I’ve watched a couple of things on TV lately that really made an impression.
CBS’ streaming service offered the first episode of Star Trek: Picard for free viewing for a week and I took advantage. Can’t say I was expecting too much, but I was pleasantly surprised, especially with the level of writing. It didn’t tug at me enough to make me willing to shell out the $5.99 a month CBS was hoping to entice me into paying, but I figure it’ll eventually migrate over to Amazon Prime, where I’ll happily tune in.
That’s already the situation with Counterpart, which Starz unfortunately cancelled after two seasons. The show is riveting — part sci-fi, part spy fic and part study on the human condition. J.K. Simmons is fantastic, playing two characters who are the same but different, if that makes sense. I tore through all 20 episodes in four days. Highly recommended.
What have you seen on streaming television lately that’s worth a look?
Get The Picture 
Comedy – Kim’s Convenience on Netflix
Comedy – Mrs Maisel on Prime
Drama – Dr Foster on Netflix
Comedy – Silicon Valley on HBO
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Kim’s convenience is little known and pretty good
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“Picard” is really, really good. I subscribed to CBS All Access a year or two ago for Star Trek Discovery and their other Trek offerings and have been totally disappointed. But Picard is the real deal. The first three episodes have been light on action and long on backstory and stage setting for the rest of the adventure, but I really don’t mind it because I love the character (and the other characters) and it’s the first time I’ve felt like they’re back in the actual Star Trek universe. It’s great, I can’t wait for the next episode.
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Just crazy I got 100 channels on ATT and like 2 of them I watch..and the ones that interest me are not in my subscription. Just so many channels…too much content and now Apple, Amazon, CBS, Hulu, Netflix, Youtube. Overload. Halfway makes me want to just cancel everything and keep internet
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I just dumped ATT for Hulu live. Went from 300 bucks a month to 100. the only things I miss are AMC and NFL network, but such is life.
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You can get the NFL Network through Pluto TV, which is free and supported by advertising.
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Well then I will be adding that to my Roku then. Thanks.
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I took the Senator’s advice a couple of years ago and dropped my cable, kept my internet, and got YouTube TV. There’s literally only one cable channel that they don’t have that I’d want that they don’t have, A&E. That opened up quite a bit of money for streaming services that I was otherwise paying to the cable company for channels I never used. There’s still a lot on YouTube TV I’m not watching, but I’ve got all my sports and unlimited all-channel smart DVR that lasts for 9 months if I need to record stuff and it’s much more affordable than terrestrial cable.
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About a year ago, I found myself either watching sports, netflix or amazon prime. Could no longer stand all the channels or commercials on regular cable.
Made the switch to YouTubeTV and switched internet providers too.
Went from $225 per month to $90. I haven’t missed it a bit.
YouTubeTV even added GPB channels in December. Of course that was after I had added an HD antenna so I wouldn’t miss the GA high school playoffs. Ha!
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Oooh thats some good savings right there…
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It took me more than a decade, but I just discovered Criminal Minds. First two seasons down the past two weeks. Hard to watch at times, but it’s fascinating.
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If you have Netflix, check out The Coldest Game…..pretty good flick.
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Corner Gas – great Canadian comedy, free on IMDB if you have a Prime membership.
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While not on a streaming service the ongoing drama/tragedy that Urban leaves in his wake has a new chapter.
“A pair of Ohio State football players were charged with first-degree rape and kidnapping after an alleged incident at their apartment last week, according to the Columbus Dispatch.”
From the number of games they have played, they appear to have been Urban’s recruits. No matter where he lands, the story seems to have the same ending.
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They must have been the bottom 1% of the top 1%.
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‘You’ on Netflix
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I just finished season 1. Still can’t decide how I feel about it.
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Different subject, but see where Urban Meyer strikes again. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/12/us/ohio-state-players-felony-rape-kidnapping-charges/index.html
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Just like the networks recycling old shows. We have seen this same show already and it will have the same ending. Just a new cast of lead characters.
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I recommend Cuckoo on Netflix and if you like Sci Fi The Expanse on Prime is excellent.
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The Expanse is one of my favorites.
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I watched every season in January. Pretty solid.
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The Expanse is excellent. I didn’t read the books until after I watched all 4 seasons, and it’s fun to see the actors in my mind’s eye as I read. Casting was, frankly, brilliant.
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Was about to mention that one. Jack Ryan series on Prime is awesome
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I’m a couple of episodes into season 3 and it’s solid. I like it a lot.
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Letterkenny on Hulu is the most genius show about nothing to ever come out of Canada. Mostly one liners, no need to binge.
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This comment is 10-ply.
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S and P choice for me.
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That’s Dyck with a Y.
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I think I’m going to pull the trigger on Hulu so I can watch Killing Eve and Letterkenny.
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Pesky Blinders
Jack Ryan
But call me Captain Obvious
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“Pesky” Blinders??
When does the new season of Jack Ryan start?
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They added Season 2 a month or two ago. It was pretty good, but not as good as the first. No idea when/if a Season 3 is going up but it’ll be a while.
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Peaky Blinders is great. I recommend watching with subtitles because of the accents.
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I just started Peaky Blinders and I also have to use the subtitles. They can also be entertaining the way they describe songs.
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If you’re looking for something to fill the Game of Thrones void or liked any of the games, Netflix’s The Witcher is excellent (though I can understand people coming into it blind would have issue following the timeline.)
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Wife and I loved “Counterpart” and hated to see it end. Maybe someone will pick it up since it obviously ended before they could “end” the series. I also love “Silicon Valley” and my wife is rewatching all of it with me now and she finally understands what I was laughing at all these years.
Watched “Chernobyl” and it was fascinating (only 5 episodes so it’s a quick one). I picked up one of the books that I figure inspired it and the book was really great.
Finally, we’re watching “The Outsider”, mainly because our friend’s house was used in the series, but it’s pretty good. I hate having to wait for each episode though. Netflix has trained me well.
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I’ll also add “Brockmire” on IFC. There are 3 seasons out there, 1st and 3rd are the best. I think there’s one more coming which they’ve already said will be the last, I believe. Hank Azaria is hilarious and is the perfect baseball play-by-play man. Joe Buck occasionally appears as a parody(?) of himself and it’s funny to see him play to everyone’s assumed impressions of him.
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In case someone isn’t familiar with the story of Jim Brockmire, I’ll leave this here.
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My wife, who hates sports in general, loves this show for some reason. I enjoy it but not like she does. Go figure.
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Was reading through to reply about HBO’s “The Outsider” myself. Highly concur! Another Stephen King adaptation. Ben Mendelsohn (Danny on Netflix’s “Bloodline”) is great. Jason Bateman acts and directs also.
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Not watching anything currently but can’t wait for the premiere of “Dickhead” starring Paul Finebaum on Disney+
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I’m afraid if it’s on Disney they’ll crush such a creative show title in favor of something like, The Maypole.
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Watching the McDonald’s Monopoly deal on HBO. Crazy shit
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Yeah, that’s next on my list. Then “Westworld”.
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Just found a bar in Bangkok that has Creature Comforts. It’s gonna be a good weekend!
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Hmmm. A weekend in Bangkok with a pocket full of money and easy drinking, high ABV beer. Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me….
You should probably check back in first of the week so we don’t worry. 😉
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Just don’t drink the Coronas!
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The Young Pope / New Pope – HBO
The Boys – Prime
Patriot – Prime (older and only 2 seasons but very good)
Bosch – Prime (several seasons and read the books first)
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The Boys was fun. We tore through the first season in less than a week.
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Agreed, “The Boys” is well worth the time. Kinda turns the super-hero theme on its head.
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Bosch isnt earth shattering, but decent true crime.
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Just finished season 5 of Bosch. Really liked it.
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Watched “Who killed Malcolm X” mini- series documentary on Netflix and it was very good and pretty disturbing. I think they reopen that case and vindicate two of the guys that served 20+ years for his assasination.
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If you are a Star Wars fan, and I am, the Mandalorian is good on Disney.
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The Boys on Amazon Prime.
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The Outsider on HBO is really good. Sort of a sci-fi True Detective.
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Second this. It’s creepy af.
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LOL….not really sci-fi more horror/creepy. In my defense I had outpatient surgery yesterday and was/am high AF.
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I’ll second the above suggestion of Bosch. Of course, Connelly’s written probably a couple of dozen novels in the series, so you might not want to read them all before you start watching. Each season combines a couple of novels, so maybe just read those beforehand,
My own suggestion would be The Kominsky Method on Netflix. (Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas are at the top of their comedic games.)
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I hate to admit it, but my wife and I burned through all 3 seasons of The Crown on Netflix in a few weeks time. I became unexpectedly fascinated by lives those people have led.
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The Crown is great.
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We’ve been watching “Homeland” and are in the middle of season 3. It’s kind of OK but I’m losing interest.
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If Crazy Claire Danes isn’t your thing, then you might as well stop now. That show is 100% crazy Claire Danes, and I’m here for it. Season 3 started very slowly, but got better toward the end. Actually most of the seasons start slowly and get better toward the end.
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I have to admit, she plays it well. My wife sees her as a tragic heroine, but crazy eyes make me want to hide behind the couch.
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That show got old almost immediately. Went unrealistic in about 2 seconds.
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I liked Counterpart and The Rook on Starz. Sadly Counterpart is canceled and a renewal would be a very different show. Sadly the Rook is also likely a 1 yr only show.
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If you like music Echo in the Canyon, about the singers and songwriters who lived in Laurel Canyon, on Netflix, and The Winding Stream, about the Carter and Cash families, on Amazon Prime.
Just watched “Uppity: The Willie T Ribbs Story” on Netflix–definitely a must watch for any racing fans. I also recommend “Derry Girls” on Netflix about life in N. Ireland during the last years of The Troubles.,
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The Paul Butterfield doc is good even though his ending wasn’t.
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Derry Girls was a guilty pleasure show for me as well. As is Schitt’s Creek.
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The Ken Burns series on Country Music on PBS is absolutely excellent if you can handle historical documentaries. I learned so much about country music I never really knew that now I’m hooked as opposed to being an occasional “hits” listener.
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Hulu recently added Justified, which is for my money, season-for-season, the best show of the Golden Age of Peak TV. Better than Mad Men, which I also love. Better than Breaking Bad which I think is grossly overrated. Better than any show of the last 10-15 years.
Better than all… except maybe Battlestar Galactica, which is a different kind of a show and for my money the best allegory for post-9/11 America, but because of NBC’s stupid upcoming streaming service that no one wants, is no longer available on the “normal” streaming sites of Netflix, Hulu, and Prime.
Star Trek: Picard is fantastic. It has a real DS9, humanity isn’t so perfect, vibe to it. DS9 being the best Star Trek show currently available to stream. I think it’s on Hulu and Netflix both, but it’s only in SD, unfortunately.
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Justified is the stuff. BSG is my fav. But not as wide an audience
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I’ll never understand why people dismiss science fiction out of hand. “I can’t deal with space ships, or robots, or stupid names like Batllestar Galactica.” Good storytelling is good storytelling, regardless of the genre.
What the best of science fiction is allowed to do, what other genres can’t, is shine a light on the realities of today, but soften the blow because of the futuristic setting. There is no better allegory for post-9/11 America and The War on Terror than Battlestar Galactica.
It’s first and foremost a military drama that happens to be set in space on a military space ship. If it was set on an aircraft carrier on the ocean, and everything else was the same, suddenly people would watch?
I don’t know why I’m continually surprised by the closed-mindedness of people, yet I am.
BSG is the gold standard for television in the last 20 years. It has an amazing cast led by Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, two “serious” actors with Academy Award nominations. It shines a light on a dark time in our country and helps us see different aspects of that time through different lenses and perspectives. It won a freaking Peabody Award!
Everyone should watch BSG.
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If you haven’t watched “Happy Valley” give it a shot. Also “The Detectorists” is hilarious.
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If you like “Happy Valley” then you’d probably enjoy “Broadchurch” on Netflix.
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They’re older, but new to me once I cut the cord and started streaming.
The Americans
Rectify
Longmire
Justified
I just started Peaky Blinders. Mrs. Maisel is hilarious and the Kominsky Method is pure genius. Especially if you’re old, like me. Killing Eve is also worth watching.
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I forgot about The Komisky Method!!!
It is hilarious. Such a great show anchored by two of the all-time greats in Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin. The second season with a barely recognizable and super-funny Paul Reiser was even better than the first. And the supporting characters are all great, too. Nancy Travis, wonderful. Sarah Baker as Douglas’s put-upon daughter, amazing. And the kids in the acting class are all fun in limited time, especially the blonde.
And it was created and is written by noted CBS multi-cam schlock-master Chuck Lorre.
I have a feeling The Komisky Method is Lorre’s actual sense of humor on the screen for us to see, and the CBS sitcoms are just him cashing checks.
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Loved the Americans, just finished the 3 season of Berlin Station. I liked it but I like Spy Dramas. Followed up by the 2 seasons of Deepstate which wasn’t as good but the price was right.
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Killing Eve is excellent.
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I watched Eddie Murphy’s “Dolemite” movie about Rudy Ray Moore on Netflix. Good stuff from Eddie and I have a better appreciation for Moore now.
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I just finished The Pharmacist on Netflix. Excellent. Regular guy on a mission.
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Great show, with (but? And? Because of?) Subtitles.
Dark, Netflix. Better than stranger things. Give it 4 episodes to really reveal it’s depth
Occupied. Netflix, what if Russia took over Norway? Written just before Crimea. 1st season best, 3 seasons total
Nobel-. Sniper from Norway drawn into political intrigue
Max Manus-. Movie starring the guy from sniper series about the resistance against the Nazis in ww2 in Norway.
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Not (yet) on Netflix, but it looks like it’s over for Bennet and Yang.
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Those are really cute Trump impersonators.
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Prime: The Expanse, Catastrophe, Jack Ryan, Peaky Blinders, Red Oaks, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Fleabag, Forever
Netflix: Narcos (all of them), The Last Kingdom, The Crown, Altered Carbon, Marco Polo, The Wicher
History: Vikings
I watched the new Star Trek on CBS and it was OK. Haven’t checked out Picard yet.
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Altered Carbon was pretty good, especially with Kinneman as lead character. Season 2 is coming up and the new “sleeve” is Anthony Mackey (Falcon in Marvel movies), so it should be great as well. I’ve read the series and the second book was about as good as the first, so the second season should be great.
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I second “Fleabag” That was straight up brilliant. Raunchy, but brilliant.
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I’m a fan of British detective stuff. Lots of them have 90 minute episodes. Roku channels Britbox and Acorn have the most. Amazon Instant and Netflix a few. Midsomer Murders is the place to start. They thought up some incredible ways to kill people. Inspector Morse is the standard by which most of these shows are judged, but it’s a bit of an acquired taste. They even have Cadfael, a monastic detective in the middle ages.
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Not sure if any of you have young kids here, but I literally have little/no time to watch much of anything on TV these days. During the week, its up at 5:30 am, get kids ready for school/daycare and work all day, then take care of the little ones and get them to bed by 8:30. I then workout in our home gym until 9 or so, and it’s 9:30 by the time I finally get a chance to relax after showering, etc.
By then, I’m totally zonked and just want to chat with my wife for an hour before bed with sports on in the background that doesn’t require too much thought/attention. And on weekends, forget about it – it’s all kids, all day long from 6 am to 8:30 pm, and I’m really, really tired then. Thus, when I see all these posts about favorite shows, I’m both amazed and jealous at the same time, as I’ve literally seen zero of any of these shows/movies/series, etc.
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I wouldn’t be jealous.
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I take that back – we really like Bosch and are waiting for the new season to arrive in a few months. We also watched the first 4-5 episodes of Stranger Things but couldn’t get into it at all (not into scifi stuff.)
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I’m right there with you, except for for the last couple of months I have swapped exercise for two home (current and new) renovations on top of the 4 kids. Even contracting it all out, the amount of management and prep required to keep things moving has kept me off screens (except for while on conference calls at work). Will make time for Bosch, however.
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I am right there with you. I have 3 kids under 5 right now and my free time is extremely limited. I usually get up between 4 and 4:30 and try to watch something while I am waking up and drinking my coffee before I either workout or go on a bike ride. Currently, I am watching Chicago PD from the beginning.
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Similar boat – 3 kids ages 6 and under, including a 1 year old. My saving grace is I work remote from home when I’m not in client meetings onsite, so typically I avoid rush hours and the like. So overall I can’t complain much. But, either way, I have a few min here and there during the day to check stocks or post here, and that’s about it.
I too like hopping on a bike and getting a workout in that way outside when I can. Fortunately we live in a large community/subdivision where I can get 5-6 miles in without having to get out on busy roads. Oh, 4:30 am? Man, I’m a morning person but can’t swing that. Good for you.
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I feel you. The 7 and 11 y.o. are more or less why we’re not watching adult stuff as much. We are, though, going through all the Marvel Comic Universe films with the lads, so there’s that. I’ve not been much for comic book movies save for the Dark Knight ones, but I’m really enjoying the Marvel movies for what they are.
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Peaky Blinders is the best thing I’ve seen on streaming…subtitles are good but you miss the acting
Patriots is great
Game of Thrones is incredible
Sneaky Pete season 1
Goliath Season 1
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If you liked Goliath you should try The Night Manager on Prime
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I’ve recently watched The Witcher on Netflix, The Mandalorian on Disney+, The Boys on Amazon Prime, and Picard on…a totally legit streaming website…
A while back there was a series on Netflix called Losers which was decent, but the first episode is the best by far. Each episode focuses on some great athlete(s) that you never heard of, and the first is about a boxer. I don’t want to spoil it, but I highly recommend you watch it, if only that first episode.
Another Netflix series that came out a while ago was called Dirty Money. Each episode explores a different financial issue, such as payday lending, the VW emissions scandal, or money laundering for cartels. Really riveting, infuriating stuff. You could probably skip the one about the maple syrup heist, and depending on your political leanings you may want to skip the one about Trump as well.
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Theres some good choices here. Confession: I watch a ton of stuff. Too much. All of everything. Lol
Really enjoyed Castlerock. It perfectly mashes up Steven King stories. Its Hulu, I used one month free trial.
I’m an OG cable cutter. The prices now are not what the intent was. ISP plus a TV service plus Prime plus Netflix (my SO and I are about to revenue share Netflix screw them too) and get HBO or something here or there,….but at least you have the freedom and can cancel instantly. I used Vue for 4 years. I returned to OTA for the superbowl, picture was great. I wish there was an ESPN ala carte, with OTA and ESPN that cover the fall. Google is the devil and expensive.
Altered Carbon comes out with season 2 in a few weeks. I considered it to be very good scifi. Netflix
Hanna on prime is better than the movie, I liked it, but a smaller audience.
Black Sails, Starz, under rated, They did a great job with their effects of ships at sea and based on some real life people.
Penny Dreadful was.my.stuff. Absolutely adored everything about the show and then it got crushed halfway through its final season when the cast discovered they were not being renewed in the final days of filming. Ends poorly. Sad.
Billions is great. Paul Giamanti is basically just turned loose to go wild.
Basically everything CBS sucks, but as in the OP, the way to try it or watch Picard is to wait and get it for a month and binge it. That’s how I HBO.
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Black Sails was incredibly underrated when it aired. It was the best show on TV that no one was talking about. Hands down the best pirate show/movie I’ve seen. Incorporated real life characters and real life events and showed the true nature of the pirate life.
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Saw that as well. It was pretty good.
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For racing fans, Drive to Survive (Formula 1) just released season 2
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After watching “Ford vs Ferrari” and reading “Go Like Hell”, I watched the Netflix documentaries on the Ford/Ferrari duel “The 24 hour war” and the subsequent documentary on Carroll Shelby. Both done by Adam Corolla and partner. Very enjoyable.
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The racing is interesting (and I love it) but the personalities behind the on track performance is every bit as interesting (drivers, owners, spouses, team managers). I watched (I think on A&E) the story of the early days of the Ferrari team (Ferrari: Race to Immortality) when Enzo was building his dynasty. Almost every one of the drivers was killed. It is still a very dangerous sport, but nothing like it was in the immediate post war period.
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Schitts Creek (Netflix) has been funny so far, season 1.
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While it’s not a major show, Schitts Creek is a hoot! Especially ‘Davit!’ (in Moira’s voice) and it progresses along. I wish this was not the last season.
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Star Trek? Is this Stingtalk?
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Don’t be an asshole. Most of Star Trek is great. The first two seasons of The Original Series. Seasons 3-7 of TNG. All of DS9. Star Trek Picard has been fantastic so far. No, I wouldn’t recommend Voyager, Enterprise, or Discovery, but most of Star Trek is very good science fiction.
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Anyone watched Mindhunter?
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I thought you were talking about something else for a second.
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Yep. Really enjoyed both seasons. Unfortunately, it looks like it may be over, since the cast has been released from their contracts because Finches hasn’t committed to continue.
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Mindhunter is fantastic. Season 3 is apparently on hold, but I think (and hope) it’s more of an actor/contract issue than anything else.
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“Hip-Hop Evolution” documentary on Netflix. Just finished watching season 4. Seasons 1 & 2 were the most interesting to me because they mostly were focused on the 80s, my musical era sweet spot. But, the series has been interesting enough that I’ve watched the entire thing.
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I’ll check that out. I love all music documentaries.
Speaking of which, for the 37 people that have Epix, they have a good series on punk rock, called “Punk” (imagine that).
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I think my Dish subscription has Epix, I’ll look that up!
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I really enjoyed “Ozark’ with Jason Bateman and Laura Linney. Can’t wait for the next season! Nothing like money laundering in the middle of nowhere!
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+1 on The Boys.
Also, can’t believe we’ve made it this far and no Stranger Things. If you grew up in GA in the late 70’s/early 80’s – it’s basically your childhood but with monsters and shit…
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My wife and daughter loved it (my wife is younger than me). I thought it was just okay, but could see the appeal.
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I got a kick of kids and younger parents reacting with shock at how often the kids were unsupervised (and then a little depressed that so many kids are scheduled within an inch of their lives now.)
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Shit, you just reminded me that we still haven’t watched Season 3 of Stranger Things.
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How is it possible that no one has mentioned Ozark on Netflix? Incredible show and Jason Bateman is phenomenal.
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FYI – I did mention Ozark! Love it!
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Rick and Morty, Letterkenny, and Brockmire are all outstanding. All on Hulu I believe.
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Star Trek Discovery is really good too. If you’re a meme bet of 247 Sports, a subscription to CBS all-access is included in the membership. It’s the commercial free option that goes for $9.99/month too.
My favorite new show currently is The Outsider on HBO. Adaptation of a Stephen King novel. It’s very well written and features Ben Mendelsohn as the main protagonist. He’s currently one of the most talented actors in the business imo. Highly underrated.
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I hated Discovery, and the even worse Short Treks. They’re written by people who have no clue what Star Trek is supposed to be about. The Short Trek about the guy and the tribbles was the worst (best?) example of how bad these writers are. It’s supposed to be “funny” and “haha, white man, we multi-racial-gender-diverse people will not listen to your dumb idea, because it’s dumb and you no longer have power,” but it’s anathema to what Trek has always been. The purpose of Star Trek is that ethnicity or gender don’t matter, and you try to help the socially awkward outsider by bringing them into the group, not ostracizing them. Look at Reg Barclay on TNG. In the hands of these idiot millennial writers, he would’ve been similarly ostracized and used as a comedic foil to show how “strong” Troi or LeForge are as a woman and black man, respectively, like how H. Jon Benjamin was used to prop-up Rosa Salazar’s terrible Captain. That’s the thing, the writers think they wrote her as strong and intelligent. Instead, she’s actually a terrible leader.
Star Trek Picard, so far, seems to be written by and led by the adults in the room thanks to Patrick Stewart’s involvement. Discovery and the Short Treks are written by the idiot children who think virtue signaling is the way to take Star Trek into the next decade.
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Isn’t H Jon Benjamin the guy who voices “Archer”? I haven’t seen Trek since I was a little kid but I can see that deadpan delivery as an effective if not hilarious pseudo Spock.
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He is Archer. And Bob from Bob’s Burgers (and Archer… see the first episode of Archer S4 to see what I mean).
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I have it recorded. My sense of humor stopped developing when I was about 16 so I find that series to be insanely funny.
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Discovery is awesome imo. Best Star Trek show in years. Picard is good so far but I like Discovery much better.
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I don’t watch much TV, but I did finish the Mandalorian and liked it. Disney has generally ruined Star Wars but this series is good. I also like Narcos.
My wife and I are enjoying the Office, Arrested Development and the Great British Baking Show right now.
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Yellowstone on Paramount Network.
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Yep…pretty good series.
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I had that recorded to binge watch and my DVR died and had to replaced while I was in the middle of season 2. I tried to find it on demand on DirecTV but they only have season one available. I’m still waiting to see what kind of trouble the evil drunk sister gets them into. Wondering who with the out of town gambling interest and their reservation connections end up getting screwed over. I hear someone describe it as The Soprano’s with cowboy hats.
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Better Call Saul!
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Since this is The Playpen, I am going to go off topic and put this out there. These 2 Commissioners should be packing boxes today, Rob Manfred and Larry Scott.
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From Field of Dreams
Terence: The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.
Apparently Terence never met Rob Manfred. When I read his proposal I had to check the calendar to make sure it was not April Fools Day.
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It definitely hit my WTF button.
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I’ve enjoyed a ton. Lately, I’ve blown through Versailles and The Crown on Netflix. I’m waiting on season two of After Life, the Ricky Gervais show, as well as Peaky Blinders. I’ve watched a lot of British detective shows like Broadchurch, Happy Valley, The Fall, Marcella, Safe, Retribution. On Showtime, I’m going to go through the last season of Homeland, though I’m less excited for it than I used to be about previous seasons. Ray Donovan should have probably quit a year earlier, though I really loved it at first, and same for Billions.
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I really enjoyed You. I couldn’t help but root for Joe. I actually was cheering at the end of season 1 when he killed Beck. Does that make me a bad person? I read a long time ago the warning : “don’t confuse charm with character “. I think doing so is one of the most common mistakes people make. Oh yeah, the first 2 seasons of Homeland was the best TV I have ever seen. That scene in the bunker when Brody is wearing the bomb vest and is talking to his daughter was the most intense thing I have experienced watching TV.
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Epix Godfather of Harlem is really good. Only one season though. the Patriot on Amazon. A bit quirky and they cancelled it, but worth a watch.
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I’m on episode 3 of season 3 of The Expanse which is amazing sci-fi. Really solid stuff.
The wife and I have one final episode of Deadwood remaining and for the life of me, we can’t sit down together and watch it. We were going to tonight, but then someone offered me free tickets to Shovels & Rope at the Theatre, so…
We watched Fleabag which is just two seasons and short episodes. It’s brilliantly done. It’s definitely not for everyone, but it’s inventive and perceptive. I want to watch everything written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge now, so we watched the first two episodes of Killing Eve which is very promising, but I don’t have Hulu. That’s probably going to change soon.
Next on my list is Justified and season one of True Detective. By the time I get through that, the new LOTR on Amazon will probably be live.
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If you want something quick (6 episodes), I would recommend The Night Manager on Prime.
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