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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?
 
storrsroars said:
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.
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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!
 
Kolumbo said:
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?
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Closed captioning is your friend on British series.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
agree with everyone on the Christmas Dinner episode of The Bear. It felt really uncomfortable and stressful watching. The show is great.
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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?
 
nelsonmuntz said:
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?
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No kidding. We were waiting for a shoe to drop, especially after he got the call from Tiff.
 
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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...
 
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.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
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.
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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.
 
storrsroars said:
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.
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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.
 
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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.
 
Working my way thru "Happy Endings" again. I think this is the third time. I've tried rewatching similar shows like "The New Girl" and "How I Met Your Mother." I enjoy those for a little while, but then lose interest. I'm not sure why this one keeps working for me, but it does. All of the shows are full of completely zany characters who don't even remotely resemble real people.
 
One of my friends finally got around to watching "Breaking Bad" and I rewatched seasons 4 and 5 so I could talk to him without spoilers. I had never rewatched any of it and really forgot just how great those seasons were. Mind blowing. I also rewatched "El Camino" and now will start "Better Call Saul" for the first time. Long story short, BB still holds up and then some.
 
Deepster said:
One of my friends finally got around to watching "Breaking Bad" and I rewatched seasons 4 and 5 so I could talk to him without spoilers. I had never rewatched any of it and really forgot just how great those seasons were. Mind blowing. I also rewatched "El Camino" and now will start "Better Call Saul" for the first time. Long story short, BB still holds up and then some.
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Breaking Bad is one of my top 3 shows all time (GOT, The Wire, BB in some order). Better Call Saul might actually be even better the first time through
 
Just finished season 2 of The Bear. It was very good. What a magnificently distinctions group.
 
Season 3 of Jack Ryan on Prime is better than Season 2 was. Michael Pena is new in an interesting non-comedy role, he adds a little something. I'm about halfway in, so it could still turn stupid, but it hasn't yet.
 
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Just started Season 2 of The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix. It's based on the series of books by Michael Connelly, who also wrote the books that Bosch was based on. I thought Season 1 of Lincoln Lawyer was very good and the first two episodes of Season 2 are off to a good start.

 
AreBee1969 said:
Started watching Bupkis on Peacock. Pete Davidson plays himself and it's loosely based on his life with admitted embellishment. A pretty solid supporting cast too. Edie Falco, Joe Pesci, Bobby Cannavale and Brad Garrett to name a few. I'm not a huge fan of Davidson, but I did like the King of Staten Island and through four episodes, I am enjoying this as well.
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Already paid for the month of Peacock, so decided to try this out. Like you, I'm 4 episodes in. I don't understand the appeal of Pete Davidson other than America's love for watching trainwrecks, but have to say, he's engaging. If any of this resembles his real life, he's one of the most naive humans alive. There's no meanness in his character, very likeable guy, but still, a nuclear accident on top of a trainwreck. I'm surprised Pesci came out of retirement for this, but he's totally on his game.
 
Based On A True Story is about the crime podcast industry, but it's not "Murders In the Building". It's much darker while still remaining a comedy. BOATS plot actually has the podcasters (a married couple played by Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina) employ an actual serial killer. This is one of those shows that you kinda just have to roll with as there are too many plot holes and bizarre reactions to situations to count. Despite those flaws, Cuoco (especially), Messina and Tom Bateman (the serial killer) are eminently watchable. It's dumb entertainment. One big caution that turned a lot of viewers off - a minor character shoots a dog that Messina loves.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Season 3 of Jack Ryan on Prime is better than Season 2 was. Michael Pena is new in an interesting non-comedy role, he adds a little something. I'm about halfway in, so it could still turn stupid, but it hasn't yet.
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Season 4 I think you mean? I thought S3 was absolutely phenomenal! I love what he's done with the character, S1 I was like, oh that's just Jim from The Office... by S3 he owned the role. Pena is solid in S4, but the season feels rushed - like they just want to finish it off.

Definitely want to give The Lincoln Lawyer a shot, we LOVE Bosch.
 
ZooCougar said:
It’s easily one of the worst shows ever made. Totally panned by legions of people.

The emperor storyline was OK, but the other two were nonsensical garbage.
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ZooCougar said:
You normally have decent taste. I wonder what happened here.
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I really liked it, and am looking forward to season 2. It is confusing, which undermines the show a bit, but like other really good shows, it doesn't cut corners just to make it more digestible for viewers.

Lee Pace is incredible as the Emperor that is the Supreme Leader of the galaxy, but also kind of a screw up. That is really hard to pull off. The Foundation storyline felt unfinished, but I think that was by design.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I really liked it, and am looking forward to season 2. It is confusing, which undermines the show a bit, but like other really good shows, it doesn't cut corners just to make it more digestible for viewers.

Lee Pace is incredible as the Emperor that is the Supreme Leader of the galaxy, but also kind of a screw up. That is really hard to pull off. The Foundation storyline felt unfinished, but I think that was by design.
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The Empire part was very good. But the difference in quality on the other two parts was jarring.
 
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billythekid said:
Just started Season 2 of The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix. It's based on the series of books by Michael Connelly, who also wrote the books that Bosch was based on. I thought Season 1 of Lincoln Lawyer was very good and the first two episodes of Season 2 are off to a good start.

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M.S.G. said:
Season 4 I think you mean? I thought S3 was absolutely phenomenal! I love what he's done with the character, S1 I was like, oh that's just Jim from The Office... by S3 he owned the role. Pena is solid in S4, but the season feels rushed - like they just want to finish it off.

Definitely want to give The Lincoln Lawyer a shot, we LOVE Bosch.
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Wife has gotten in to Lincoln Lawyer, I'm playing catch up.

Tried Season Four of Ryan Sunday morning but had some massive jet lag and will have to try again. Agree Michael Pena has been a real strong addition so far.
 
It's total trash, but my wife's most recent binge is Selling Sunset. Sometimes, I'll pay attention and learn more about the drama, but as she and I are both architecture appreciators, some of the homes on that show are pretty spectacular.

Another show she just finished was Next in Fashion, which, for what it was, pretty entertaining.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Wife has gotten in to Lincoln Lawyer, I'm playing catch up.

Tried Season Four of Ryan Sunday morning but had some massive jet lag and will have to try again. Agree Michael Pena has been a real strong addition so far.
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Jack Ryan is definitely one of those shows you have to pay attention to, I watched an episode after taking gummies and hoooooooooooly cow did I ask my wife 9 million questions when we watched the next one!

We finished S4 last night, what a pleasure - but what a shame this is it. Michael Pena was an A+ addition.

I recommend Jack Ryan to everyone I know, we loved every second of it.
 
Just started Suits on Netflix. The first 6 episodes of S1 are awesome.

There are 9 seasons, and I wonder how writers are going to keep fresh.

Nevertheless, I am pumped up.
 
Quickly blew through all of the episodes of Beef on Netflix. Starts with a road rage incident that continually escalates through 10 episodes :eek: I thought it was pretty entertaining, with a few surprises and many OMG moments (some good, some not so much).
 
M.S.G. said:
Jack Ryan is definitely one of those shows you have to pay attention to, I watched an episode after taking gummies and hoooooooooooly cow did I ask my wife 9 million questions when we watched the next one!

We finished S4 last night, what a pleasure - but what a shame this is it. Michael Pena was an A+ addition.

I recommend Jack Ryan to everyone I know, we loved every second of it.
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We thoroughly enjoyed the entire series. Sucked that this final season was only 6 episodes.

I enjoyed seeing Michael Pena bring Ding Chavez into the show from the books! It has me wanting to go back and read some of the books.
 
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