[What TV Show Have You Recently Watched?]

[sunsetting101]

Started watching Cunk On Earth on Netflix. Absolutely non-stop silly, witty, overt, subtle, and every type of humor. It's a mockumentary of history.

[NOLA]

Just started Baptiste season 1 (PBS Masterpiece) I had PVR'd for quite some time. Really enjoying it with the dw.

Tcheky Karyo is a good actor. You should check out “The Missing”, we liked both seasons!

[NOLA]

I am 3 episodes into it. I find it to be slow moving. It is interesting how much effort goes into all of the spying down to mundane things most of us wouldn't even consider. I suspect that this show is actually a lot more realistic than most other spy tv shows or movies with the vast majority of the work being in setting things up vs the action/glamour of it all. I don't know that it is more compelling to watch for me though. I mean 3 episodes in and no one has been shot, jumped out of an airplane, been in a high speed auto chase, driven an exotic car, etc.

I'l admit that I didn't find the first few episodes that interesting. In fact, IIRC, there were a number of scenes where I was having trouble following what was going on and telling some of the characters apart. I'm guessing it was maybe eight or nine episodes in, maybe even longer -- when we start to know the characters and the plots start to thicken -- that it became engrossing. It's well worth being patient. It will suck you in the same way as "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul", only its about spying not drug-manufacturing or lawyering.

One of our top 5 shows we have ever seen. I find the best shows are the ones where it takes multiple episodes to get to know the characters. If we see a show where you find out pretty much everything about the main characters in the first episode, we usually turn it off rather quickly!

[NOLA]

Another library DVD run...

The Missing, Season 1 (2014) and 2 (2016), BBC, Starz in US

Albeit older, but for me new. This is one of the best shows I have seen over the last few years, and I think season 2 is better than season 1 (and season 1 is very good). Excellent production of missing child crime drama that switches back and forth between different time periods. Each season is one story, 8 episodes each. Holds interest, does have some disturbing moments, I don't usually binge watch, but well, the last 4 episodes season 2, dw and I had to get through it.

Great show and I agree. Not often where season 2 is better than 1!

[MoonOrb]

Watched the first two episodes of STATION ELEVEN on HBO. I read the book and loved it, but it was so long ago I remember very little about the plot. So far I'm really liking the show.

[Elsebet]

Just finished "House of the Dragon" Season 1 streaming on HBO. I liked it, looking forward to a season 2 if they make one. I like that there is frequent recasting and long time jumps between episodes because it makes me feel more confident they won't repeat the rushed feeling of Game of Thrones: Season 8.

[Tubes]

Watched the first two episodes of STATION ELEVEN on HBO. I read the book and loved it, but it was so long ago I remember very little about the plot. So far I'm really liking the show.

It gets better after episode 2. I almost quit on 2.

[wilson08]

Re-watching The Queen's Gambit and skipping through some
of the more morose parts and enjoying how Elizabeth discovered
her unusual gift as a chess prodigy and progressed onward
by summarily dispatching opponents one by one.
Even a setback is rectified in the end. Love this series.

[judge1905]

Working through Counterpart on Prime. Starring the wondrous JK Simmons in dual roles in a convoluted and tense espionage drama with sci-fi overtones. Definitely not for the "wholesome" crowd. Really enjoying this series, it got a 100% rating on Rottentomatoes.com.

One of my favorite series, and definitely deserved more attention.

[stoptothink]

Working through Counterpart on Prime. Starring the wondrous JK Simmons in dual roles in a convoluted and tense espionage drama with sci-fi overtones. Definitely not for the "wholesome" crowd. Really enjoying this series, it got a 100% rating on Rottentomatoes.com.

One of my favorite series, and definitely deserved more attention.

Really good series that almost nobody has heard about.

[E5797]

I've started watching two shows set in 1960's England on Britbox.

_Heartbeat_ and _The Royal_

I think both were filmed in the late 90's

Heartbeat: A London cop moves to rural Yorkshire with his physician wife
The Royal: A spinoff of Heartbeat that follows live in a 1960's cottage hospital. Like a 1960's ER hospital drama.

Both have an excellent soundtrack with 60's music. I'm loving them both!

[audiophile1]

Ozark, currently half way through the second season. This is addictive!

[Barkingsparrow]

Finished season 6 of Grantchester and season 3 of All Creatures Great and Small. Predictable but enjoyable shows, a good break from heavier fare.

Finished season 1 of Night Sky on Prime. Slow-burn sci-fi that gradually builds up to the big finale only to have the first season ending in multiple cliff-hangers. Of course, season 2 was not green-lighted due to lack of audience numbers and production costs. I thought this show was vastly underrated - with good performances by JK Simmons and Sissy Spacek. I was intrigued by the core concept of the show - is it alien or not?

Currently watching Criminal Minds: Evolution. Now that it's streaming and not on broadcast TV, they are taking advantage. It took a bit of an adjustment to get used to the profanity and to see the show taking a darker and more violent turn but we are liking it.

[bertilak]

Just finished season 1 of The Outlaws. Somehow, I got distracted a while back and forgot I was keeping up with this show. I just remembered and watched the last two season 1 episodes. I now see there is another season. That's good news!

It is a very engaging show. As has been mentioned above, it has Christopher Walken as a series regular, one of about 7 or 8. They are ALL great. I have an observation about both Walken and William Shatner. They are each famous less for any particular role, but more for being who they are! Neither one ever disappoints.

[jjunk]

Ozark, currently half way through the second season. This is addictive!

Ozark is incredible. It's not quite Breaking Bad levels of amazing but its pretty close. They really didnt have a bad episode IMO. Enjoy the ride

[rockstar]

Watching the Stand mini series. And Kal Penn on the Daily Show recently has been awesome.

[ruralavalon]

The Cafe, on Amazon Prime.

Just two seasons and 15 episodes, a comedy about a cafe operated by a mother, daughter, an grandmother and in a seaside resort town in England.

Recommended.

[cs412a]

Very much enjoyed The law according to Lidia Poet on Netflix.

Also enjoyed two of the Star Trek series on Paramount+ - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Lower Decks (I'm a sucker for clever animation).

Finally, the past few days I've been watching the last available season - season 8 - of Perry Mason on Paramount+. Well written stories and time travel - those big dinosaur cars, southern CA in the 1950s. No one has a cell phone - although Paul Drake does have a phone in his car

[JBTX]

Working through Counterpart on Prime. Starring the wondrous JK Simmons in dual roles in a convoluted and tense espionage drama with sci-fi overtones. Definitely not for the "wholesome" crowd. Really enjoying this series, it got a 100% rating on Rottentomatoes.com.

One of my favorite series, and definitely deserved more attention.

Really good series that almost nobody has heard about.

Great show too bad only 2 seasons.

[roamingzebra]

Ozark, currently half way through the second season. This is addictive!

Ozark is incredible. It's not quite Breaking Bad levels of amazing but its pretty close. They really didnt have a bad episode IMO. Enjoy the ride

Agreed. I love series that feature smart people. Both "Breaking Bad" and "Ozark" had intelligence in spades. (Makes me envious haha). But these smart people make a lot of bad decisions so us lesser mortals can feel a little smug that way.

I'm watching a different series but also with smart people, aptly named "My Brilliant Friend". It features life in a working-class neighborhood in Naples in the fifties and two little girls, later women, who struggle in their hard-scrabble existence -- surrounded by violence and what appears to be Italian mafia activity -- to learn and get an education...with some academic competition along the way.

Before that, I watched "Inspector Morse", a true British classic. Guess I'll have to try out "Endeavour".

[vbdoug]

"Sherlock", my favorite Netflix show of all time, is currently available on Prime. It is not available on Netflix.

"Extraordinary Attorney Woo" from South Korea is on Netflix.
It is excellent.

Kudos forever to "The Big Bang". On reruns everywhere.

I am both amused and entertained by shows with mildly autistic characters.