I finished watching the last season of ER. It had its ups and downs, but overall it was clear why it lasted such a long time.
During the first run, I stopped watching some time in season 10 where Dr. Romano got killed by a helicopter. I thought that was pretty silly at the time, but the award for the most ridiculous episode would have to go to season 13’s episode “Murmurs of the Heart” where:
Dr. Kovac gets kidnapped at gunpoint by his arch-enemy (Forest Whitaker)
Dr. Pratt gets arrested and thrown in jail
Dr. Gates’s ex-girlfriend has an overdose and – in her dying breath – she tells him he has a daughter
Nurse Taggart’s son lights an apartment building on fire
We started on Margo’s got Money Trouble and binged through to episode 4. We liked it, funny, no doubt less funny stuff is coming, great cast Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer , Nick Offerman,and others.
To be resumed after the long weekend .
I might give that a try, since The Night Of just went from “now watching” to “recently given up on.” I finished episode one barely giving a crap about the accused (protagonist?), and then episode 2 started with me hearing the little twerp’s voice again and I couldn’t stand it. I just had this visceral, negative reaction.
I think first I’m going to check out Vikings: Valhalla though. The original series ended like a limp fart (really a bad call trying to make the most pathetic ruthless murderer of the series also the central protagonist of the latter part of the series, and then expect me to feel sympathy for him as he dies crying like a little baby on the battlefield).
I was scrolling Netflix and discovered that we never finished season 3 of Alice in Borderland. I think we were befuddled by the rules for the Zombie game in episode 3 and switched to something else. On second viewing we had a better grasp on the rules (You really have to give this show your full attention to know what’s going on) and got hooked into watching the rest of the season. The next two and a half episodes were very satisfying, though the extended “where are they now” prologue comprising nearly half of ep. 6 was boring and unnecessary, as was the tease (à la Squid Game) of an unlikely American sequel.
In what I fear is a recurring theme, I was non-plussed by episode one. Made it about halfway through and just didn’t care about anyone or anything it was showing me.
The original had Ragnar as a big feature of the show. Travis Fimmel played that character so well, it really sold the whole show. Later, Bjorn is pretty solid to watch, but so is the “evil/crazy” son.
The show fizzled, though. It’s final season just didn’t go anywhere interesting.
We really liked this series but there was a point where it went very dark and I had to take a break from it. It is just so funny, we weren’t prepared… We were able to come back to it and finish and do highly recommend it.
You can try Star City, which is a currently-running sidequel of For All Mankind told from the Russian POV. (I started watching the first episode of that, then decided to wait for the season to finish before watching, so I can’t say how good or bad it is.)
I hadn’t heard of that one - I’ll add it to the list if I end up liking For All Mankind.
And @zbuzz thanks I’ll add it to the list as well, but probably more towards the bottom. It seems well-reviewed but I’m not a big Emily Dickinson fan, so not the target audience.
I’ve made it through the first season of Clarkson’s Farm and will see how the second season is. Clarkson is (or is scripted to be) quite a buffoon, but he also seems to genuinely care for the land and animals under his care. I obviously can’t speak to the economics of running a farm in the UK, but dang that’s a lot of work for barely any money.
I’m tempted since I liked For All Mankind till the last season lost me completely.
Is the series mostly about space or mostly about how eeeevil the commies are? if the former I’ll give it a try.
As I mentioned, I’m putting off watching it until the season finishes, but this is from the Google AI summary (it gives links, I didn’t search down which cited article it came from)
It’s a paranoid thriller that explores the Soviet space program from behind the Iron Curtain, focusing on cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence officers at the secret training base, with a tone closer to a Cold War spy story than the original series.
I think it’s also fair to point out that Clarkson doesn’t know what he is doing and wastes a lot of time effort and money in running the operation.
Legitimately, farming is a hard business, but he makes it harder on himself. Plus the effort and headbutting with locals over non-farming activities like a store that banks on his celebrity.
He comes off pretty sympathetic given his genuine interest in the work and caring for his livestock, but every once in a while I remind myself of the situation.
Oh yes, I’ve never seen someone so eager to spend $10k to make $1k. But I’m assuming at least some of that is scripted to play up what an idiot he is for conflict and amusement.
He’s a rich man that can afford to throw some money around, and he very much does so just because he can. I mean, who in their right mind actually buys a Lamborghini tractor??
Really? From what I remember, the first episode was completely riveting. The series overall was good, although it did get a bit ridiculous the longer it went on.
