What Shows are you currently watching?

[hefdaddy42]

The wife and I finished up the recent season of Survivor around 1 am last night. 

Was it any good?

It's been a few years since I've watched Survivor. I used to love the show but it got way too 'scripted' for my liking. I know all those 'reality' shows are scripted to a degree but Survivor crossed into a territory there for a while where they weren't even hiding how set up it all was.

Yeah, we liked it.

[nick_z]

Finished off season 3 of Slow Horses yesterday. Very good show.

...and the last episode featured Iron Maiden...Alexander the Great, no less! Someone in the writing room went for a deep cut there (the scene itself made me chuckle pretty hard, actually  )

[faizoff]

Finished the season 2 finale of Battlestar Galactica. Holy shit what a finale. Season 2 was fantastic, can't wait to dive into season 3.

[MirrorMask]

Finished the two series I was catching up with: Killing Eve and The Great.

Killing Eve ended badly. I had stopped watching after season 3 and other streaming services always had priority and between one thing and the other, I basically barely remembered what was going on. Well, watching season 4 I got the impression that the authors were in the same boat as me: "wait, what was this all about? what was the story? where did we want to lead the characters? oh, it's the last episode? time to wrap it up somehow and call it a day and move on". Geez.

Villanelle is a fantastic character and the first seasons were great, but the ending left a sore taste in my mouth.

The Great, on the other hand, lived up to its title and more! fantastic series through and through, three tight and solid seasons of drama and comedy, satire and poignant moments, debauchery, laughs, anachronisms and a shameless rewriting of history that has no business being this good. An absolutely fantastic show and I highly reccomend it to everyone!

[nick_z]

Killing Eve ended badly. I had stopped watching after season 3 and other streaming services always had priority and between one thing and the other, I basically barely remembered what was going on. Well, watching season 4 I got the impression that the authors were in the same boat as me: "wait, what was this all about? what was the story? where did we want to lead the characters? oh, it's the last episode? time to wrap it up somehow and call it a day and move on". Geez.

Villanelle is a fantastic character and the first seasons were great, but the ending left a sore taste in my mouth.

100% agree. Final season was a big disappointment. Overall, I still think this was a great show (Villanelle being such a memorable character), but season 4 kinda forgot all that made it special. A bit of a shame.

[axeman90210]

I'm about halfway through the new season of Fargo, enjoying it very much.

[The Realm]

Loving the new season of Fargo. Highly recommended.

[gmillerdrake]

Watched the season 4 finale of ‘For All Mankind’. Really like that series…..it’s written well and has a cool premise and story. Hope it keeps going and can’t wait to see where they take it. It’s almost a really good prequel of prequels to ‘The Expanse’.

[faizoff]

Watched the season 4 finale of ‘For All Mankind’. Really like that series…..it’s written well and has a cool premise and story. Hope it keeps going and can’t wait to see where they take it. It’s almost a really good prequel of prequels to ‘The Expanse’.

I too get the vibe of prequel to the Expanse. I liked the finale. esp their choice of track to end with. Huge fan of that album by M83 and that track in particular.

with them ending only 10 years into the future, I'm guessing all the main characters will be back unless they don't re-sign their contracts.

[faizoff]

Season 4 of True Detective is back and this time the setting is in icy Alaska. Man what a killer first episode, I'm loving the atmosphere and the whole setting of this episode. The vibe was gloomy, creepy and draws obvious inspiration from The Thing. It's just six episodes this season so they waste no time setting up the intrigue and the characters. I'm a sucker for this kind of setting and just loved the first episode.

[gmillerdrake]

Season 4 of True Detective is back and this time the setting is in icy Alaska. Man what a killer first episode, I'm loving the atmosphere and the whole setting of this episode. The vibe was gloomy, creepy and draws obvious inspiration from The Thing. It's just six episodes this season so they waste no time setting up the intrigue and the characters. I'm a sucker for this kind of setting and just loved the first episode.

Was gonna watch this tonight but got sidetracked. Will have to wait until tomorrow. Glad to see your positive review....the 'critics' have said it's a good story/season. Honestly, they've all been good. S2 takes a beating but it really wasn't fair to have to follow S1. That season remains some of the best acting, story telling and cinematography to have happened on television

[faizoff]

Like you I'm in the minority that enjoyed season 2. You are right about the acting, and everything else, it was really great. I'm not going to compare any of the subsequent seasons to S1, that really cannot be topped so I'm just going to enjoy the rest of the series. I absolutely loved the look of this episode, it's got that really cold look that captures the environment.

[jingle.boy]

Boy oh boy... Beef, The Bear and Succession sure cleaned house tonight.  I only caught the 2nd half of the show, so I missed some of the 'reunions'.  I thought it was really well done.

Kudo's to Elton for finally completing the EGOT.  Greatly deserved.

[ProfessorPeart]

After finishing up all of the Stargate shows and then Farscape, I decided to go modern for a bit and have started watching Obliterated on Netflix. It's stupid fun.

After I finish that, I think I am finally going to focus on Fargo. I started watching way back when and somehow got sidetracked and never made it far into season 1. It's time to finally get going on that.

[hefdaddy42]

Boy oh boy... Beef, The Bear and Succession sure cleaned house tonight.  I only caught the 2nd half of the show, so I missed some of the 'reunions'.  I thought it was really well done.

Kudo's to Elton for finally completing the EGOT.  Greatly deserved.

Really enjoyed the Emmys last night.  Haven't seen Beef and didn't watch Succession, but I was thrilled to see The Bear clean house.

We finally finished up The Crown.  I know some people have had issues with accuracy, but the writing, direction, and acting has been first rate for all 6 seasons.  Quite an achievement.

[jingle.boy]

Boy oh boy... Beef, The Bear and Succession sure cleaned house tonight.  I only caught the 2nd half of the show, so I missed some of the 'reunions'.  I thought it was really well done.

Kudo's to Elton for finally completing the EGOT.  Greatly deserved.

Really enjoyed the Emmys last night.  Haven't seen Beef and didn't watch Succession, but I was thrilled to see The Bear clean house.

I ought to give Beef a go, and I'm dying to watch Succession, but don't subscribe to the Canadian service that has the rights to HBO content. 

[The Realm]

Season 4 of True Detective is back and this time the setting is in icy Alaska. Man what a killer first episode, I'm loving the atmosphere and the whole setting of this episode. The vibe was gloomy, creepy and draws obvious inspiration from The Thing. It's just six episodes this season so they waste no time setting up the intrigue and the characters. I'm a sucker for this kind of setting and just loved the first episode.

Yes, I also loved the first episode. Just awesome. There was so much in there and so much to unpack. Also really felt like a strong 'spiritual' connection to season 1 (which is one of my favourite ever seasons of tv). Great to see Jodie Foster on the small screen, one of my favourite actresses.

[gmillerdrake]

Season 4 of True Detective is back and this time the setting is in icy Alaska. Man what a killer first episode, I'm loving the atmosphere and the whole setting of this episode. The vibe was gloomy, creepy and draws obvious inspiration from The Thing. It's just six episodes this season so they waste no time setting up the intrigue and the characters. I'm a sucker for this kind of setting and just loved the first episode.

Yes, I also loved the first episode. Just awesome. There was so much in there and so much to unpack. Also really felt like a strong 'spiritual' connection to season 1 (which is one of my favourite ever seasons of tv). Great to see Jodie Foster on the small screen, one of my favourite actresses.

Ditto to all of this. Really strong premier episode and am digging the spiritual/paranormal element that is hinted at. Very intriguing story they’ve laid the foundation for.

[cramx3]

Season 4 of True Detective is back and this time the setting is in icy Alaska. Man what a killer first episode, I'm loving the atmosphere and the whole setting of this episode. The vibe was gloomy, creepy and draws obvious inspiration from The Thing. It's just six episodes this season so they waste no time setting up the intrigue and the characters. I'm a sucker for this kind of setting and just loved the first episode.

Yes, I also loved the first episode. Just awesome. There was so much in there and so much to unpack. Also really felt like a strong 'spiritual' connection to season 1 (which is one of my favourite ever seasons of tv). Great to see Jodie Foster on the small screen, one of my favourite actresses.

Ditto to all of this. Really strong premier episode and am digging the spiritual/paranormal element that is hinted at. Very intriguing story they’ve laid the foundation for.

Definitely looking forward to watching this, just haven't yet. 

My gf and I started watching the new Netflix reality game show, The Trust.  I've enjoyed it so far, new episodes should be out today.

We also finished the series of Boardwalk Empire.  What a great show.  My gf said she might like it more than Sopranos, where I rank it just a bit below.  Very well written show with some really great storylines and a shocking ending (and an actual ending, even if it wasn't a happy one).   We have been thinking of starting Peaky Blinders next since we enjoyed this one and I guess they are similar.

[gmillerdrake]

We also finished the series of Boardwalk Empire.  What a great show.  My gf said she might like it more than Sopranos, where I rank it just a bit below.  Very well written show with some really great storylines and a shocking ending (and an actual ending, even if it wasn't a happy one).   We have been thinking of starting Peaky Blinders next since we enjoyed this one and I guess they are similar.

I've never watched Boardwalk Empire but have heard good things....may have to give it a go.

But I have watched Peaky Blinders......it's really good. Judging from what I've seen that you like and dislike.....I think you guys would dig it. I will give a warning/advice though....the accents of the actors is pretty heavy at times and takes some getting used to. The first few episodes I used captions just to learn the patterns of the actors and understand them fully.

[cramx3]

We also finished the series of Boardwalk Empire.  What a great show.  My gf said she might like it more than Sopranos, where I rank it just a bit below.  Very well written show with some really great storylines and a shocking ending (and an actual ending, even if it wasn't a happy one).   We have been thinking of starting Peaky Blinders next since we enjoyed this one and I guess they are similar.

I've never watched Boardwalk Empire but have heard good things....may have to give it a go.

But I have watched Peaky Blinders......it's really good. Judging from what I've seen that you like and dislike.....I think you guys would dig it. I will give a warning/advice though....the accents of the actors is pretty heavy at times and takes some getting used to. The first few episodes I used captions just to learn the patterns of the actors and understand them fully.

Good idea.

[MirrorMask]

First of all, I'm about to restart with Netflix so for 2-3 months that's where I'll be at.

Having prefaced that, I freaking loved Peaky Blinders. What would be the best show to finally catch up to, Boardwalk Empire or The Sopranos? (yeah, I know that Boardwalk is most likely more akin to Peaky Blinders, and The Sopranos has therapy playing an important part in the structure of the series, but hey, asking doesn't hurt).

[cramx3]

First of all, I'm about to restart with Netflix so for 2-3 months that's where I'll be at.

Having prefaced that, I freaking loved Peaky Blinders. What would be the best show to finally catch up to, Boardwalk Empire or The Sopranos? (yeah, I know that Boardwalk is most likely more akin to Peaky Blinders, and The Sopranos has therapy playing an important part in the structure of the series, but hey, asking doesn't hurt).

Sopranos is the better show IMO.  I would watch that first and if you like it, go with Boardwalk after just like it was in real life with Terrance Winter (producer and writer for both shows).

[Glasser]

Extended Family and La Brea.

[The Realm]

First of all, I'm about to restart with Netflix so for 2-3 months that's where I'll be at.

Having prefaced that, I freaking loved Peaky Blinders. What would be the best show to finally catch up to, Boardwalk Empire or The Sopranos? (yeah, I know that Boardwalk is most likely more akin to Peaky Blinders, and The Sopranos has therapy playing an important part in the structure of the series, but hey, asking doesn't hurt).

Sopranos is the better show IMO.  I would watch that first and if you like it, go with Boardwalk after just like it was in real life with Terrance Winter (producer and writer for both shows).

if you have never seen The Sopranos before that is definitely a top of the list must watch. Get on to it! Boardwalk Empire is also great though.

[hefdaddy42]

Caught episode 1 of the new True Detective.  Very nice!  Looking forward to more!

[Zydar]

I'm kinda jumping between some animated shows I haven't seen yet. I started Gravity Falls the other day, and yesterday I discovered that Batman: The Animated Series is on Netflix now.

[hefdaddy42]

Looking forward to catching the Reacher season 2 finale tonight with the fam!

[The Realm]

Loved season 1 of Reacher but really didn't like season 2.

[King Postwhore]

Looking forward to catching the Reacher season 2 finale tonight with the fam!

Just watched it. Satisfying. 

[soupytwist]

Loved season 1 of Reacher but really didn't like season 2.

Yeah, not sure what's happened but the action sequences in this season are awful compared to the first one. They've also doubled down on Reachers monotone style to the point he's becoming quite dull.  Definitely feels like a show that's lost its way somewhat, hopefully the 3rd season will be more competent.

[lonestar]

Finally the Sopranos hooked me,plowed through 3 seasons in two

[The Realm]

Finally the Sopranos hooked me,plowed through 3 seasons in two

Nice one! Probably my favourite ever tv show so glad to hear you have gotten into it.

[The Realm]

Loved season 1 of Reacher but really didn't like season 2.

Yeah, not sure what's happened but the action sequences in this season are awful compared to the first one. They've also doubled down on Reachers monotone style to the point he's becoming quite dull.  Definitely feels like a show that's lost its way somewhat, hopefully the 3rd season will be more competent.

Yes I agree with all this. Also I know this is the type of show it is but there really also seemed to be so much senseless and unnecessary killing. It also just closed out at a whimper to me.

[MirrorMask]

Back on Netflix and I started with The Fall of the House of Usher. First episode was fantastic. Hope it's gonna be all this good until the end.