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Out of interest has anyone watched Power? I finished the series the other night and actually thought it was one of the stronger finishes to a tv show.

I have moved on to Ozarks now and 2 episodes in I am already hooked.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
I'm surprised not to see anyone talking about Upload. It very, very much feels to me like Greg Daniels' response to The Good Place.

Word of warning in case you sit down to watch it with a 14 year old like I did, it's quite a bit more mature than that show or than the trailer might lead you to believe. We made it all the way through, but there were a couple of moments when my pretty laid back wife wasn't sure it was appropriate to keep watching with her.

Anyway, everything you've seen that says it's The Good Place x Black Mirror? That's it. It's got a cheerful veneer, but the concepts are actually quite dark. It also takes some risks; a lot of high-concept shows like this try to wrap everything up fairly neatly and then introduce a new plot in the next season, but this one is not doing that. I'll be interested to see where it goes.

We also tried Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever, which is, again, sort of an uncomfortable show to watch with a teenage girl. It's disappointing so far, after 5 episodes. The actors are good, the premise is good, but...it's just not sharp enough, or something. I have gotten a couple of big laughs from John McEnroe's narration, which is a funny device for them to stick with.

My wife and I were just talking a couple of weeks ago about looking forward to this. When we saw the trailer pop up on Netflix though, we realized that we don't remember ANYthing about the first season.


We kinda gave up after the episode when they arrive in Chicago (the third one maybe?). Is it really only 7 episodes? Seems like a bad sign if I can't even give it two more hours to see how it wraps up.
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I love Mindy. I'm sad that her newest offering just didn't hit the mark. I'll have to look up Upload. It sounds right up my alley.
 
tvham said:
Not sure why I’m still watching Run, there’s really nothing likeable about the leads.
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Teeeee said:
Right? Every person associated with this makes it seem like a slam dunk. But it is … not good.
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I watched E1 of Run two nights ago and it just didn't work for me. I didn't care what either character's story was. I thought about giving it one more episode but chose MASH reruns instead.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
I'm surprised not to see anyone talking about Upload. It very, very much feels to me like Greg Daniels' response to The Good Place.

Word of warning in case you sit down to watch it with a 14 year old like I did, it's quite a bit more mature than that show or than the trailer might lead you to believe. We made it all the way through, but there were a couple of moments when my pretty laid back wife wasn't sure it was appropriate to keep watching with her.

Anyway, everything you've seen that says it's The Good Place x Black Mirror? That's it. It's got a cheerful veneer, but the concepts are actually quite dark. It also takes some risks; a lot of high-concept shows like this try to wrap everything up fairly neatly and then introduce a new plot in the next season, but this one is not doing that. I'll be interested to see where it goes.

We also tried Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever, which is, again, sort of an uncomfortable show to watch with a teenage girl. It's disappointing so far, after 5 episodes. The actors are good, the premise is good, but...it's just not sharp enough, or something. I have gotten a couple of big laughs from John McEnroe's narration, which is a funny device for them to stick with.

My wife and I were just talking a couple of weeks ago about looking forward to this. When we saw the trailer pop up on Netflix though, we realized that we don't remember ANYthing about the first season.


We kinda gave up after the episode when they arrive in Chicago (the third one maybe?). Is it really only 7 episodes? Seems like a bad sign if I can't even give it two more hours to see how it wraps up.
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I'm watching Dead to Me S2 right now. And then will get to Upload. I love The Good Place and Black Mirror. So this sounds perfect.

Selaws said:
Out of interest has anyone watched Power? I finished the series the other night and actually thought it was one of the stronger finishes to a tv show.

I have moved on to Ozarks now and 2 episodes in I am already hooked.
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You are in for quite a treat with Ozark S3. It is excellent. :)

ranbalam said:
I watched E1 of Run two nights ago and it just didn't work for me. I didn't care what either character's story was. I thought about giving it one more episode but chose MASH reruns instead.
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Good choice. Run is a HUGE disappointment. Merritt AND Archie are both in it and yet, still it is just not good. I don't even know what the point of this past week's episode was. I'm going to see it through to the end because the episodes are short and I've come this far. But man, not good.
 
nolalady said:
We're watching Better Call Saul and made it through the end of season four. So far, I really like this show. I think it's one of my husband's favorites. Also, is it bad that I completely identify with Kim?
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This might be blasphemous for me to say but at this point I think Better Call Saul has almost surpassed Breaking Bad (which I LOVED) You're in for a treat with S5, it's one of my favorite seasons of any series ever.
 
ranbalam said:
We finished S3 of The Wire last night, and it was as excellent as I remember. I think we're going to watch WACO before getting into S4.
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I enjoyed WACO. I think you will too.

tvham said:
This might be blasphemous for me to say but at this point I think Better Call Saul has almost surpassed Breaking Bad (which I LOVED) You're in for a treat with S5, it's one of my favorite seasons of any series ever.
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Oh, I whole heartedly agree. I've thought it was better than BB since S1 of BCS.
 
tvham said:
This might be blasphemous for me to say but at this point I think Better Call Saul has almost surpassed Breaking Bad (which I LOVED) You're in for a treat with S5, it's one of my favorite seasons of any series ever.
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Teeeee said:
Oh, I whole heartedly agree. I've thought it was better than BB since S1 of BCS
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It truly is outstanding television. I think VG gets better and better at making television and telling this story as this all progresses. But I can't I say I loved BCS in S1, for me it took a bit to find its groove.
 
tvham said:
This might be blasphemous for me to say but at this point I think Better Call Saul has almost surpassed Breaking Bad (which I LOVED) You're in for a treat with S5, it's one of my favorite seasons of any series ever.
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They're pretty different series, so I find it pretty difficult to say that one is better than the other, but they are both certainly in the 10 best tv dramas of the last 10 maybe 15 years.

I'm working my way through season 5, it may be the best one yet.
 
tvham said:
This might be blasphemous for me to say but at this point I think Better Call Saul has almost surpassed Breaking Bad (which I LOVED) You're in for a treat with S5, it's one of my favorite seasons of any series ever.
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My husband called up a repair place for them to look at our now-completely-dead-rip-fried-circuit-board dishwasher. He and the guy who was scheduling started talking, because what else do you do in social isolation but talk to total strangers to feel something again. The guy recommended that we watch both, but he told us that we should do it in chronological order. He recommended that we watch Saul first and we would get a mini introduction into the characters in Breaking Bad. So that's what we're doing. I'm curious to see how my experience will be different from yours since you watched them in the other order--or maybe it doesn't really matter because good tv is just good tv.
 
nolalady said:
My husband called up a repair place for them to look at our now-completely-dead-rip-fried-circuit-board dishwasher. He and the guy who was scheduling started talking, because what else do you do in social isolation but talk to total strangers to feel something again. The guy recommended that we watch both, but he told us that we should do it in chronological order. He recommended that we watch Saul first and we would get a mini introduction into the characters in Breaking Bad. So that's what we're doing. I'm curious to see how my experience will be different from yours since you watched them in the other order--or maybe it doesn't really matter because good tv is just good tv.
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Wow, that's a pretty cool idea. If I hadn't already watched BB twice through I might do that too.
 
Reports are coming in that we will have a lack luster fall tv season.

Many TV productions have been shut down due to COVID-19, and the content won't be there for new shows in the fall.

The CW has said its popular shows will not be returning for a new season this fall. Instead they are picking up content from streaming networks (Swamp Thing & Tell Me a Story). They will be also picking up a few shows from other countries.

FOX has said much of the same. They will be picking up a show that originally a Spectrum original last year and another show that Aired on National Geographic last year.
 
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