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Just finished The Leftovers last night (I'm late to the party, I know :p ). Wow. What a series. That show has some of the best episodes of television I've ever seen. Each season is VERY different, and I definitely appreciated them all in different ways. I'm really excited to rewatch it knowing what I know now, as like I said, each season is SO different that it really took me some time to adjust each go-around. I have some not-insignificant issues with
Nora's
arc in the last season, but otherwise, all the characters were impressively well-written and three-dimensional. I even found myself having love for characters that I initially never expected to like at all. After seeing how much other people love the show, I don't think I love it QUITE as much as a lot of people on the internet, but it's definitely one of the better shows I've ever seen. And I knew that it'd be great the second I heard James Blake's Retrograde in the pilot ;)
 
AngryVal said:
Ummm... I just discovered Schitt's Creek on Netflix. It's 5 seasons deep. HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS.

I love shows where every character is extremely unlikeable - makes it funnier somehow...
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And yet by the time you catch up you'll love all of them.

Schitts Creek is one of my favorite comedies right now and I'll be sad to see it go after its final season next year
 
Started Dead To Me wondering how this could be a show past one season, finished Dead To Me hoping it gets a second season. Of course I should have seen the ending coming. And I already have a feeling how season two is going to go down.

Meanwhile, I’m finally catching up on Barry. Just watched episode 5 (you know the one, with the feral kid). Holy shit it was crazy. One of the most interesting, surprising episodes of TV I’ve seen this year
 
Bennnnn said:
Started Dead To Me wondering how this could be a show past one season, finished Dead To Me hoping it gets a second season. Of course I should have seen the ending coming. And I already have a feeling how season two is going to go down.

Meanwhile, I’m finally catching up on Barry. Just watched episode 5 (you know the one, with the feral kid). Holy shit it was crazy. One of the most interesting, surprising episodes of TV I’ve seen this year
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The thing about Dead to Me is that I saw every single "twist" long before it happened. But as predictable as it was, I highly enjoyed it.

Right - that Barry episode was WILD!!!!!
 
Recent show rundown

Chernobyl is great
Fleabag is great
Killing Eve S2 was great (especially the last two episodes)
Barry S2 was great (especially the last two episodes)
Brockmire S3 wasnt my favorite season, but still good
Gentleman Jack is good (my wife loves it, but also loves any period piece)
Dead to Me didnt do anything for me through 3 episodes
 
Woob_woob said:
Recent show rundown

Chernobyl is great
Fleabag is great
Killing Eve S2 was great (especially the last two episodes)
Barry S2 was great (especially the last two episodes)
Brockmire S3 wasnt my favorite season, but still good
Gentleman Jack is good (my wife loves it, but also loves any period piece)
Dead to Me didnt do anything for me through 3 episodes
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Tell me more about Gentleman Jack. I am torn about it. I really don't enjoy period pieces. But I think I might enjoy the story.
 
Teeeee said:
Tell me more about Gentleman Jack. I am torn about it. I really don't enjoy period pieces. But I think I might enjoy the story.
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It's based on the journal (apparently over 4 million words, most of it encrypted) of Anne Lister a lesbian land owner/industrialist who lived in the early 1800s in West Yorkshire, England. Part of the show is her love affair with a younger heiress and part of the show is her running her family estate, and selling off coal from a plot that she owns. Shes very "unladylike" for the times, and is a great character. The actress that plays Yara Greyjoy in GoT does a great job playing her sister. My only complaint is they stay on the love story more than I'd like, since I mostly enjoy the other aspects of the show.
 
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Woob_woob said:
Recent show rundown

Chernobyl is great
Fleabag is great
Killing Eve S2 was great (especially the last two episodes)
Barry S2 was great (especially the last two episodes)
Brockmire S3 wasnt my favorite season, but still good
Gentleman Jack is good (my wife loves it, but also loves any period piece)
Dead to Me didnt do anything for me through 3 episodes
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Chernobyl and Fleabag are incredible
 
Teeeee said:
The thing about Dead to Me is that I saw every single "twist" long before it happened. But as predictable as it was, I highly enjoyed it.

Right - that Barry episode was WILD!!!!!
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I guess I didn’t think about where it all was headed (dead to me, that is) cause I was just really enjoying the watch. Not a perfect show, but enjoyable, dark, funny, nicely paced.
 
sorcerer said:
also how does this even happen

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I imagine a lot of people will find episode 4 the hardest to get through. It was like 4 A.M when I watched it (binge watched everything for the first time last night) and even I was pretty shocked by some of the shit in this episode.
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I did not make it. When they give the boy a gun and started whistling for the dogs, i turned the TV off. Guess I won't be watching anymore of that show.
 
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i HATE to brag here but, weirdly, very weirdly, I'm a direct descendent. Same surname. When I was a kid my mum used to go on about how "your great, great, great, whatever discovered the North West passage, blah blah...".
I just tuned her out as blathering old mum, who cares.

Turns out she was right.

I almost had a slight heart attack in my brain when I unknowingly tuned in to the telly show for the first time
 
I had a stress dream last night that SOMEONE STOLE SARGE AND I KNEW WHO IT WAS AND KEPT DEMANDING MY SOUL MATE BACK AND THEY WOULDN'T GIVE HIM BACK TO ME! It was horrifying and agonizing and made me cry in my sleep. AND I BLAME CHERNOBYL!
 
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