Not really. From the wiki article it appears that the butcher shop - pot shop conversion was from one legal business to another. In Deli Boys, the legit business was a front for an illegal enterprise.
That is disappointing. I honestly just assumed it was meant to be a limited series and would be wrapped up in the final episode.
That isn’t an uncommon assumption.
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I wouldn’t say it was downplayed, but at this point it’s an established thing. She doesn’t need to show it off every 5 minutes. IIRC the first two episodes shortcut all that with “Do you really think I don’t know what I’m talking about?” type statements from her. As someone that also watched the first season, it worked fine for me. I don’t need a 5 minute monologue from her about insects in order for her to establish to the PD as well as us that she knows what she’s talking about. A simple ‘what can I say, my kid went through a phase where he liked bugs’ is all I (and the PD) need from her.
But with shows like this or Psych or plenty of others, even ones like House, you have to remember it’s a show. It’s meant to be entertaining, not realistic.
Edit: I was certain the entire season came out at once. I wasn’t happy when last night when I got home from work, sat down in my recliner with my food and my remote and settled in for E3 to see that it’s not out yet.
I am not a fan of crime dramas with long story arcs involving a super genius murderer. CSI had several of those. So the introduction of the “Game Master” in High Potential is another example of that.
finally came around. Highly recommended
I just started. Beautifully filmed. Really amazing. Has the feel of an old Hitchcock movie. But I have little optimism that it isn’t going to proceed in a predictable direction? (Albeit with style.)
It’s really worth sticking with?
Well to point it needs to be preedictable as it’s known story but well worth the watch…. best cinema noir lately.
Trolling Swedish noir with subtitles.
The Hunt for a Killer Very slow burn but a look at a different culture and very dark in some ways…what lurks
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Good reviews
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finished “the last detective”. looking for the next binge thing.
Finished the two season, twenty-episode run of Chance with Hugh Laurie as an obsessive neuropsychiatrist that falls down a dark rabbit-hole or three. Cancelled after the second season, but I thought it ended in a good spot - no serious cliffhangers. Pretty decent IMHO, though certainly not without flaws. Ethan Suplee as Laurie’s very dangerous and violent muse/ally is a standout, but Laurie also did his usual good job.
Better use of San Francisco as a setting than is typical for TV shows.
Yeah, I’m not enthusiastic, either. Hoping for the best.
After a bit of a break I have restarted my rewatch of Star Trek. I have seen TOS and TAS and am now on TNG. I just finished the season 6 episode The Chase. I’m really enjoying these old episodes and can’t wait to get to DS9.
The recent thread on Buffy plunged me into a rewatch. I watched season 4, then 3, and now I’m in 5.
I’m watching the Koreans show Bon Appetit, Your Majesty (Netflix). It’s about a French-trained chef who is magically sent back in time 500 years, where she is forced to become the royal chef to the notorious tyrant Prince Yeonsan. Romance, palace intrigue, and cook-offs ensue. Lots of mouth-watering shots of Korean-French fusion cuisine.
Above Suspicion (TV series) - Wikipedia
i have moved onto the above. not sure what i think about it…
Still enjoying Task on HBO Max, 3 episodes in. Lots of flawed characters and intriguing plot lines.
Episode 3 was the best one yet imho. This series is a good watch.
Haven’t tried that one yet, but recently finished watching another Korean show “Tastefully Yours” which is also on Netflix. It’s a 10 episode limited series about the collision between a seemingly simple young female chef of a tiny restaurant in a sleepy rural outskirt of Seoul and the male VP of a giant food corporation founded by his cold heated mother. While it does follow many of the Korean romantic dramedy tropes as seen in other K-dramas like “Business Proposal”, it also slyly plays against them in ways I found interesting.
A lot of the same weird notes as Mr. Queen - highly-trained chef sent back in time to the Joseon period to the turbulent court of a new emperor. The difference is that in Mr. Queen the protagonist is male but sent back into the body of the emperor’s bride-to-be (which gives the actress a lot of opportunity to act like a man in a woman’s body). She does cook a lot though.
I thoroughly enjoyed it btw - lots of comedy, lots of court intrigue, and a star turn from the leading actress.