Streaming or currently airing TV shows (AKA Netflix thread) (7 Viewers)

[jamny]

Embarrassed to say this but in the 90s I loved the Jerry Springer show. It was a different time. My roommates and I would smoke pot and watch Springer. It was a different time. Want my fans to know I've been sober for decades. Ha ha

Netflix dropped a Springer Doc. Kinda interesting. That show was an explosion of violent television that took our culture over. Hilarious that people went on show thinking they were gonna get some type of help from Jerry. It got played out but those first few years we would watch it like WTF are we watching. Ha ha

Condolences to those participants that the show lead them to tragedy.

I wasn't a regular viewer but it was definitely a show I would stop and watch for a while when flipping around channels.

 

[beer 30]

Finally sat down last night ready to give Yellowstone a go, as I've never seen any of it. This is the one show that made everyone go sign up for Paramount+ from what I understand, and I recently discovered that I have Paramount+ as an add-on to my Prime subscription. Searched it up, hit play, and it tells me it's for purchase only. I can watch 1883, or 1792 or whatever the other show(s) are, and I can watch Landman...but Yellowstone isn't on there to stream without payment.

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

1883 is pretty great and had it come out first I think it would have made Yellowstone even better. They're connected but two separate stories. I suggest watching 1883.

It's good but very dark. I almost didn't finish it despite appreciating it.

I appreciate that it attempts to show just how f'n tough that journey was (and I'm sure it was still worse). I'd watch more stuff like this rather than Hollywood fluffing it up and glossing over the fact that death waited around just about every corner during that time not so long ago.

 

[El Floppo]

Embarrassed to say this but in the 90s I loved the Jerry Springer show. It was a different time. My roommates and I would smoke pot and watch Springer. It was a different time. Want my fans to know I've been sober for decades. Ha ha

Netflix dropped a Springer Doc. Kinda interesting. That show was an explosion of violent television that took our culture over. Hilarious that people went on show thinking they were gonna get some type of help from Jerry. It got played out but those first few years we would watch it like WTF are we watching. Ha ha

Condolences to those participants that the show lead them to tragedy.

Remember Morton Downy Jr show? Felt similar, but I'm having a hard time remembering other than his awful mug

 

[thecatch]

Finally sat down last night ready to give Yellowstone a go, as I've never seen any of it. This is the one show that made everyone go sign up for Paramount+ from what I understand, and I recently discovered that I have Paramount+ as an add-on to my Prime subscription. Searched it up, hit play, and it tells me it's for purchase only. I can watch 1883, or 1792 or whatever the other show(s) are, and I can watch Landman...but Yellowstone isn't on there to stream without payment.

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

1883 is pretty great and had it come out first I think it would have made Yellowstone even better. They're connected but two separate stories. I suggest watching 1883.

It's good but very dark. I almost didn't finish it despite appreciating it.

I appreciate that it attempts to show just how f'n tough that journey was (and I'm sure it was still worse). I'd watch more stuff like this rather than Hollywood fluffing it up and glossing over the fact that death waited around just about every corner during that time not so long ago.

Right. That's just not usually the type of show I want to unwind with in the evening when I get a chance to watch some TV.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Embarrassed to say this but in the 90s I loved the Jerry Springer show. It was a different time. My roommates and I would smoke pot and watch Springer. It was a different time. Want my fans to know I've been sober for decades. Ha ha

Netflix dropped a Springer Doc. Kinda interesting. That show was an explosion of violent television that took our culture over. Hilarious that people went on show thinking they were gonna get some type of help from Jerry. It got played out but those first few years we would watch it like WTF are we watching. Ha ha

Condolences to those participants that the show lead them to tragedy.

Remember Morton Downy Jr show? Felt similar, but I'm having a hard time remembering other than his awful mug

It was basically the same thing except Downey was the instigator of much of the insanity as opposed to the facilitator like Jerry was.

 

[Payne]

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

The first season of Yellowstone has always been on Peacock. I think it has something to do with when it first came out that Peacock had exclusive rights to the first season. After that all other seasons went to Paramount+. I didn't think you had to pay extra for the other seasons though but I could have that wrong. All that to say that Yellowstone S1 was never on P+

Paramount + didn't even exist. That's why it's on Peacock.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Finally sat down last night ready to give Yellowstone a go, as I've never seen any of it. This is the one show that made everyone go sign up for Paramount+ from what I understand, and I recently discovered that I have Paramount+ as an add-on to my Prime subscription. Searched it up, hit play, and it tells me it's for purchase only. I can watch 1883, or 1792 or whatever the other show(s) are, and I can watch Landman...but Yellowstone isn't on there to stream without payment.

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

I have P+. And couldn’t watch the most recent season of Yellowstone because it’s only on paramount. Not paramount+.

I’m over it I don’t care if I watch it

 

[Yo Mama]

Not a lot of Silo buzz in here... But it's one show I'm eager to see each week. Some of the story telling is frustrating to me in terms of focusing on one story line vs another and stretching things to the point where I want them to move it along. But over all I'm engaged and wanting see what happens next. Great world building too

Big fan but you're correct, there isn't a lot of buzz for the show in here. I read the series a few years ago so seeing it brought to the screen has been fun. I'm not usually one that remembers the nuances between book and TV/Movie so as long as it follows along with the plot pretty closely, I'm good. Enjoying it and sad that we have to hope for a season 3 now, it's just getting to the good stuff.

I'm pretty sure Apple committed to 4 seasons.

That's awesome! Current pace I don't think they tell the full story but you'll get through to the meat of it by then. Hopefully it gains a little more traction so they can finish it out from there.

As an aside, big fan of the performance the actor playing her dad is putting in. So much so that I saw him starring in a new show called "the rig" and jumped in .. looks pretty awful, sadly.

Yeah he was on Game of Thrones too.

The Rig is pretty cheesy.

 

[El Floppo]

Not a lot of Silo buzz in here... But it's one show I'm eager to see each week. Some of the story telling is frustrating to me in terms of focusing on one story line vs another and stretching things to the point where I want them to move it along. But over all I'm engaged and wanting see what happens next. Great world building too

Big fan but you're correct, there isn't a lot of buzz for the show in here. I read the series a few years ago so seeing it brought to the screen has been fun. I'm not usually one that remembers the nuances between book and TV/Movie so as long as it follows along with the plot pretty closely, I'm good. Enjoying it and sad that we have to hope for a season 3 now, it's just getting to the good stuff.

I'm pretty sure Apple committed to 4 seasons.

That's awesome! Current pace I don't think they tell the full story but you'll get through to the meat of it by then. Hopefully it gains a little more traction so they can finish it out from there.

As an aside, big fan of the performance the actor playing her dad is putting in. So much so that I saw him starring in a new show called "the rig" and jumped in .. looks pretty awful, sadly.

Yeah he was on Game of Thrones too.

The Rig is pretty cheesy.

He played his character similar in GOT, now that you mention it.

 

[beer 30]

Yeah he was on Game of Thrones too.

He played his character similar in GOT, now that you mention it.

The greatest friendzone in cinematic history

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Not a lot of Silo buzz in here... But it's one show I'm eager to see each week. Some of the story telling is frustrating to me in terms of focusing on one story line vs another and stretching things to the point where I want them to move it along. But over all I'm engaged and wanting see what happens next. Great world building too

Big fan but you're correct, there isn't a lot of buzz for the show in here. I read the series a few years ago so seeing it brought to the screen has been fun. I'm not usually one that remembers the nuances between book and TV/Movie so as long as it follows along with the plot pretty closely, I'm good. Enjoying it and sad that we have to hope for a season 3 now, it's just getting to the good stuff.

I'm pretty sure Apple committed to 4 seasons.

That's awesome! Current pace I don't think they tell the full story but you'll get through to the meat of it by then. Hopefully it gains a little more traction so they can finish it out from there.

I think likely the bulk of "Shift" will not get told in the show, but I could be wrong. I think we'll get just the broad strokes.

 

[Skipdog77]

Just started American Primeval on Netflix. Still working on episode 1 but it looks/feels like right up my Western alley.

Same. I only got about halfway through the first episode last night before some family stuff took me away, but I love the feel so far. Have to make sure I can block off proper time to watch full episodes though, don't want to piecemeal it.

 

[Zow]

Just started American Primeval on Netflix. Still working on episode 1 but it looks/feels like right up my Western alley.

I’m through two episodes. It’s not for the faint of heart (some brutal scenes). And, so far, it’s been mostly just world building and driving home the point that “anything goes” in this place and time period and that people will be killed over small things and, finally, that all characters succumb to this amorality if they want to survive. Through two episodes, they’ve made it clear. I just hope they advance a more interesting plot soon to justify what otherwise seems to just be murder porn.

 

[wlwiles]

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

The first season of Yellowstone has always been on Peacock. I think it has something to do with when it first came out that Peacock had exclusive rights to the first season. After that all other seasons went to Paramount+. I didn't think you had to pay extra for the other seasons though but I could have that wrong. All that to say that Yellowstone S1 was never on P+

I'm still piecing together how to watch it. Looks like S1 is on Peacock as you said. I have Hulu Live which includes the Paramount channel, but when I go to the "on demand" part of Hulu, only Season 5 is available. I don't have a Paramount+ subscription directly, but I do have the Paramount add-on to my Prime subscription, which I always assumed was just as good but maybe it's not. I didn't look up each season individually to see if they cost $...maybe it was just S1. Will investigate more...thanks for the heads up about S1!

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

The first season of Yellowstone has always been on Peacock. I think it has something to do with when it first came out that Peacock had exclusive rights to the first season. After that all other seasons went to Paramount+. I didn't think you had to pay extra for the other seasons though but I could have that wrong. All that to say that Yellowstone S1 was never on P+

I'm still piecing together how to watch it. Looks like S1 is on Peacock as you said. I have Hulu Live which includes the Paramount channel, but when I go to the "on demand" part of Hulu, only Season 5 is available. I don't have a Paramount+ subscription directly, but I do have the Paramount add-on to my Prime subscription, which I always assumed was just as good but maybe it's not. I didn't look up each season individually to see if they cost $...maybe it was just S1. Will investigate more...thanks for the heads up about S1!

yellowstone has seasons 1-4 and half of season 5.

 

[wlwiles]

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

The first season of Yellowstone has always been on Peacock. I think it has something to do with when it first came out that Peacock had exclusive rights to the first season. After that all other seasons went to Paramount+. I didn't think you had to pay extra for the other seasons though but I could have that wrong. All that to say that Yellowstone S1 was never on P+

I'm still piecing together how to watch it. Looks like S1 is on Peacock as you said. I have Hulu Live which includes the Paramount channel, but when I go to the "on demand" part of Hulu, only Season 5 is available. I don't have a Paramount+ subscription directly, but I do have the Paramount add-on to my Prime subscription, which I always assumed was just as good but maybe it's not. I didn't look up each season individually to see if they cost $...maybe it was just S1. Will investigate more...thanks for the heads up about S1!

yellowstone has seasons 1-4 and half of season 5.

Isn't it 5 complete seasons now? Two halves of S5, I mean...but both halves have aired now?

 

[falguy]

Missing You
Pretty standard Harlan Coben adaptation. Everyone lies, or at least holds back vital information. At some point everyone is a suspect. Its only 5 episodes so an easy watch over 1 night, or 2. If you like the others you will likely enjoy this one. Lead actress is also in Slow Horses and she's excellent.

I saw reviews complaining about the color pallet . Guess I'm not observant because I have no clue what this is about.

 

[Osaurus]

Not a lot of Silo buzz in here... But it's one show I'm eager to see each week. Some of the story telling is frustrating to me in terms of focusing on one story line vs another and stretching things to the point where I want them to move it along. But over all I'm engaged and wanting see what happens next. Great world building too

Big fan but you're correct, there isn't a lot of buzz for the show in here. I read the series a few years ago so seeing it brought to the screen has been fun. I'm not usually one that remembers the nuances between book and TV/Movie so as long as it follows along with the plot pretty closely, I'm good. Enjoying it and sad that we have to hope for a season 3 now, it's just getting to the good stuff.

I'm pretty sure Apple committed to 4 seasons.

That's awesome! Current pace I don't think they tell the full story but you'll get through to the meat of it by then. Hopefully it gains a little more traction so they can finish it out from there.

As an aside, big fan of the performance the actor playing her dad is putting in. So much so that I saw him starring in a new show called "the rig" and jumped in .. looks pretty awful, sadly.

Yeah he was on Game of Thrones too.

The Rig is pretty cheesy.

It got real weird, real fast. 2nd season out now.

 

[Gally]

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

The first season of Yellowstone has always been on Peacock. I think it has something to do with when it first came out that Peacock had exclusive rights to the first season. After that all other seasons went to Paramount+. I didn't think you had to pay extra for the other seasons though but I could have that wrong. All that to say that Yellowstone S1 was never on P+

I'm still piecing together how to watch it. Looks like S1 is on Peacock as you said. I have Hulu Live which includes the Paramount channel, but when I go to the "on demand" part of Hulu, only Season 5 is available. I don't have a Paramount+ subscription directly, but I do have the Paramount add-on to my Prime subscription, which I always assumed was just as good but maybe it's not. I didn't look up each season individually to see if they cost $...maybe it was just S1. Will investigate more...thanks for the heads up about S1!

yellowstone has seasons 1-4 and half of season 5.

Isn't it 5 complete seasons now? Two halves of S5, I mean...but both halves have aired now?

I believe S1 is on Peacock, Seasons 2-4 are on P+, and S5 is not streaming yet since it just finished. (I am not sure about S5 but 97.4% sure on the other seasons.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The Traitors UK season 3 through the first 6 episodes:

Spoiler

I can't say I'm surprised that this season has an all-female traitor group given that season 2 had all male traitors except for the first one banished.

Sisters Armani and Maia are the first pair in an English-speaking season to not hide their pre-game relationship. It didn't work out well for either of them.

Pretending to be Welsh and speaking with a fake accent all game is a choice. The cuts to Charlotte in her "hotel room" reading "Learn Welsh" are hilarious.

Linda is an awful player but an absolute f@cking gem in terms of TV entertainment. At this point the faithfuls have to be keeping her around knowing they can get rid of her just before/at the beginning of the finale.

The UK producers have always cast highly emotional players, and that worked great in the first two seasons, but I think they took it too far in this season. This cast has several people I've wanted off my screen ASAP, and that was rarely the case in the first two seasons. I did think it was interesting that they cast a person with autism who DOESN'T display emotion to go along with these people.

The remaining faithfuls are mostly idiots and if any of them win it will be due to luck, with the possible exceptions of Alexander, Fozia and Leanne. This is Minah's game to lose. She is perfectly balancing not standing out with not being so quiet that people get suspicious of you. And she has built very good relationships with many of the faithfuls.

Seems we got them mostly in agreement.

Spoiler

I'm not a fan of Linda/Opera Traitor. Not so entertaining for me. Dead weight other than it's pretty cool that a 70 year old is hanging in there.

It's pretty weird that, after 6 episodes, that there's still a handful of players with hardly any edits. Pink Hair, Soldier Barbie, Phone Sales, blondie Director, Joe/Jake/Jehoshaphat (last is not a player, but could have been for all I know) - pretty much all the guys. Two from the train obviously because they came in late. Way too many - nearly half the remainder.

Call Center Traitor is outstanding thus far.
Wonder if she recruits Soldier Barbie once Opera is booted.

I disagree in that:

Spoiler

I think Linda is great TV. So over-the-top and ridiculous without crossing the line into annoying. And she's perfect for the campy vibe of the show.

I think the only people still in the game that are truly underedited are Pink Hair Alex -- he's catching random votes now and there's never any discussion of why -- and Oldest Member of the Clique Leon -- who just seems to be a "what you see is what you get" kind of person. We know that Joe is a whiny doosh (though he's been better since the Kas sendoff) and that Jake is hung up on booting Linda -- they've gotten enough attention for those things to be memorable enough for me. Soldier Barbie Leanne we hear from enough, and we know what she's trying to keep from the others. Blondie Director Francesca was pretty underedited until episode 6, but now we know how emotional of a player she is. She's basically an older version of Livi. Speaking of which, I am so glad Livi is gone, I couldn't stand for her to be on my screen one second longer.

 

[Skipdog77]

Just started American Primeval on Netflix. Still working on episode 1 but it looks/feels like right up my Western alley.

I’m through two episodes. It’s not for the faint of heart (some brutal scenes). And, so far, it’s been mostly just world building and driving home the point that “anything goes” in this place and time period and that people will be killed over small things and, finally, that all characters succumb to this amorality if they want to survive. Through two episodes, they’ve made it clear. I just hope they advance a more interesting plot soon to justify what otherwise seems to just be murder porn.

It's written by the same guy who wrote "The Revenant" movie, so I have high hopes.

In fact it's kind of a sneaky sequel. One of the gents in Hugh Glass's trapping party was...Jim Bridger.

 

[snogger]

Finally sat down last night ready to give Yellowstone a go, as I've never seen any of it. This is the one show that made everyone go sign up for Paramount+ from what I understand, and I recently discovered that I have Paramount+ as an add-on to my Prime subscription. Searched it up, hit play, and it tells me it's for purchase only. I can watch 1883, or 1792 or whatever the other show(s) are, and I can watch Landman...but Yellowstone isn't on there to stream without payment.

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

1883 is pretty great and had it come out first I think it would have made Yellowstone even better. They're connected but two separate stories. I suggest watching 1883.

Still they jumped right from that period to 1923. I wanted to see more of the old west.

 

[Zow]

Missing You
Pretty standard Harlan Coben adaptation. Everyone lies, or at least holds back vital information. At some point everyone is a suspect. Its only 5 episodes so an easy watch over 1 night, or 2. If you like the others you will likely enjoy this one. Lead actress is also in Slow Horses and she's excellent.

I saw reviews complaining about the color pallet . Guess I'm not observant because I have no clue what this is about.

Yep to all this. Standard Coben.

 

[Tick]

Not a lot of Silo buzz in here... But it's one show I'm eager to see each week. Some of the story telling is frustrating to me in terms of focusing on one story line vs another and stretching things to the point where I want them to move it along. But over all I'm engaged and wanting see what happens next. Great world building too

Big fan but you're correct, there isn't a lot of buzz for the show in here. I read the series a few years ago so seeing it brought to the screen has been fun. I'm not usually one that remembers the nuances between book and TV/Movie so as long as it follows along with the plot pretty closely, I'm good. Enjoying it and sad that we have to hope for a season 3 now, it's just getting to the good stuff.

I'm pretty sure Apple committed to 4 seasons.

That's awesome! Current pace I don't think they tell the full story but you'll get through to the meat of it by then. Hopefully it gains a little more traction so they can finish it out from there.

As an aside, big fan of the performance the actor playing her dad is putting in. So much so that I saw him starring in a new show called "the rig" and jumped in .. looks pretty awful, sadly.

I somehow made it through the first season of The Rig. Don't make the same mistake.

 

[FarFromHome]

I'm super trigger happy with tv shows early on.

That Dirty Black Bag. Tried it. Wanted to like it. Just wasnt feeling any of the characters at all. Dumped it after 1 episode.

Just started Interview With a Vampire. I was deployed to Bosnia and took 9 Anne Rice books. Loved them. 1st episode was solid for me. Greyworm!!! I actually liked the actor who played Lestat here. Solid production. They spent some money. I'm hopeful it keeps me interested.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

The first season of Yellowstone has always been on Peacock. I think it has something to do with when it first came out that Peacock had exclusive rights to the first season. After that all other seasons went to Paramount+. I didn't think you had to pay extra for the other seasons though but I could have that wrong. All that to say that Yellowstone S1 was never on P+

I'm still piecing together how to watch it. Looks like S1 is on Peacock as you said. I have Hulu Live which includes the Paramount channel, but when I go to the "on demand" part of Hulu, only Season 5 is available. I don't have a Paramount+ subscription directly, but I do have the Paramount add-on to my Prime subscription, which I always assumed was just as good but maybe it's not. I didn't look up each season individually to see if they cost $...maybe it was just S1. Will investigate more...thanks for the heads up about S1!

yellowstone has seasons 1-4 and half of season 5.

Isn't it 5 complete seasons now? Two halves of S5, I mean...but both halves have aired now?

I believe S1 is on Peacock, Seasons 2-4 are on P+, and S5 is not streaming yet since it just finished. (I am not sure about S5 but 97.4% sure on the other seasons.

drunk me messed up that post. Peacock has seasons 1-4 and half of season 5 i watched the second half using my kids youtube tv, not sure who else has the replays but youtube tv did

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Just started American Primeval on Netflix. Still working on episode 1 but it looks/feels like right up my Western alley.

I’m through two episodes. It’s not for the faint of heart (some brutal scenes). And, so far, it’s been mostly just world building and driving home the point that “anything goes” in this place and time period and that people will be killed over small things and, finally, that all characters succumb to this amorality if they want to survive. Through two episodes, they’ve made it clear. I just hope they advance a more interesting plot soon to justify what otherwise seems to just be murder porn.

My wife and I just started this, and we're just through episode 2 as well. It's a good show so far, and I'll definitely stick with it if it's only six episodes. That said, "murder porn" is a pretty good description. It's a pretty-looking show, but there's such a thing as being too violent, and this show is over the line for me personally.

 

[Zow]

Just started American Primeval on Netflix. Still working on episode 1 but it looks/feels like right up my Western alley.

I’m through two episodes. It’s not for the faint of heart (some brutal scenes). And, so far, it’s been mostly just world building and driving home the point that “anything goes” in this place and time period and that people will be killed over small things and, finally, that all characters succumb to this amorality if they want to survive. Through two episodes, they’ve made it clear. I just hope they advance a more interesting plot soon to justify what otherwise seems to just be murder porn.

My wife and I just started this, and we're just through episode 2 as well. It's a good show so far, and I'll definitely stick with it if it's only six episodes. That said, "murder porn" is a pretty good description. It's a pretty-looking show, but there's such a thing as being too violent, and this show is over the line for me personally.

I watched episodes three and four last night. It does get better in terms of plot and character development and some likeable characters do develop (Abish, Dellinger, Badger, etc.). The brutality doesn't slow much but some of it is earned more so than I thought in the first couple of episodes. I do hope it's only six episodes though because - and I truly think I can handle violence/sexual assault better than the average viewer - I genuinely don't want to see much more of it. For those who haven't watch yet, the depiction of women and children being murdered or hurt is fully displayed.

After four episodes, I am also curious as to BYU's and the LDS faith's reaction to the show. I won't explain why for now as it may be a slight spoiler.

 

[beer 30]

In fact it's kind of a sneaky sequel. One of the gents in Hugh Glass's trapping party was...Jim Bridger.

Nice tie in. About halfway through episode 5, like it. Only thing I can say definitively at this point is I would have shot the woman & the boy by now and just moved on. I'm not sure they could be more annoying.

 

[brun]

In fact it's kind of a sneaky sequel. One of the gents in Hugh Glass's trapping party was...Jim Bridger.

Nice tie in. About halfway through episode 5, like it. Only thing I can say definitively at this point is I would have shot the woman & the boy by now and just moved on. I'm not sure they could be more annoying.

Finished the series. Liked it a lot. I thought the kid was ok but the mom consistent refusal to do what smarter people tell her is really annoying.

Abish was great at using direct observation instead of blindly relying on dogma. My favorite character.

 

[Skipdog77]

In fact it's kind of a sneaky sequel. One of the gents in Hugh Glass's trapping party was...Jim Bridger.

Nice tie in. About halfway through episode 5, like it. Only thing I can say definitively at this point is I would have shot the woman & the boy by now and just moved on. I'm not sure they could be more annoying.

I'm only through episode 2 and I'm hoping a buffalo tramples the mom at some point.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Watched first 2 episodes of The Pitt. Liking it so far.

 

[The Gator]

Watched first 2 episodes of The Pitt. Liking it so far.

Same same

 

[General Malaise]

Finally sat down last night ready to give Yellowstone a go, as I've never seen any of it. This is the one show that made everyone go sign up for Paramount+ from what I understand, and I recently discovered that I have Paramount+ as an add-on to my Prime subscription. Searched it up, hit play, and it tells me it's for purchase only. I can watch 1883, or 1792 or whatever the other show(s) are, and I can watch Landman...but Yellowstone isn't on there to stream without payment.

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

I have P+. And couldn’t watch the most recent season of Yellowstone because it’s only on paramount. Not paramount+.

I’m over it I don’t care if I watch it

You're not missing anything. Yellowstone is essentially Falcon Crest or Dallas for cowboys. Some of the story lines are preposterous...letting bulls into a dive bar, Kevin Costner having his terminal cancer cured by a horse vet, using dynamite to divert the course of a river, random explosions that tend to happen when one guy is driving his pick-up truck deep in thought and so much murder that nobody seems to ever investigate, chasing a pack of wolves, and on and on and on and on.

 

[General Malaise]

Started watching episodes of Curb on MAX and noticed that they now interrupt the show with commercials. WTF?

 

[foxco]

Started watching episodes of Curb on MAX and noticed that they now interrupt the show with commercials. WTF?

Depends on your subscription, they have a no add version for like $16 a month I think.

 

[General Malaise]

Started watching episodes of Curb on MAX and noticed that they now interrupt the show with commercials. WTF?

Depends on your subscription, they have a no add version for like $16 a month I think.

Well, considering I'm 'borrowing' a sub, I really have no room for complaints, but it takes away from the enjoyment of the show for sure.

 

[Scoresman]

I don't agree with all the criticism of Squid Game season 2. I thought the new characters were mostly great, and Gi-hun is a legit badass now. The new games were cool, and they seem to be setting it up well to end with Season 3.

 

[Zow]

Finally sat down last night ready to give Yellowstone a go, as I've never seen any of it. This is the one show that made everyone go sign up for Paramount+ from what I understand, and I recently discovered that I have Paramount+ as an add-on to my Prime subscription. Searched it up, hit play, and it tells me it's for purchase only. I can watch 1883, or 1792 or whatever the other show(s) are, and I can watch Landman...but Yellowstone isn't on there to stream without payment.

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

I have P+. And couldn’t watch the most recent season of Yellowstone because it’s only on paramount. Not paramount+.

I’m over it I don’t care if I watch it

You're not missing anything. Yellowstone is essentially Falcon Crest or Dallas for cowboys. Some of the story lines are preposterous...letting bulls into a dive bar, Kevin Costner having his terminal cancer cured by a horse vet, using dynamite to divert the course of a river, random explosions that tend to happen when one guy is driving his pick-up truck deep in thought and so much murder that nobody seems to ever investigate, chasing a pack of wolves, and on and on and on and on.

And the fact that the Duttons are a criminal street gang equivalent to the Bloods or the Vagos. They just happen to be white so their awfulness seems more glorified.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Finally sat down last night ready to give Yellowstone a go, as I've never seen any of it. This is the one show that made everyone go sign up for Paramount+ from what I understand, and I recently discovered that I have Paramount+ as an add-on to my Prime subscription. Searched it up, hit play, and it tells me it's for purchase only. I can watch 1883, or 1792 or whatever the other show(s) are, and I can watch Landman...but Yellowstone isn't on there to stream without payment.

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

I have P+. And couldn’t watch the most recent season of Yellowstone because it’s only on paramount. Not paramount+.

I’m over it I don’t care if I watch it

You're not missing anything. Yellowstone is essentially Falcon Crest or Dallas for cowboys. Some of the story lines are preposterous...letting bulls into a dive bar, Kevin Costner having his terminal cancer cured by a horse vet, using dynamite to divert the course of a river, random explosions that tend to happen when one guy is driving his pick-up truck deep in thought and so much murder that nobody seems to ever investigate, chasing a pack of wolves, and on and on and on and on.

We’ve seen all of the seasons except the most recent one. With the long delay and not being able to watch on paramount + and having to wait even longer…meh

 

[rustycolts]

In fact it's kind of a sneaky sequel. One of the gents in Hugh Glass's trapping party was...Jim Bridger.

Nice tie in. About halfway through episode 5, like it. Only thing I can say definitively at this point is I would have shot the woman & the boy by now and just moved on. I'm not sure they could be more annoying.

Finished the series. Liked it a lot. I thought the kid was ok but the mom consistent refusal to do what smarter people tell her is really annoying.

Abish was great at using direct observation instead of blindly relying on dogma. My favorite character.

I really enjoyed it. I'm a big history buff,this show made me realize I know next to nothing about Joseph Smith and the Mormons from that time period. Going to have to do a little reading.

 

[Todem]

Finally tapped into LANDMAN.
Made it through Episode 6. I suspect anything I add here has already been chewed over.

I love Billy Bob Thornton in just about anything he's been in. I think he's great in this show. Just about every piece of dialogue he spits out is quote worthy.
Big downside to this show, the wife and daughter. My god they drag this show down. Awful. Awful characters, awful acting.

Agreed. Wife and I loved the show but those two are ridiculous and it takes all the great going on around their escapades and cheapens it. Sure they are great to look at…..but come on.

Looking forward to season 2.

On another note we loved Squid Game S2. The show is simply great and we watch in the native language with subtitles otherwise it loses everything. Such rich characters and I read this was supposed to be part of season 1.

We also watched a fantastic limited series on Peacock (5 episodes) on the Lockerbee tragedy on the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Colin Firth. Amazing folks. A must watch.

 

[Riffraff]

Great write-ups, although I don't agree with your commentary on the champions section. I thought this was a great season and am looking forward to the All-Stars season coming up next.

I called it a heck of a season = great. I'll watch it again someday.

I didn't care for the final task involving a motorized device. Earlier in the tasks, sure, but the last leg was a downer compared to other Challenge finales. Doesn't diminish the entire show though.

If the social/arguing part of the show is enticing for entertainment (not my thing), they just had their season 40 Re-union, part 1. Ignites the heated parts of the show. Part 2 = more of the same.

All-Stars and any Challenge World Championship seasons are usually ones that rise above the rest.

 

[beer 30]

In fact it's kind of a sneaky sequel. One of the gents in Hugh Glass's trapping party was...Jim Bridger.

Nice tie in. About halfway through episode 5, like it. Only thing I can say definitively at this point is I would have shot the woman & the boy by now and just moved on. I'm not sure they could be more annoying.

Finished the series. Liked it a lot. I thought the kid was ok but the mom consistent refusal to do what smarter people tell her is really annoying.

Abish was great at using direct observation instead of blindly relying on dogma. My favorite character.

I really enjoyed it. I'm a big history buff,this show made me realize I know next to nothing about Joseph Smith and the Mormons from that time period. Going to have to do a little reading.

Finished it up last night, enjoyed it and I'll echo your statement, I know pretty much zero about that whole movement. In my defense, I've never really been in interested in any of it either but I kinda am now.

As for the show, it was certainly violent. I think most was probably warranted but you don't fight everyone you meet to the death. I also think the events depicted happened over a long expanse of time and the condensed version of the story just makes it a little harder to believe. There are other nits to pick but I'm fine with the poetic license. I'd watch a season two if there was one.

 

[Riffraff]

Beast Games Ep 6

Spoiler: You decide your fate

Resumes showing the 2 battling for the island. 1 wins and continues on for the $5mil to go with their $1.8mil island. The other is eliminated.

52 remain - at least half will be going home

The 52 get to decide which of 3 groups they want to compete in:
1. Physical (17)
2. Mental (19)
3. Chance (16)
Pretty even on the groups.

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2. Mental
- Everyone sits at school desks - to take a 15 minute test (20 questions) to find out who's the smartest and the least. Odd number of players means least smartest is eliminated. (was wondering if any went straight to the last page to see if there was a twist or key). Seemed like a third to half finished it. Someone got 19 of 20. Second place had 17. Last place... eliminated.

- Head to head trivia - #1 picks their opponent and the category and so on down the line. #1 lost to the lowest scorer. LOL There was a nice battle about ethical play that makes good TV.
9 remain

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3. Chance
- Spin a wheel to determine how many get eliminated. Could be 0 and all move on. Could be all 16. Unlucky - 12 will be eliminated (it hovered towards 14 and swung back a notch). Prior to participants picking a platform (same as Ep 1) to stand on, show runners ran bingo balls to pick the drop order of the platforms. Every 5 trapdoors, they can move if they want. Hope you picked the last 4 bingo balls!
4 remain (includes the island winner)

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1. Physical
- Push-ups to decide 2 captains
- School yard pick their teams - 1 extra means they get eliminated. Two teams (Orange and Pink) will compete in 3 categories:

- Strength - pull a monster truck down a course with a large speed bump in it. Orange had a big lead but neither made it over the speed bump on the first try. Tied up. Orange team gets it over the speed bump... but there are 4 tires and not enough momentum. 2nd set of tires stuck. Pink team figures out how to create force with their midsections and legs instead of arms and takes the lead. Come from behind win. 1-0 Pink

- Speed - 1vs1 sprint to grab flags. Each flag is further than the previous. First team to 5 wins. Orange dominates 5-1. Tied 1-1

- Stamina - 1 representative for each team hangs from a bar 40 feet in the air. Loser's team is eliminated. Grammy Award Winner that won push-ups (no other nominee) vs guy practicing hang time for Survivor (got himself chosen over a Rock Climber). 1 steady and 1 squirmer... end of episode. 8 will remain


Yellow Lambo next episode.
21 will remain in the battle for $5mil

 

[General Malaise]

In fact it's kind of a sneaky sequel. One of the gents in Hugh Glass's trapping party was...Jim Bridger.

Nice tie in. About halfway through episode 5, like it. Only thing I can say definitively at this point is I would have shot the woman & the boy by now and just moved on. I'm not sure they could be more annoying.

Finished the series. Liked it a lot. I thought the kid was ok but the mom consistent refusal to do what smarter people tell her is really annoying.

Abish was great at using direct observation instead of blindly relying on dogma. My favorite character.

I really enjoyed it. I'm a big history buff,this show made me realize I know next to nothing about Joseph Smith and the Mormons from that time period. Going to have to do a little reading.

That's by design.

 

[wlwiles]

Finally sat down last night ready to give Yellowstone a go, as I've never seen any of it. This is the one show that made everyone go sign up for Paramount+ from what I understand, and I recently discovered that I have Paramount+ as an add-on to my Prime subscription. Searched it up, hit play, and it tells me it's for purchase only. I can watch 1883, or 1792 or whatever the other show(s) are, and I can watch Landman...but Yellowstone isn't on there to stream without payment.

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

I have P+. And couldn’t watch the most recent season of Yellowstone because it’s only on paramount. Not paramount+.

I’m over it I don’t care if I watch it

You're not missing anything. Yellowstone is essentially Falcon Crest or Dallas for cowboys. Some of the story lines are preposterous...letting bulls into a dive bar, Kevin Costner having his terminal cancer cured by a horse vet, using dynamite to divert the course of a river, random explosions that tend to happen when one guy is driving his pick-up truck deep in thought and so much murder that nobody seems to ever investigate, chasing a pack of wolves, and on and on and on and on.

And the fact that the Duttons are a criminal street gang equivalent to the Bloods or the Vagos. They just happen to be white so their awfulness seems more glorified.

Before I started watching it someone told me it's just Sons of Anarchy on a ranch with horses instead of motorcycles. I liked SoA and I can suspend belief pretty well so figured I'll give it a try. 3 episodes deep on Peacock so far...

For any Yellowstone-universe fans. I understand 1883 is a one-season show that's kind of a prequel to Yellowstone, and it aired in the middle of Yellowstone's initial run (so not intended to be watched after the fact)? Should I have watched it first? Or when is a good time to do that one?

 

[Golden Gopher]

Finally tapped into LANDMAN.
Made it through Episode 6. I suspect anything I add here has already been chewed over.

I love Billy Bob Thornton in just about anything he's been in. I think he's great in this show. Just about every piece of dialogue he spits out is quote worthy.
Big downside to this show, the wife and daughter. My god they drag this show down. Awful. Awful characters, awful acting.

Agreed. Wife and I loved the show but those two are ridiculous and it takes all the great going on around their escapades and cheapens it. Sure they are great to look at…..but come on.

Looking forward to season 2.

On another note we loved Squid Game S2. The show is simply great and we watch in the native language with subtitles otherwise it loses everything. Such rich characters and I read this was supposed to be part of season 1.

We also watched a fantastic limited series on Peacock (5 episodes) on the Lockerbee tragedy on the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Colin Firth. Amazing folks. A must watch.

Agreed on Landman. Billy Bob makes he show. It's pretty good despite the wife/daughter, not because of them.

Also watched the Lockerbee series, which was fascinating. Really enjoy some of the things Colin Firth has done lately (The Staircase is another one that I thought was very well done).

 

[Zow]

American Primeval (Netflix) - 6.5/10.

I traveled for work this week so was able to binge this series ("AP") when I had some downtime. This series is created by the same people who did The Revenant and is even set in the same world a few decades later (Bridge, one of AP's best characters, was the kid from The Revenant). In short, the plot is pretty simple: a mom and her son are trying to get from the east coast to a town called "Crooks Springs" where the boy's dad lives and is talked about like it's the land of milk and honey. However, to get there, they need to cross the southern Utah terrain where the US Government, the Mormons, and multiple Native American tribes are all fighting for the control of the land. Mom and son come across Bridger's outpost near the disputed territory and get introduced to Isaac, a loner with an obvious tortured pass. While he doesn't agree initially, he eventually agrees to guide them to Crooks Springs amongst the ongoing warfare. Oh, and the mother has a bounty out for her from the east coast because she apparently killed a guy so there are bounty hunters interested in her, too.

That's it - that's basically the plot. Which I suppose is fine. The acting throughout the series is overall good (Taylor Kisch does a nice job playing the mysterious superhero, the Badger character is fantastic, the child actors do well, and the antagonists are well acted). Further, the scenery is good. However, what separates this series from The Revenant and justifies my rating is that the series' violence and brutality (especially towards women and children) are so over the top that it doesn't offset the positives about the show. I mean, we're talking 300 or Sin City level violence and gore but unlike those movies where the directors are smart enough to make those scenes almost cartoonish, AP maintains its ultra-serious, ultra-realistic presentation so it's just a really uncomfortable watch. Perhaps I erred by binging the series (watched in three sessions so two episodes per) but even though the middle episodes do have some good character development I just wanted the series to end because I was over the violence. And I say this as a viewer who, I believe, has a significantly higher tolerance from on-screen sensitive content. In other words, I'm probably this show's demographic and it was even too much for me and I desperately wanted it to end so I could leave the world protrayed.

Additionally, the show fails because it contains too mainly of the standard tropes such as a main character who makes objectively bad decisions (with a finally decision that arguably underscores the gravity of what happened in the very scene prior), the plot becomes predictable, the hero and villains are almost superhuman (which doesn't work when it's supposed to be a realistic depiction), and the villains are so pure evil that, again, it loses its realiism.*

Ultimately, I wouldn't say that one shouldn't view this show and those that really like The Revenant will appreciate the scenery, characters, and harshness of the setting of AP, but I do want to caution you that it isn't for the faint of heart in the least bit.


...slight spoiler below (though I don't think I'm giving anything away)....



*The main antagonists are the Mormons and Brigham Young. They are portrayed as horrific monsters . I also believe their portrayal may not be consistent with actual history and assuming my understanding is correct, I did find it distasteful to villainize a prominent religious group in this country for no real reason. In other words, while there are many legitimate reasons to be critical of the LDS faith and its religious beliefs, etc., demonizing one of their most prominent figures when such is not supportive by historical fact seems unnecessary and, frankly, juvenile considering the series seems to take itself very seriously by using real life characters and injecting no humor whatsoever into the show.

 

[Zow]

Finally sat down last night ready to give Yellowstone a go, as I've never seen any of it. This is the one show that made everyone go sign up for Paramount+ from what I understand, and I recently discovered that I have Paramount+ as an add-on to my Prime subscription. Searched it up, hit play, and it tells me it's for purchase only. I can watch 1883, or 1792 or whatever the other show(s) are, and I can watch Landman...but Yellowstone isn't on there to stream without payment.

Went to the Just Watch app to see where it is, and now I need a Peacock subscription. Getting sick to death of these dang shows changing platforms all the time.

I have P+. And couldn’t watch the most recent season of Yellowstone because it’s only on paramount. Not paramount+.

I’m over it I don’t care if I watch it

You're not missing anything. Yellowstone is essentially Falcon Crest or Dallas for cowboys. Some of the story lines are preposterous...letting bulls into a dive bar, Kevin Costner having his terminal cancer cured by a horse vet, using dynamite to divert the course of a river, random explosions that tend to happen when one guy is driving his pick-up truck deep in thought and so much murder that nobody seems to ever investigate, chasing a pack of wolves, and on and on and on and on.

And the fact that the Duttons are a criminal street gang equivalent to the Bloods or the Vagos. They just happen to be white so their awfulness seems more glorified.

Before I started watching it someone told me it's just Sons of Anarchy on a ranch with horses instead of motorcycles. I liked SoA and I can suspend belief pretty well so figured I'll give it a try. 3 episodes deep on Peacock so far...

For any Yellowstone-universe fans. I understand 1883 is a one-season show that's kind of a prequel to Yellowstone, and it aired in the middle of Yellowstone's initial run (so not intended to be watched after the fact)? Should I have watched it first? Or when is a good time to do that one?

I like that analogy.