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ranbalam said:
Ah, ok...I didn't realize this was the case ^



So my guess is that this is why^

I have to admit, I've been watching every week but haven't been completely riveted during the last few episodes like I was the first couple. Ben Mendelsohn is a good enough reason to keep watching though.
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So, did everyone else feel like the ending of this past episode could have been so much more of a cliff hanger had they not shown a preview of the finale? Because that preview tells us who lives through Jack's sniper shots.

I love Holly. So much. She's such a great character. I didn't realize she was in his other books, but that's probably because I don't read King books - too scary. I guess this also means she'll survive the finale of The Outsider.

Ben just absolutely killed his performance in this past episode. If this show did nothing else for me, it made me appreciate Ben even more.
 
Teeeee said:
So, did everyone else feel like the ending of this past episode could have been so much more of a cliff hanger had they not shown a preview of the finale? Because that preview tells us who lives through Jack's sniper shots.

I love Holly. So much. She's such a great character. I didn't realize she was in his other books, but that's probably because I don't read King books - too scary. I guess this also means she'll survive the finale of The Outsider.

Ben just absolutely killed his performance in this past episode. If this show did nothing else for me, it made me appreciate Ben even more.
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Exactly, it was tmi. I try not to watch 'next week on' for most shows anyway, but sometimes those peeks sneak in there.
And I love Holly too.

Also, Ben was great in Bloodline but I didn't watch the next season for (insert spoiler) reasons.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
I also have to say that as much as I've enjoyed the character of Holly, I don't really understand at all why it's important within the context of this story that she be a person with special abilities. I get that she's a recurring character in some of King's other works and so he fought to keep her in this adaptation, but...does her past or her superlative cognition come into play at all in this story in a way that any of the other professional investigators in the show wouldn't have been able to match? Is it just she's more open to an inexplicable phenomenon being the answer because she is herself one? It's just that without the benefit of this character's history from other King works, there's an element of "oh, and she also has perfect eidetic memory and a supernatural IQ and the ability to calculate anything based on visual reference, but, welp, that's a story for another time."
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I’m only upto episode 7 so I don’t know if it’s mentioned later but in the book at least it does reference her earlier experiences from the previous novels that had a supernatural background. The Mr Mercedes show did a great job of realising this narrative on the screen but, at least so far, there seems to have been no (maybe little that I missed) mention of this in The Outsider.
 
I posted this over in the spinnin' thread, but thought I'd ask here, too.

I haven't watched this on Netflix...not sure if I would like it. Looks a bit too "CW" for my usual taste in TV. Any one here watch it?

Various ‎– Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina (Original Television Score And Soundtrack, Season One)
Waxwork Records/WaterTower Music ‎– WW073, 2020

3 LPs of the score (Adam Taylor, Handmaid's Tale) and music used in the TV show.

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The trailer looks interesting, but I'm on the fence...

 
LeeVing said:
I posted this over in the spinnin' thread, but thought I'd ask here, too.

I haven't watched this on Netflix...not sure if I would like it. Looks a bit too "CW" for my usual taste in TV. Any one here watch it?

Various ‎– Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina (Original Television Score And Soundtrack, Season One)
Waxwork Records/WaterTower Music ‎– WW073, 2020

3 LPs of the score (Adam Taylor, Handmaid's Tale) and music used in the TV show.

OCov2Q.jpg

X5b5qt.jpg


The trailer looks interesting, but I'm on the fence...

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Haven’t seen the show but I really enjoyed the recent comic. Very dark. I haven’t watched this but the trailer was much more like the comic than the old TGIF show.
 
The new Sabrina is excellent, on series 3 as I type, it’s got a great story arch and is dark enough for adults but not a heavy watch. Recommended
 
I'm late to the show but I'm really enjoying Snowfall on FX on Hulu. The series about the 1980s crack epidemic in Los Angeles. I'm midway through the second season and hooked. I saw someone on the Atlanta Reddit say it was similar to it and the Wire. There are some similarities to both shows though it's not as good as either. It was one of John Singleton's final projects and definitely has a similar vibe to a lot of his most popular movies.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
Avenue 5 is a very funny show. It constantly teeters on the edge of being too absurd or too juvenile, but much like Veep, draws most of its humor from how its characters deal with the absurdities life is throwing at them.
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Avenue 5 is great. I will go through 15 minutes of thinking "hmmm, I'm not digging this episode's plot/complication as much and the jokes seem to be off" and then there will be a line that kills me and reminds me how excellent the show can be. If they can fully unlock the boyishly subversive powers of Zach Woods and iron out some of the kinks, this could be a Veep level classic for me.
 
Djxfactor511 said:
Just stopping by to echo the sentiments of others re: High Fidelity's season 1 ending.

I do hope there's a second season.
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Remind me of what the sentiments about the ending are?

I finished last night. And didn't actually know I was done. I loved Zoe as Rob, I loved Simon and Cherise, I loved the updated story, I loved the Parker Posey episode, I loved the music. I hated the ending.

"I can work with that" and then credits? So I sat through the credits waiting for Hulu to autoplay the next episode because surely the show can't end that way. And dammit. It started playing another show I have in my list. I went back to the episode listing for High Fidelity to make sure I wasn't confusing myself. Yep, that was indeed the last episode of the season and yes indeed that is how they ended it. It really made me mad. As much as I loved everything else about the show, that irked me. But yeah, I'd watch another season.
 
Teeeee said:
Remind me of what the sentiments about the ending are?

I finished last night. And didn't actually know I was done. I loved Zoe as Rob, I loved Simon and Cherise, I loved the updated story, I loved the Parker Posey episode, I loved the music. I hated the ending.

"I can work with that" and then credits? So I sat through the credits waiting for Hulu to autoplay the next episode because surely the show can't end that way. And dammit. It started playing another show I have in my list. I went back to the episode listing for High Fidelity to make sure I wasn't confusing myself. Yep, that was indeed the last episode of the season and yes indeed that is how they ended it. It really made me mad. As much as I loved everything else about the show, that irked me. But yeah, I'd watch another season.
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Mostly these from the last page. Not the biggest fan of how things wrapped up,

duke86fan said:
to be honest... i wasn't satisfied with the ending of hulu fidelity.. specifically how some plot points end and things are resolved... i dont think a season 2 will happen and i feel like its very confusing in parts
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Bennnnn said:
It would have been nicer to have a sorta more complete ending rather than the abrupt one in the hopes a season two comes. I mean I’m excited for a season two cause I think it has potential to grow into something greater past its source material.
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Selaws said:
Is there something specific which makes you think there might not be a season 2? I wish they had rounded it off a bit more as well but I thought that they also did set it up a second season quite nicely? Not a big enough cliff hanger to make it pointless if a second one doesn't get commissioned but enough there to allow a natural story to progress if there is one.
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I loved the High Fidelity ending and thought they had season 2 in mind with the way they ended it. Not really a cliff hanger but definitely not a neatly tied up ending. And Zoe on the steps looked just like her mom. I'm not normally a reboot fan but it was so well done. Now onto season 3 of Fargo. Carrie Coon!
 
Where are my Love is Blind peeps at? Did you watch the reunion?

Also, anyone watching the incredibly heart breaking and difficult to comprehend that level of evil The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez? I'm 2.5 episodes in. And some of it is extremely fascinating (the LA County Board of Supervisors stuff - I didn't know about all that). But if you think you can't digest it because it is about a child being abused, then go with that gut feeling. It's a tough watch.
 
Teeeee said:
Where are my Love is Blind peeps at? Did you watch the reunion?

Also, anyone watching the incredibly heart breaking and difficult to comprehend that level of evil The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez? I'm 2.5 episodes in. And some of it is extremely fascinating (the LA County Board of Supervisors stuff - I didn't know about all that). But if you think you can't digest it because it is about a child being abused, then go with that gut feeling. It's a tough watch.
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Watched the reunion last night. Aside from how stupid I felt many of them were, this thing actually brought out a bit of sympathy for some of them. Except Jessica honestly. She still sucks. And Amber going after her was unexpected and hilarious.

also you know I’m watching that Gabriel Fernandez show. Although I’ve only done one so far. It’s so incredibly tough to watch.
 
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