# What are you currently binge-watching? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300 "2014-02-26T05:39:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/21 "2014-02-26T16:28:27Z")
Currently it’s the original UK **House of Cards**. Far better than the US version. We’re also enjoying **[Top of the Lake](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2103085/).** Fascinating characters and the original mystery leads to so many others. ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/22 "2014-02-26T16:33:46Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Just finished bingeing on “Episodes,” the Showtime series with Matt LeBlanc playing Matt LeBlanc. Excellent show. me, too. Haven’t watched the last episode yet. Is there any reason to suspect the show was inaccurate in its portrayal of entertainment industry execs and their staff? ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/23 "2014-02-26T16:36:19Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Us too. We just started Season 2. It’s filmed in Toronto so we play “Find the Toronto things” while watching it. there was a structure made from large blocks of stone along a river…where cute guy hid the diamond…fooled the bad girl, etc… and Mama and I saw the same structure last night on Blacklist…is Blacklist also shot in Toronto? ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/24 "2014-02-26T16:38:02Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > there was a structure made from large blocks of stone along a river…where cute guy hid the diamond…fooled the bad girl, etc… and Mama and I saw the same structure last night on Blacklist…is Blacklist also shot in Toronto? I suppose part of the charm of big, black SUV’s is their anonymity – they fit in every city or showdown involving G-men. ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/25 "2014-02-26T16:41:33Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I’m catching up on GIRLS, though Season One has disappeared from my OnDemand availability. The character development is rich and the actors are first rate. Some of the plots are better than others. It’s a bit refreshing to see nudity in someone with less than a perfect body, and Hannah certainly qualifies in that regard. I can see why the show gets critical acclaim, the dialogue has an honesty and realism that you seldom see, there’s no laugh lines and no laugh track. Quite a bit darker than what I usually like to watch but I do recommend it. It would be even more refreshing to not have nudity at all, and to shoot plots that don’t have to lean on a naked woman riding a man while gasping and squealing. Or a man socking it to a woman from behind. Is there really a point where this sort of thing becomes so blah that the writers are allowed to try some witty or intelligent dialog instead? ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/26 "2014-02-26T16:52:58Z")
Star Trek: DS9 AKA Star Trek:Deep Sleep Nine I hadn’t seen many of these since they first aired in the 1990s and I’m surprised that for what was supposed to be the “adult” Star Trek series that this show was surprisingly childlike. The relationships are shallow and the motivations are so transparent it’s almost embarrassing. I’m finding that rooting or The Dominion is more enjoyable than hoping that the Federation succeeds. Not that good of a program. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/27 "2014-02-26T17:02:36Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > me, too. Haven’t watched the last episode yet. Is there any reason to suspect the show was inaccurate in its portrayal of entertainment industry execs and their staff? No, no. It’s a docmentary. I’m currently rewatching another real life show **Better Off Ted** ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/28 "2014-02-26T17:07:35Z")
Just finished getting caught up with all seven seasons of _The Big Bang Theory_. All we’re missing now is a few episodes from Season 7, which we’ll catch in reruns or when we pick up the box set. We’re also watching classic _Doctor Who_ starting with the Third Doctor (eventually we’ll go back and do One and Two, but not till we finish Three through Seven). Not really binge on that, though, since we’re getting physical discs one at a time from Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/29 "2014-02-26T17:15:34Z")
I’ve been watching a crapload of _The Big Bang Theory_, starting last week. I only ever watched a portion of a couple of separate episodes previously, and I was mostly unimpressed, and really, I disliked the show based on how often the writing felt the need to explain the intellectual jokes. Plus I found the whininess/borderline autism of the characters grating. But, I gave it another chance, and I am brooking these issues in the name of **Kaley Cuoco.** Thankfully there are 2-3 different episodes airing daily on various channels, so I’m slowly catching up. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/30 "2014-02-26T17:35:11Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > me, too. Haven’t watched the last episode yet. Is there any reason to suspect the show was inaccurate in its portrayal of entertainment industry execs and their staff? The show is a complete whitewash. If they showed Real Hollywood you wouldn’t be able to sleep at night. (Episode 6 of this season is my favorite. The one with Morning’s daughter. Full on LeBlanc.) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/31 "2014-02-26T17:40:48Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I just finished the first two seasons of American Horror Story on Netflix. OMG so good! I need something new. I’m doing it bass ackwards, my wife hooked me with Coven so now I have to go back and watch the first two seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/32 "2014-02-26T17:40:54Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I just finished the first two seasons of American Horror Story on Netflix. OMG so good! I need something new. I can’t remember if the Wire is on Netflix streaming but I have wanted to watch that for a while. > > I also want to see the Sopranos. I missed that one completely. Some guidance — what do you all think of _Dexter_ for me, given that I liked _American Horror Story_? I think it sounds good, but could be full of stupid, which I want to avoid. Teenagers have recommended it to me, but I want a more nuanced opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/33 "2014-02-26T18:00:51Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Just finished bingeing on “Episodes,” the Showtime series with Matt LeBlanc playing Matt LeBlanc. Excellent show. It really is. It was much better than we expected, and that was even though we had heard it was good. > [@GuanoLad](#): > > I just recently binged on _Brooklyn Nine Nine_ to catch up. The last time I binge-watched was three seasons of _Franklin and Bash_, then five seasons of _Murdoch Mysteries_. > > I may try _Suits_ now that you’ve mentioned it. Please do. It’s not my usual cup of tea, but it’s just so well done that I’ve been totally hooked. > [@Beelzebubba](#): > > SUITS- Donna rocks! Did you catch the episode where a client told her “You’re so beautiful when you’re forceful”? Donna’s response, with a dead-straight poker face, “I realize that you meant that as a compliment…but I don’t appreciate limitations being placed on my beauty!” The she turns, smiles ear-to-ear and saunters away…\ Yes. Yes, I did. 😃 > [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Us too. We just started Season 2. It’s filmed in Toronto so we play “Find the Toronto things” while watching it. Ah ha! I saw the “Canadian Casting” note, but I was pretty sure the show wasn’t Canadian (for one thing, it’s far too good). > [@crucible](#): > > It would be even more refreshing to not have nudity at all, and to shoot plots that don’t have to lean on a naked woman riding a man while gasping and squealing. Or a man socking it to a woman from behind. Is there really a point where this sort of thing becomes so blah that the writers are allowed to try some witty or intelligent dialog instead? That’s part of what has captivated me with “Suits” - I’m sure there has been some nudity, but it’s all about the characters and the dialogue. And once again, I’m pleased as hell at the language - lawyers being able to talk like I imagine lawyers actually talk is wonderful. I think the phrase, “Bullshit” comes up every episode. 🙂 > [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > No, no. It’s a docmentary. \ Just as I suspected. 🙂 > [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Some guidance — what do you all think of _Dexter_ for me, given that I liked _American Horror Story_? I think it sounds good, but could be full of stupid, which I want to avoid. Teenagers have recommended it to me, but I want a more nuanced opinion. I tried “Dexter” but it was too much for me. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/34 "2014-02-26T18:18:22Z")
Impractical Jokers. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/35 "2014-02-26T18:23:38Z")
I have been mourning Breaking Bad since I ran through it at break-neck speed and then fell off the edge. I’ve even tried starting it again, but I don’t think that’s going to do it. For now, I’m watching Netflix’ own series Orange Is the New Black. It’s pretty good but I’m not too far into it yet. Jodie Foster directs. It’s about women in prison. Oddly, my 14yo son is crazy for it… Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/36 "2014-02-26T18:51:32Z")
I just found out _Orange is the New Black_ was based on a memoir; I had somehow gotten the idea it was some kind of spinoff from _Weeds_. What was too much about _Dexter_? Just too horrible? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/37 "2014-02-26T19:02:30Z")
Right now I’m binge-watching _[Luther](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1474684/)_: I recently finished the first season, and am about to start the second one. I sporadically binge-watch _Breaking Bad_, but I’m somewhere around the end of the second season or the start of the third one and I seem to have lost interest. > [@Moonchild](#): > > Just finished bingeing on “Episodes,” the Showtime series with Matt LeBlanc playing Matt LeBlanc. Excellent show. Thirded. 🙂 I discovered it last year, and binge-watched the first season and a half before I caught up with it. I’m watching the current season as it airs. > [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Before that I watched the two series of “Borgen” and have series three lined up ready for my next holiday watch. You know, my father recently recommended that show to me! He rented it from Netflix, though, and it doesn’t seem to be available via streaming anywhere (I don’t have a physical disc plan with them). I’m toying with buying the first season on DVD just based on reviews… > [@RealityChuck](#): > > Currently it’s the original UK **House of Cards**. Far better than the US version. Meh. I tried watching the UK version after the first season of the US version, but couldn’t get past the first episode. (And I’m a fan of British TV.) > [@crucible](#): > > there was a structure made from large blocks of stone along a river…where cute guy hid the diamond…fooled the bad girl, etc… Are you maybe thinking of _White Collar_? And Fort Totten? 🙂 > [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Some guidance — what do you all think of _Dexter_ for me, given that I liked _American Horror Story_? I **loved** _Dexter_! I only liked the first season of _American Horror Story_, though, so take that for whatever it’s worth. _grin_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/38 "2014-02-26T19:21:52Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > \ > > What was too much about _Dexter_? Just too horrible? I think that’s it in a nutshell. I don’t want to feel empathy with a sociopath and see things from his perspective. I didn’t connect with any of the characters in the show, either. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/39 "2014-02-26T19:23:03Z")
**Doc Martin**. I’m ready to move to Portwenn. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300/40 "2014-02-26T19:31:42Z")
The wife and I are getting up to date on _Torchwood_. I’ve seen them all through Children of Earth, but once we get to Miracle Day, they’ll be new to both of us. After that, she’s been suggesting we need to go through _The Sopranos_. She only saw up to season 4 I think. She survived the violence in _Game of Thrones_, so I’m hoping I can talk her into _24_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-currently-binge-watching/682300.md?page=3)