TV: What TV series are you currently watching/recently watched?

[Fantomas]

Watching season 2 of Squid Game. Through three episodes, it's holding my attention. However it's becoming a little convoluted and implausible. I'm prepared to be let down.

Overall, I liked it. I think the story makes more sense when one reads it as an allegory. Otherwise one can get pretty frustrated with the inconsistent character motivation and some implausible situations.

 

[Crow]

I’m really loving the leftovers. It became apparent to me that I did at one point see the whole first season when it came out years ago. Wasn’t sure where I had stopped.

I had not seen any of the second season before this week and I’m finding it every bit as good, maybe even better 4 episodes in.

If anyone would like to recommend any similar shows I’d be on board.

 

[Bruins4Lifer]

I’m really loving the leftovers. It became apparent to me that I did at one point see the whole first season when it came out years ago.

I have not seen any of the second season yet and I’m finding it every bit as good, maybe even better 4 episodes in.

If anyone would like to recommend any similar shows I’d be on board.

I loved it too, Season 2 and 3 really raise the show to another level.

It's pretty unique, I find it hard to find shows that have a lot of similarities. The miniseries Station Eleven was quite good, and felt similar in some ways, that I'd certainly recommend it. Rectify is another show that I've heard shares some similarities, though I haven't gotten around to watching yet.

 

[Bocephus86]

I do Doakes' "Surprise, motherf***er!" to my dogs all the time lol

 

[TNT87]

Squid Game 2

 

[Crow]

I loved it too, Season 2 and 3 really raise the show to another level.

It's pretty unique, I find it hard to find shows that have a lot of similarities. The miniseries Station Eleven was quite good, and felt similar in some ways, that I'd certainly recommend it. Rectify is another show that I've heard shares some similarities, though I haven't gotten around to watching yet.

I am definitely going to check station eleven out thanks.

I am going to stop littering this thread with leftovers shit but before I do I just want to say, my first name is Matt and those episodes about him are just insane and a little too relatable, at least with our shit luck and perseverance. I don’t want you to tell me but god damn do I hope there is another epic Matt episode before it’s all over. I thought both the first season episode and second were as good as television gets.

 

[Peasy]

I am definitely going to check station eleven out thanks.

I am going to stop littering this thread with leftovers shit but before I do I just want to say, my first name is Matt and those episodes about him are just insane and a little too relatable, at least with our shit luck and perseverance. I don’t want you to tell me but god damn do I hope there is another epic Matt episode before it’s all over. I thought both the first season episode and second were as good as television gets.

The Leftovers is my favourite show. I've watched Station Eleven cause everyone said it gave them leftover vibes but I personally wasnt that big of a fan of it. I've yet to find a show that tackles the problems and themes as well as The Leftovers did.

I'm not a Lost guy, but Lindelof's other work after The Leftovers I enjoyed quite a bit and those are Watchmen (tv series) and Mrs. Davis. You could give those a try at some point.

 

[Neil Racki]

The Leftovers -- this is nutso .. I am also watching it, S2E4

this show was 10 years ago and like 4 of us are organically watching it now?

I like it, do wish I read the book ....

and I REALLY f***ING HOPE THEY EXPLAIN WHY AND WHAT HAPPENED on departure day. If I read the book and it ended like that (how S1 ended) ... Id be pissed.

 

[Crow]

The Leftovers -- this is nutso .. I am also watching it, S2E4

this show was 10 years ago and like 4 of us are organically watching it now?

I like it, do wish I read the book ....

and I REALLY f***ING HOPE THEY EXPLAIN WHY AND WHAT HAPPENED on departure day. If I read the book and it ended like that (how S1 ended) ... Id be pissed.

That’s so weird.

Next episode for you was my favorite so far.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Squid Game 2

What did you think?

 

[Bruins4Lifer]

Finished a few short series recently:

Say Nothing - I read the book a few years ago, which I thought was pretty good as far as capturing an overall history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland from the late 60s to late 90s. I found the miniseries to be fairly good as well, but only covered a narrow scope of the book, and shared a few faults I found with the book as well. If you liked this, I'd recommend the book as well as watching the documentary series Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland as well.

The Penguin - Milioti and Farrell were excellent. Writing got a little sloppy at the end though, I felt. I enjoyed it but didn't truly love it.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew - Probably the weakest of the Star Wars TV shows I've seen, mostly due to it feeling like it was the most removed from the Star Wars universe than any of the other shows.

Our Planet - I've probably watched a dozen other David Attenborough-narrated nature documentaries and none of them have disappointed. This was no different, just solid. Enjoyed the 2nd season (2023), with the narrative/storyline focus on different species migration paths, the most.

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

I actually like a network procedural for the first time in like 20 years. I think Tracker on CBS is pretty good. I watched it since I liked Hartley on This Is Us. Him being on the road helps it get away from the generic police station style and they come up with some fun stuff for him to do. They understand the most important part of these shows is the first 5 minutes and making you what to know what went down. He is your hero man that tracks people down, punches some baddies, maybe bangs a chick every once in a while and then drives away to acoustic song at the end of the episode. There is room on TV for that when it's not mailed in.

 

[kihei]

Shogun

I thought it was excellent.

 

[Satans Hockey]

I loved it too, Season 2 and 3 really raise the show to another level.

It's pretty unique, I find it hard to find shows that have a lot of similarities. The miniseries Station Eleven was quite good, and felt similar in some ways, that I'd certainly recommend it. Rectify is another show that I've heard shares some similarities, though I haven't gotten around to watching yet.

I liked the first few episodes of Station Eleven but I thought the rest went down hill and was kinda meh to just boring.

 

[Nakatomi]

Shogun

I thought it was excellent.

Have you seen the original Shogun series as well?

 

[kihei]

Have you seen the original Shogun series as well?

Didn't know there was a previous one. Hard to imagine that it would have the acting and the production values of this one.

 

[Nakatomi]

Didn't know there was a previous one. Hard to imagine that it would have the acting and the production values of this one.

I didn't either until recently, and even though it is 45 years old, it somewhat surprises me how forgotten it is in cultural memory based on this snippet from Wikipedia:

NBC had the highest weekly Nielsen ratings in its history with Shōgun. Its 26.3 average rating was the second highest in television history after ABC's with Roots. An average of 32.9% of all television households watched at least part of the series. The miniseries' success was credited with causing the mass-market paperback edition of Clavell's novel to become the best-selling paperback in the United States, with 2.1 million copies in print during 1980, and increased awareness of Japanese culture in America. In the documentary The Making of 'Shōgun' it is stated that the rise of Japanese food establishments in the United States (particularly sushi houses) is attributed to Shōgun. It was also noted that during the week of broadcast, many restaurants and movie houses saw a decrease in business. The documentary states many stayed home to watch Shōgun—unprecedented for a television broadcast. (The home VCR was not yet ubiquitous and still expensive in 1980.)

Seems it was just a tad too early. The newer one rates 8.6 on IMDB, and the older one is at 8.1. So you are likely right it does not quite stack up, but that is still a good enough score I plan to check it out eventually.