# Whatcha bingeing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211 "2017-12-01T02:04:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/21 "2017-12-01T17:49:19Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > Was that the US version or the UK one? The UK one was quite entertaining for two seasons till it lost its main stars to go off and be successful in films, mainly James Macvoy and less successfully Anne-Marie Duff (Suffragette), and then it became unbearable… Put me off ever watching the US version. If it is the US one, is it funny? Depends on your idea of ‘funny’. It’s certainly cringe-worthy funny and often laugh out loud funny. It suddenly got tiresome a couple of seasons ago; I think the writers just ran out of original and somewhat plausible ideas, and also that some of the actors became enamored of themselves. I gave up on it at that point. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/22 "2017-12-01T19:53:55Z")
I’ve found _Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries_ (on Netflix) to be an entertaining series of, well… murder mysteries. It’s an Australian production set in the 1920s. Cars, costumes, and sets seem to be authentic, which I enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/23 "2017-12-01T20:17:58Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > No you haven’t. A third season is airing right now. Episode 4 of 6 came on this past Wednesday. Fine, let me rephrase…I just finished watching all the episodes currently available on Netflix. Better? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/24 "2017-12-01T21:07:52Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Fine, let me rephrase…I just finished watching all the episodes currently available on Netflix. > Better? I don’t like your tone of voice one bit. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/25 "2017-12-01T23:52:13Z")
Thanks to all who replied. I’ve got me some investigating to do now. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/26 "2017-12-01T23:55:51Z")
Two seasons of **Chance** are available on hulu. If Ethan Suplee as D doesn’t at least get nominated for an Emmy, there is no justice. Best character ever. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/27 "2017-12-04T19:25:02Z")
If you liked Broadchurch you’ll probably like The Fall (on Netflix). ---
**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:** [December 4, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/28 "2017-12-04T22:17:58Z")
Currently taking a break from the British shows. (Most recent “full” series was [Line of Duty](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2303687/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2). The show that made “annoying wee gobshite” a term of endearment in our household.) We do a show a night, a drama and a comedy. Right now we’re in the midst of _Hill Street Blues_ and _The Bob Newhart Show_. The latter started off well but soon became _very_ trite. Recycling old sitcom plots. Oh no, Bob has to get his tonsils removed! It’s going to be a slog finishing. _Hill_ is still fairly decent but the stupidity about not ever naming the city forces too much weird dialogue, etc. Just call it “Springfield” and move on. Looking forward to returning to the Brit dramas. Good grief, there are so many good ones. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/29 "2017-12-05T00:07:17Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Looking forward to returning to the Brit dramas. Good grief, there are so many good ones. My father is a devotee of Acorn TV on the Roku. Not just British but Australian, New Zealand, lately Scandinavia… I get home from work and he’s all “I’m watching this show from Norway…” “Acorn TV?” “Yep.” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/30 "2017-12-05T03:02:19Z")
Symbolist paintings and sculpture. In my books, and on the internets. > **[Symbolism (arts)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolism_(arts))** > > Symbolism was a late 19th-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realism. > In literature, the style originates with the 1857 publication of Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal. The works of Edgar Allan Poe, which Baudelaire admired greatly and translated into French, were a significant influence and the source of many stoc... Max Klinger is the cat’s pajamas. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/31 "2017-12-05T03:34:22Z")
This may sound incredibly lame, but I liked [The Lowe Files](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7214622/). It’s a typical “celebrity searches out the unexplained” reality show, probably only worth watching if you’re a Rob Lowe fan. He has a cool relationship with his sons and its clear they enjoy having adventures together. I wouldn’t mind going on a road trip with the three of them. Bonus points for using _Don’t Fear The Reaper_ as a theme song. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/32 "2017-12-05T16:52:42Z")
I can’t really call it “bingeing”, because I only have time for one or two episodes a night, but I’m currently working my way through **The Expanse**. Hard scifi/noir. I like it, but there are quite few moments of, “What? …guess I’ll find out about that later.” Free on Amazon Prime. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/33 "2017-12-05T17:19:39Z")
For your zombie jones: Santa Clarita Diet is hilarious and weird The Good Place is must see tv. Seriously, get busy. Westworld and The Young Pope are both excellent Better Call Saul is just brilliant, and better than Breaking Bad, imo. (You don’t necessarily need to have seen BB first to enjoy it) I’m currently bingeing (thank you for including the ‘e’ by the way) Deadwood. I’m way late to the party, and I don’t know why I put it off. It’s really, really good. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/34 "2017-12-05T17:35:56Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > I’m currently bingeing (thank you for including the ‘e’ by the way) Deadwood. I’m way late to the party, and I don’t know why I put it off. It’s really, really good. 🙂 Speaking of late to the party, I have the boxed set of The Wire DVDs I need to start in on. Unlike the Seinfeld set, these I need to sit and pay attention to, so I am gearing up for it. I predict full days of The Wire between Christmas and New Year’s. I just have to know what all the fuss is about! ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/35 "2017-12-05T19:52:15Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Just finished **Longmire** and the **Dectorists**. > > Season two of **Glitch** just came out, but I decided to watch season one again first. > > Also still working my way through **The Sopranos**. Watched three episodes of Glitch last night. I like it. It grabbed me right away, which I seem to require in my old age for a series to be bingeworthy . Jaded, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/36 "2017-12-05T20:17:24Z")
> [@AllShookDown](#): > > If you liked Broadchurch you’ll probably like The Fall (on Netflix). If this is the one with Dana Scully (heh) I did check it out awhile back, and it didn’t grab me at all. I know. Picky, picky, picky. I’m kind of a strange duck. I never made it through any of the Godfather movies, or a single James Bond. I couldn’t watch the Sopranos either. Spy movies, international intrigue and mafia themes don’t seem to interest me. ---
**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/37 "2017-12-05T22:33:31Z")
I recently finished season 1 of Wanted on Netflix. I’m taking a break before season 2, but I’m sure I’ll watch that too. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/38 "2017-12-05T22:37:39Z")
Just finishing the entire run of 30 Rock. God I miss that show. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/39 "2017-12-05T23:37:08Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > For your zombie jones: Santa Clarita Diet is hilarious and weird > The Good Place is must see tv. Seriously, get busy. > Westworld and The Young Pope are both excellent > Better Call Saul is just brilliant, and better than Breaking Bad, imo. (You don’t necessarily need to have seen BB first to enjoy it) > > I’m currently bingeing (thank you for including the ‘e’ by the way) Deadwood. I’m way late to the party, and I don’t know why I put it off. It’s really, really good. Agreed about Santa Clarita Diet. Cracked me up. And since you’ve praised Better Call Saul so highly, I will give it another chance. What could be better than Breaking Bad? ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211/40 "2017-12-06T00:17:39Z")
A month ago SyFy channel had the entire run of _Battlestar Galactica (2004)_ on-demand. I started watching and kicked myself for missing it when it first ran. I got through season one and most of season two before they pulled it, so I’m looking for another source for it. It was great to binge watch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-bingeing/803211.md?page=3)