Recommendations for Television Shows

@brucehayes posted:

On your rec, starting watching Dead Set.  So far, so good.

nice, yea I like the pacing of dead set.  There's just enough human drama element but not to the point like some of the other zombie shows where it's like .. 45 minutes of two people talking and 15 minutes of acutally any zombies. 

The korean All of us are dead is great like that too, only a few scenes where it's a little too dramaey but a very fun fast paced zombie series with some fun twists and a social commentary element that is present in most korean dramas nowadays.

Bosch: Legacy  I'm 4 episodes in. As good as the original so far. It has semi-retired Crate & Barrel, but I miss J. Edgar.

Meltdown Three Mile Island.  A limited series documentary about the accident and its aftermath, featuring interviews with local residents, politicians and those who were, as the old saying goes, "in the room when it happened."

We've been watching Annika lately on PBS.  I find it to have excellent writing and pacing.

I just discovered that The Kids in the Hall are back for a new season on Amazon Prime. Still has the original cast, and they do a hilarious riff on their own aging, and the box office dud, Brain Candy.

@mneeley490 posted:

I just discovered that The Kids in the Hall are back for a new season on Amazon Prime. Still has the original cast, and they do a hilarious riff on their own aging, and the box office dud, Brain Candy.

I squeeze your head.

We own this city on HBO max. Worthy successor to The Wire.

@jburman82 posted:

We own this city on HBO max. Worthy successor to The Wire.

This is an excellent offering.

For those in Canada with Crave, Shorsey is also worth a watch.  It's a spinoff of Letterkenny based on the Shoresy character.  Not sure if it's on/coming to Hulu in the US as of yet.

Yellowstone

For fans of the original Danish political drama Borgen, on June 2 Netflix (in Canada) is debuting a new stand-alone series Borgen: Power and Glory.  I can't wait.

Our Flag Means Death

The Rain.  A Danish series about the world ending from a virus contained inside rain drops.

How to get away with a murder.

Finished Bosch Legacy - enjoyable - not as much as the original and unbalanced interest in the story lines for me but still going to watch the next season

Finished Obi-won Kenobi.  Had its ups and downs.

Handmaid's tale season 5 is out! Sometimes i like to watch episodes on my local channels https://www.firesticktricks.co...ls-on-firestick.html. From time to time they show something interesting there.

@evatra posted:

Handmaid's tale season 5 is out!

We are living it.  Do not need tv for that

Been watching On Patrol Live on Reelz, the new iteration of Live PD, which was yanked by AMC in a knee-jerk reaction to the George Floyd incident. It is live on Friday and Saturday nights. If more people actually watched what police officers (many of which are people of color) go thru on a day-to-day basis, no one would be calling for defunding of police.

Started Welcome to Wrexham

The Sinner , last season is great. In general I don't watch too many tv show and prefer doing something useful for my brain instead. You can find out here now what I am talking about and understand it a little better.

Selective Outrage, the new Chris Rock special that debuted live tonight. It got a bit slow when he went on about dating certain parts of stuff with his family. But a lot of it was excellent. He body-slammed the Smiths at the end, which was great. But my favorite part was his bit on abortion which was hilarious.

1923 Really enjoying this one. It's hitting on all cylinders, whereas Yellowstone has dragged a bit the last season or two. Some say Taylor Sheridan is being spread too thin, and Yellowstone has suffered for it.

@mneeley490 posted:

1923 Really enjoying this one. It's hitting on all cylinders, whereas Yellowstone has dragged a bit the last season or two. Some say Taylor Sheridan is being spread too thin, and Yellowstone has suffered for it.

I enjoyed the first 4 seasons of Yellowstone.  The 5th season has dragged a bit; maybe things will pick up in the second half.

1923 has been very good; with perhaps the subplot of the Indian girl who was being abused by the Catholic nuns - which is like a completely separate show.

I'm getting ready for the third season of Ted Lasso.

My stream list is long right now. Still playing catch up. Currently and coming real soon:

Ted Lasso Season 3 (coming March 15th)
Shrinking
The Mandalorian Season 3
1923
Yellowstone Season 5 (second half this summer)
Star Trek Picard Season 3
The Equalizer
Somebody Feed Phil Seasons 4, 5 & 6
Hunters Season 2
The White Lotus Season 1 (almost done) & 2
Little America Season 2
The Snoopy Show (past episode 8)

Please about a half dozen to a dozen I haven't started yet.

Plus still watching on DVR regularly:
House Hunters
House Hunters International
Girl Meets Farm
The Pioneer Woman
Saturday Night Live
Beat Bobby Flay
Guys Grocery Games
Tournament of Champions
Diners Drive-ins and Dives
Chopped
Delicious Miss Brown
60 Minutes
Meet the Press
Texas Politics
Austin City Limits

Haven't started yet or waiting for next season:
Jack Ryan Season 4
Andor Season 2
Boba Fett Season 2 (may not happen)
The Crown Season 6 (5 was to be the last)
Star Trek Discovery
Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 2
Star Trek Lower Decks Season 4
The Orville Season 4 (may not happen)
Cobra Kai Season 6
The Old Man Season 2
Cunk on Earth
The Queen's Gambit
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
The Queen of the South
The Handmaids Tale
Harry & Meghan

I'm tired of typing. There's more.

What do you do in your spare time, Joe?

Full Swing. A must for all the golfers.

VM

@seaquam posted:

What do you do in your spare time, Joe?

Hang out on internet wine forum.

Nap on the beach.

Cat wrangling.

@wineismylife posted:

Hang out on internet wine forum.

Nap on the beach.

Cat wrangling.

And grilling

@bman posted:

And grilling

and drinking fine wines without inviting the neighbors =D

@g-man posted:

and drinking fine wines without inviting the neighbors =D

Come on over.  It's only a 20+ minute drive "neighbor".

@wineismylife posted:

Come on over.  It's only a 20+ minute drive "neighbor".

I'd feel bad being attacked by your cats hwen you're not there if i were to show up randomly =D

I work from home.  I'm always here.

Watching "The Night Agent" now.

Just finished Outer Banks. Great show. Now I can't find anything interesting for me on Netflix, so I just play 홈카지노 games. I didn't know I'll find it that interesting but now I spend nights playing it.

I knew I'm late to the game (pun intended), but watching The Last of Us, on HBO.

Wow.  Episode 1 started and ended huge.  And Episode 3 last night was TV excellence.

Been watching The Brokenwood Mysteries.  It's from New Zealand and is sort of like Longmire.  We stream it on something called "Acorn."

Netflix  "New Amsterdam"   Quite moving, good acting  and germaine to current health care

Finally watched The Diplomat on Netflix.  Having been one for 30 years I was looking forward to it even though many former colleagues said so much of it was unrealistic and wrong. Which is true, but I still loved it and look forward to the second season, whenever the hell the strikes are over and we get some new content..... maybe 2025?!

@bman posted:

Finally watched The Diplomat on Netflix.  Having been one for 30 years I was looking forward to it even though many former colleagues said so much of it was unrealistic and wrong. Which is true, but I still loved it and look forward to the second season, whenever the hell the strikes are over and we get some new content..... maybe 2025?!

While not great, yet good IMO and in today’s marketplace, good is a winner. I too look forward to season two.