy murder mystery set in the White House, with Uzo Aduba as Cordelia Cupp, the world’s greatest detective, and a very large cast of suspicious characters, including Giancarlo Esposito, Jane Curtin, Randall Park, Ken Marino, Susan Kelechi Watson, Eliza Couple, Al Franken, Isiah Whitlock Jr, and Bronson Pinchot. Oh, and Kylie Minogue playing herself.
It’s great. They recreated the entire White House and went wild with the whole caper-style, Clue-inspired plot, and funky cinematography. Definitely recommended. It kept me guessing to the end.
I’ll enthusiastically second the recommendation of The Residence and was, in fact, mulling some thoughts over to write up something about it. But yeah, good fun.
Oh, and don’t forget Jason Lee, who was great on My Name Is Earl.
Given up: Tracker. I watched and enjoyed the first season but it was so formulaic I just got plot fatigue by the end of the season. And I couldn’t connect with the character.
Given up: Matlock. Not sure how many episodes I watched but also got plot fatigue. I think I actually would have enjoyed it more if the Matlock character were just how she seems, without the subterfuge backstory and subplot. But instead she comes off as obsessed with something that I’m sure won’t be really satisfying even if she ever resolves it.
Enjoying: Black Doves. I like limited series that have a beginning, a middle, and an end. This is also a little quirky in that it toggles between spy drama and violent black comedy. Thank you, Quentin Tarantino.
Enjoying: The Americans. I’m not a binge watcher so it’s taking me a long time to get through six seasons of this. I like both lead actors (loved Rhys in Perry Mason). They give a very interesting view of the 1980 political mood through the eyes of the Soviets, such as showing Reagan as an existential threat with actual TV footage. It’s inspired by true events but is 100% fiction–there were really Russian “illegals” spying in the U.S., posing as a married couple, with children–but that was in about 2010.
Enjoying: The Last of Us. A well-done zombie series, albeit with plot cliches. I have a soft spot for post-apocalyptic dramas (The Omega Man, I Am Legend, The Book of Eli, Silo, Fallout games).
Queued Up: Second season of The Diplomat. I really like Keri Russell in that.
I think she’s cute.
Check The Eternaut!
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On the other hand, I often find post-apocalyptic dramas bleak. In particular, I watched the first episode of The Walking Dead but then I rethought the idea of watched the world fallen apart and stopped watching after. (Perhaps a good thing, given how long that show and its spinoffs have endured.)
I like Elsbeth. Sure it’s a Colombo copy. We see who the murderer is first. Elsbeth knows who did it in the first 30 seconds then uses her quirky personality to disarm them enough to give up the information needed to prove it. The murderer is a well known guest star. It’s light and breezy and a respite needed for the unrelenting parade of misery that makes up prestige TV nowadays. When I get done watching a season of horrible things happening and horrible people I hate I need an episode or 2 of something like Elsbeth or High Potential.
To this point, I like watching things fall apart. Not interested in the survivors. That pretty much is the reason I only watched two episodes of TLoU and every bit of Station Eleven- TLoU went immediately into ‘survivor mode’ while S11 kept interspersing survivor episodes with ‘here’s how this character survived the cataclysm’ episodes.
If this makes any sense, that is.
That is actually what I like about them. It’s not that I enjoy bleakness, but I find it thought-provoking that our civilization could be so fragile.
You can have her.
Yeah, I loved her playing the “invisible old woman” and showing that empathy can come with age. But then she is making friends with people she plans on betraying. That is not ethical to me
I’ve been slowly rewatching all of Felicity, when Keri Russell was at peak Keri Russellness.
I only today finished Invincible. I know, behind the times. But excellent stuff, just great voice work and animation all around.
I remember really liking that show back in college. That and Ally McBeal were two of the shows my roommate and I always made sure to tape since we weren’t home when they were on.
There’s one aspect of that show that always bugged me, her laptop. It was an Apple laptop and would get on my nerves that Apple (or even Felicity’s prop dept) didn’t make one with the Apple logo flipped over so it would be right side up when it’s facing the camera.
I can’t quickly find a picture of her, so here’s Noel (?) with one.
Edit, when I said it’s always bugged me, I mean always. I knew I’ve mentioned it before, I didn’t realize it was over 20 years ago.
Based on recommendations here the Mrs and I binged the first three episodes of The Residence this evening.
Absolutely love it, and I don’t even care whodunnit-the dialogue, pacing, sets, editing and style - they are all fun and engaging.
I have given up on Sherlock and Daughter. It’s trying way too hard, and failing at all of it.
Making another run at Poker Face because of recent posts here and thinking I might have missed something.
Still not sold three episodes in but I was highly amused at Charlie calling the annoying dog a “fascist asshole” for only calming down when right wing radio was on.
I canceled my Netflix subscription months ago so I am behind on their shows. But this week I have access to my brother’s account and spent the day binging A Man on the Inside, starring Ted Danson and created by Michael Schur. Really enjoyed it. Ted Danson’s effortless charm really helped.
I posted that in October and I never went back to it. The whole time I was watching it I just had to many questions that were never answered.