What TV shows are you currently watching

[Nitefly]

Double posting my comments from the Andor thread, which is very self important but I think there might be a few people like me that were put off from seeing it due to Star Wars fatigue….

*****

I had stayed away from this series as a result being thoroughly exhausted by Star Wars and so underwhelmed by the likes of the Boba Fett and Obi Wan series. So engaging with it was a complete punt.

The initial episodes are quite narrow in scope and slow. The middle section is more engaging. Then, the later episodes flowered into something quite brilliant and beyond what I thought Star Wars was capable of.

There was actual intrigue and drama!!!

Most interesting plot lines for me:

Spoiler

- the empire management trying to pincer in on Andor and the rebellion
- the prison and escape from it
- the mistreated empire employee just wanting to do his best for the empire
- politician trying to extract money

… all whilst Andor himself is just trying to survive, yet it’s all politically blowing up unknown to him as if he is some major rebellion player - he’s not. In fact, the rebellion want him dead!

I think the first few episodes would be a 6 to 7 out of 10, going to 9 to 10 out of 10 in some of the penultimate episodes.

I’d say overall, totally worth it. Really impressed with what they did and surpassing the Mandalorian as the best Star Wars show.

More of this sort of thing, please!

 

[Vandle]

Couldn't agree more. Took me ages to pluck up the courage to start it and felt the first couple of episodes were a slog up to about 3 or 4 then loved it.

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

A fascinating documentary on BBC1 called Parole and an insight into the really difficult decisions they have to make on whether to release offenders or not.

This one had 2 prisoners who were up for parole (one beat a man to death and the other was a career conman), and I think they got both of their decisions right.

It would be really interesting if they did a follow up to see if they were indeed right but maybe they will address this once the series ends.

 

[nands]

Finished Clarkson's Farm. Very watchable, entertaining and interesting.

 

[AndyCr15]

Finished Sky Rojo and couldn't really recommend it. I think I often struggle when a main character is an addict. I have no sympathy for them or what happens to them due to their addiction. Also, they started doing some pretty silly things as a whole...

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

just re ran series 9 The Blacklist as S10 starts tomorrow, been there since start, my fav tv series, though has dropped of in recent years, i still love it

 

[Cosimo]

Just finished Ganglands series 1&2. Fast moving, gritty, violent action. Enjoyed this more than Gangs of London.

 

[Darujhistan]

Just finished Ganglands series 1&2. Fast moving, gritty, violent action. Enjoyed this more than Gangs of London.

The second season of Gangs of London was terrible.

 

[Cosimo]

The second season of Gangs of London was terrible.

That series went downhill after the first one.

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

"How to Die: Simon's Choice".

A heartbreaking and thought provoking BBC documentary on a guy who decided to legally end his life in a clinic in Switzerland, after being diagnosed with MND.

He and his family are amazing for sharing such an intimate but ultimately devastating time of his life and I'm glad that he got to end things on his term.

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

I've been tempted to re-watch it at various points over the years, but I do remember the second half of Season 4 being absolute ****.

I think that was during the Hollywood writers strike and they had the tea lady writing the scripts. Still an amazing series as a whole though.

 

[Haze]

Watched about the 1st 6 EP of The Consultant, enjoying it so far, not completely sure where its going, i quite like content with Christoph Waltz

 

[arc@css]

Started watching Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel on Netflix.

Only about one episode in, but very interesting. A mixture of sad events, strange happenings and rather a bleak outlook of society in the area as a whole (probably an understatement).

 

[martos123]

Ive just watched the whole series of Book of Boba Fett and thought it was pretty good.. I'd not bothered before as heard it was rubbish, but from Ep 4 onwards was decent. 7/10

 

[Tony Edwards]

White Lotus Series 2

The end is fantastic. I didnt think I would like it as it seemed different from series 1 but just as grabbing.

 

[PlacidCasual]

Watching The Crown and Squid Game.

The Crown is well made bunkum with some good actors in. Matt Smith is particulalry good.
Squid Game is kind of brilliant in a mad kind of way.

I appreciate I'm late to both but only just picked up a Netflix subscription.

I'm also watching The Witcher. Season 1 good to great, Season 2 so far is good with bits of meh. Generally though there is not enough Gerailt (sp?) for a show called The Witcher and him being the title character.

 

[gingergundog]

Just finished The Gold on iplayer. Enjoyed it, good acting particularly the actors who portrayed Cooper and Parry. Always partial to a bit of British gangster tv.

 

[Infidelus]

Just started watching Blake's 7 again as it was on telly the other year and I've just got round to it. Cheesy effects but still entertaining .

 

[englishpremier]

Currently watching "The Last Ship" released in 2014, it's about a pandemic that wrecks havoc on the world, killing some 4bn people. The story centres on a US Naval ship, its crew and a doctor onboard.

Looking at the IMDB rating I thought this might be good. Then I watched the first episode and could barely make it through. It was dire. Stangely I'm now on season 2. It definitely picked up, but isn't anything special. It's one of those typical American formulaic US shows, that plays music whilst people are talking to try and create drama. Similar to things like Blindspot, Absentia etc.. less good than the first season of Designated Survivor.

I give it a 6/10 on overall quality. If you know that you are getting into and like those kind of shows, then it would get a bit of a bump in the ratings.

 

[SixTwoSix]

Currently watching "The Last Ship" released in 2014, it's about a pandemic that wrecks havoc on the world, killing some 4bn people. The story centres on a US Naval ship, its crew and a doctor onboard.

Looking at the IMDB rating I thought this might be good. Then I watched the first episode and could barely make it through. It was dire. Stangely I'm now on season 2. It definitely picked up, but isn't anything special. It's one of those typical American formulaic US shows, that plays music whilst people are talking to try and create drama. Similar to things like Blindspot, Absentia etc.. less good than the first season of Designated Survivor.

I give it a 6/10 on overall quality. If you know that you are getting into and like those kind of shows, then it would get a bit of a bump in the ratings.

I watched the 1st season as a throwaway show while I was eating/etc - didn't realise it had subsequent seasons.