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tvham said:
Matt, have you watched The Agency? For me it's a step up from Night Agent and The Recruit, a bit more prestige. But hell, I'll watch any spy show. They are my favorites!
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We watched the first two, but then it wouldn't let us watch any more. We have Paramount plus, but not Showtime. I really don't want every stinking channel in the world! It really was good.
 
Matt M said:
We watched the first two, but then it wouldn't let us watch any more. We have Paramount plus, but not Showtime. I really don't want every stinking channel in the world! It really was good.
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This is where I am at. Once Yellowjackets completes its 3rd season run I might sign up for a month to watch that and The Agency and then unsubscribe again.
 
Matt M said:
We watched the first two, but then it wouldn't let us watch any more. We have Paramount plus, but not Showtime. I really don't want every stinking channel in the world! It really was good.
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I lucked into a $60 for a year of Paramount+ w Showtime deal a few months back...had to do it with the amount of soccer on Paramount. Hopefully it gets pushed over to just Paramount+ now that the season is over?
 
So my wife and I binged Buffy The Vampire Slayer for the like the third time and it will never cease to piss me off that

in order to get to spikes redemption arc you basically have to forgive him for trying to rape Buffy. They could've really done something different but chose to make it as disgusting as humanly possible.
 
Dirtbag Auntie said:
This is the least enjoyable season of The Traitors. I’m so flabbergasted.

I have watched The Traitors UK seasons 1 and 2 and lovedddd them. Having non “celebs” is so refreshing and more compelling.
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I think there's a lot more drama this season but I'm still enjoying it. I do miss the regular people though.
 
Dirtbag Auntie said:
This is the least enjoyable season of The Traitors. I’m so flabbergasted.

I have watched The Traitors UK seasons 1 and 2 and lovedddd them. Having non “celebs” is so refreshing and more compelling.
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I’m glad Rob got his, I was afraid the dummies were gonna be dumb and let him slide. It was so obvious that he had to be a traitor when they murdered Derek and got Wes voted out as a faithful, as it was fairly apparent that one of those threes were a Traitor. The most annoying thing about Rob was that he basically ran the show and then got pissy when the Chaos he helped sow by going after Bob came back and bit him. I think they will bring someone else in as Traitor next week as they usually like to at least have 3.

We haven’t watched any of the UK series yet. Part of the appeal for my SO is the abundance of Bravo and RuPaul people. That being said, I could see her adopting the UK series during seasonal lull in her reality TV programming.
 
I think Severance is going to end up as one of a handful of shows that stick with medium long after it's ended. I'm not talking about shows like the Sopranos which is a classic, or like the Simpsons which is just engrained on my brain from regular watching. Shows that fire on all cylinders so hard that it's impossible to get out of your brain.

I think my full list right now is The Wire, Treme, Mr Robot, Band of Brothers and Lost. I love other shows, hell some shows are even my favorite above those...but those in particular stick with me.

Anyone want a full breakdown of why those are on the list I'd be more than happy to elaborate.
 
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bdrummond said:
I think Severance is going to end up as one of a handful of shows that stick with medium long after it's ended. I'm not talking about shows like the Sopranos which is a classic, or like the Simpsons which is just engrained on my brain from regular watching. Shows that fire on all cylinders so hard that it's impossible to get out of your brain.

I think my full list right now is The Wire, Treme, Mr Robot, Band of Brothers and Lost. I love other shows, hell some shows are even my favorite above those...but those in particular stick with me.

Anyone want a full breakdown of why those are on the list I'd be more than happy to elaborate.
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One of my shows that would be on that kind of list for me is The Americans... and Severance is definitely on track to join it.
 
bdrummond said:
I think Severance is going to end up as one of a handful of shows that stick with medium long after it's ended. I'm not talking about shows like the Sopranos which is a classic, or like the Simpsons which is just engrained on my brain from regular watching. Shows that fire on all cylinders so hard that it's impossible to get out of your brain.

I think my full list right now is The Wire, Treme, Mr Robot, Band of Brothers and Lost. I love other shows, hell some shows are even my favorite above those...but those in particular stick with me.

Anyone want a full breakdown of why those are on the list I'd be more than happy to elaborate.
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I feel like The Sopranos hits in much the same way as The Wire or Band Of Brothers. I would add Deadwood, and Mad Men to that list along with Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. Game of Thrones would be on my list as well. I would also replace Lost, which is thought provoking but also deeply flawed; with The Leftovers which basically get to a deeper more meaningful place but without all the tail-chasing and dead ends. Basically they are shows that I am drawn back to looking for greater depth and insight and rewarded upon each rewatching.

As of right now I would say Severance is probably on the list as appears to have leaped over the sophomore slump that’s gotten other shows (looking at you Yellowjackets) but I am still reserving judgement because things could fall off.
 
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