What are you binge watching?

[AreBee1969]

The Bear, season 2. Holy Jesus.

 

[storrsroars]

Gary Oldman's character is awesome. One step ahead of everyone else at all times, and can cut your heart out with a few simple words.

He's always been one to chew scenery. But this seems like the role he's been specifically built for. He takes slovenly and offensive to a whole other level. For everyone who likes spy intrigue stories, this is one you've got to see. And by that I mean

 

[Kolumbo]

Check it out. The creator freely admits it's an homage (but not a copy) to Columbo. They even use the same graphics for the credits that Columbo uses. I thought it was a kick. Funny, too.

Poker Face - I like it. Episode 1 was great and I'm on episode 3 The Stall which ties in nicely with all the BBQ chatter. The car, smokes, even a dog. Classic.

 

[CL82]

The Bear, season 2. Holy .

Just started it.

 

[storrsroars]

The Bear, season 2. Holy .

That Christmas dinner in S2 E6 had to have been nuts to shoot. Don't think I've ever seen so many actors yelling at each other at the same time for so long. Probably best episode of the run so far.

Otherwise, thought S2 opened very slowly, but Richie's story arc was great, and the finale was somewhat expected, but done in a totally unexpected way. And I'm in love with Molly Gordon.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

"Daisy Jones and The Six" is a new series on Amazon Prime. First 3 episodes are up, new ep. will be released each Thursday. Just watched the pilot, I'm all in. About the rise and fall of a fictitious rock band in the 70s. Stars Riley Keough and Sam Claflin, with Suki Waterhouse and a nearly unrecognizable Timothy Olyphant.

Just finished this. Worth the watch, although I have some issues with it. I really liked the cast, especially Waterhouse, Claflin, Will Harrison (plays Claflin’s brother) and Camila Morrone (plays Claflin’s wife). Waterhouse in particular has been around for a while and is someone who I am surprised is not a bigger star. She has a very expressive face and is very natural in any role I have seen her. You are just kind of drawn to her when she is on the screen. I ended up caring more about her romantic plot line than I did about the main love triangle. The music was surprisingly good, and added to the story.

My issues:

First, the real story of Fleetwood Mac is so interesting, why not just make a limited run series about that?

I didn't like Riley Keough as Daisy Jones. The concert scenes felt like a Stevie Nicks impression, and the rest of her performance was all over the place. Playing an out-of-control addicted rock star is not exactly a ground breaking role, so why couldn't she pick a lane on how to play it? I don't mind complexity, but she played different scenes like she was basically a different character.

The scenes of Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne felt a little repetitive, and seemed to box out the other story lines. Simone's arc seems like a separate show altogether. Karen and Graham's story was original and interesting, yet got almost no screen time. Instead we just got more Daisy and Billy fighting and looking longingly at each other on stage. If the show was going to focus so much on Daisy and Billy, then Teddy Price and Rod Reyes should have been more important characters as they tried to keep them on the rails.

Overall I liked it, and it is an easy show to binge, but it has some flaws.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I only got about halfway thru Daisy Jones. Kept thinking I'd finish it eventually, but then I dumped Amazon. There were a lot more episodes than I originally thought there were going to be.

Suki actually has put out a couple albums. Not great, but decent. A bit of a Lana Del Rey vibe to some of her music.

 

[cohenzone]

Binged on season 3 of Ted Lasso. Was a little disappointed by most of the fairy tale endings that took the edge off of a bunch of characters that I thought made them interesting. Liked the show overall.

 

[Waquoit]

Poker Face - I like it. Episode 1 was great and I'm on episode 3 The Stall which ties in nicely with all the BBQ chatter. The car, smokes, even a dog. Classic.

I'm glad you like it. I was going to bring up the smokes but didn't want to give too much away.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

That Christmas dinner in S2 E6 had to have been nuts to shoot. Don't think I've ever seen so many actors yelling at each other at the same time for so long. Probably best episode of the run so far.

Otherwise, thought S2 opened very slowly, but Richie's story arc was great, and the finale was somewhat expected, but done in a totally unexpected way. And I'm in love with Molly Gordon.

I won't binge the Bear. I like to think about each episode for a few days, so I just finished the Christmas episode.

Odenkirk's flip in the second half of the 2.6 was unexpected and really good. That episode was so uncomfortable to watch, probably because every one of us has been "there" in some way at least once on a holiday.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Season 16. The show is clearly no longer at its peak, but it can still bring the heat every now and then. The Gang Gets Cursed episode will make you cry you will be laughing so hard.

 

[storrsroars]

I won't binge the Bear. I like to think about each episode for a few days, so I just finished the Christmas episode.

Odenkirk's flip in the second half of the 2.6 was unexpected and really good. That episode was so uncomfortable to watch, probably because every one of us has been "there" in some way at least once on a holiday.

Might've also been the best dramatic work I've seen Jamie Lee Curtis do.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

agree with everyone on the Christmas Dinner episode of The Bear. It felt really uncomfortable and stressful watching. The show is great.

 

[Kolumbo]

Bodyguard - 2018 - 6 episodes
Richard Madden, Sophie Rundle
It's a British series my wife and I are watching. A British Army veteran working as a Royalty and Specialist Protection officer. I find it difficult to understand at times because of the accents but pretty good. Shouldn't google a show before finishing the series. Apparently there may be a 2nd season?

 

[AreBee1969]

That Christmas dinner in S2 E6 had to have been nuts to shoot. Don't think I've ever seen so many actors yelling at each other at the same time for so long. Probably best episode of the run so far.

Otherwise, thought S2 opened very slowly, but Richie's story arc was great, and the finale was somewhat expected, but done in a totally unexpected way. And I'm in love with Molly Gordon.

I said the same thing. I wondered how much of the simultaneous yelling was written and how much was ad-libbed. I watched it a second time and came away amazed again. What a cast of cameos too. Jamie Lee Curtis, Bob Odenkirk, John Mulaney, Sarah Paulson, Mulaney's "Grace" had us rolling!

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Bodyguard - 2018 - 6 episodes
Richard Madden, Sophie Rundle
It's a British series my wife and I are watching. A British Army veteran working as a Royalty and Specialist Protection officer. I find it difficult to understand at times because of the accents but pretty good. Shouldn't google a show before finishing the series. Apparently there may be a 2nd season?

Closed captioning is your friend on British series.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

agree with everyone on the Christmas Dinner episode of The Bear. It felt really uncomfortable and stressful watching. The show is great.

That episode was not as stressful as Richie at the super high end restaurant in episode 7. Richie was so out of place at that restaurant that I could barely watch waiting for Richie to blow it.

This season’s budget must be 5x last season’s. The guest stars are huge, lots of different sets (looks like the Copenhagen episode was filmed on location) and even the soundtrack is more expensive. Taylor Swift?

 

[AreBee1969]

That episode was not as stressful as Richie at the super high end restaurant in episode 7. Richie was so out of place at that restaurant that I could barely watch waiting for Richie to blow it.

This season’s budget must be 5x last season’s. The guest stars are huge, lots of different sets (looks like the Copenhagen episode was filmed on location) and even the soundtrack is more expensive. Taylor Swift?

No kidding. We were waiting for a shoe to drop, especially after he got the call from Tiff.

 

[Dove]

Just wrapped up The Bear. Just a great show.

Best episode was Fishes, the family Christmas Dinner. Jamie Lee Curtis kills as the cray cray mother. She is only in two episodes and just slays. The whole episode is a directorial phenomenon.

EDIT...wrote post prior to seeing who has given thoughts...

 

[Dove]

Closed captioning is your friend on British series.

Especially for Happy Valley. My God.

 

[storrsroars]

Currently watching Hijack and Crowded Room in "real time". The former is (so far) a fairly straightforward thriller about a hijacking in real time. Idris Alba is a passenger who's a business negotiator who takes it upon himself to try to broker a deal with the hijackers. No time spent on character backstories thus far, first 3 episodes are straight up hijacking in motion. It's watchable. As you know going in that it's only a 7 hour flight from Dubai to London, there's not much filler. Whatever's going to happen is going to happen quickly.

The Crowded Room is frustrating. Very slow to develop. E7 was just released and I haven't seen it yet, but the first six seemed to go almost nowhere. There was a threat of a killing. A suspect was apprehended. There's a backstory of the suspect living with two people who have disappeared. And Amanda Seyfried is a psychologist who volunteers to talk to the suspect as she thinks he may have multiple personalities. But pretty much nothing happens in those first six episodes to unmuddle a muddled storyline.

Finished Silo last weekend. Didn't read the books, but as I understand it, while most of S1 was faithful to the first book, it jumped to the third book at the end, so nobody really knows how S2 will be handled. Dystopian future is not usually my cup of tea, but this is somewhat a different take on the overcrowded genre. No zombies, no aliens. There is a lot of good character drama which makes this series more interesting and watchable for me. Rebecca Ferguson and Tim Robbins are great. Common seems to be in over his head at times, but makes a serviceable threatening head of security. The other reason I have for watching is that the storyline has a lot of holes in it. It seems implausible for a society of only 140 years old to have lost all collective memory of what went before, including things like not knowing what stars are. While there was some mention of wiping memories, there's got to be a bigger story there because what's the point of not knowing how nature works? Anyway, it's creative.

 

[navery12]

So apparently I should watch The Bear huh?

 

[HuskyBaggins]

Just finished this. Worth the watch, although I have some issues with it. I really liked the cast, especially Waterhouse, Claflin, Will Harrison (plays Claflin’s brother) and Camila Morrone (plays Claflin’s wife). Waterhouse in particular has been around for a while and is someone who I am surprised is not a bigger star. She has a very expressive face and is very natural in any role I have seen her. You are just kind of drawn to her when she is on the screen. I ended up caring more about her romantic plot line than I did about the main love triangle. The music was surprisingly good, and added to the story.

My issues:

First, the real story of Fleetwood Mac is so interesting, why not just make a limited run series about that?

I didn't like Riley Keough as Daisy Jones. The concert scenes felt like a Stevie Nicks impression, and the rest of her performance was all over the place. Playing an out-of-control addicted rock star is not exactly a ground breaking role, so why couldn't she pick a lane on how to play it? I don't mind complexity, but she played different scenes like she was basically a different character.

The scenes of Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne felt a little repetitive, and seemed to box out the other story lines. Simone's arc seems like a separate show altogether. Karen and Graham's story was original and interesting, yet got almost no screen time. Instead we just got more Daisy and Billy fighting and looking longingly at each other on stage. If the show was going to focus so much on Daisy and Billy, then Teddy Price and Rod Reyes should have been more important characters as they tried to keep them on the rails.

Overall I liked it, and it is an easy show to binge, but it has some flaws.

I liked it, but for a TV series about a rock band, the terrible audience mix of the music was just that - TERRIBLE. A show about music all but gives you a layup by allowing you to envelop your audience in the music. Instead, virtually every scene with music was a muddled mess. Confounding.

 

[CL82]

That Christmas dinner in S2 E6 had to have been nuts to shoot. Don't think I've ever seen so many actors yelling at each other at the same time for so long. Probably best episode of the run so far.

Otherwise, thought S2 opened very slowly, but Richie's story arc was great, and the finale was somewhat expected, but done in a totally unexpected way. And I'm in love with Molly Gordon.

I just finished the seven fishes episode last night. That was crazy. It took me a little bit to realize that was Jamie Lee Curtis. Man has she gotten old. That was a crazy role for her, both literally and figuratively I guess. She did a really nice job with it.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Started season 3 of The Witcher. Season 2 was disappointing but so far Season 3 is better. I think Netflix regrets that this is Cavil’s last season. He’s a great Geralt and evidently knows and loves the source material. Freya Allen who plays Ciri really turned into a beautiful young woman.