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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.
In terms of the spoiler, most of the stuff it shows LDS doing was from similar stories from the time period. LDS and the US did fight a “war” and both sides were brutal.
 
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?
It's kinda stand alone but if I was telling a new watcher the order to see them it would be chronologically: 1883, 1923, Yellowstone. You can watch them all separately and jumbled however you like but my OCD dictates it's a cleaner watch if you do them in order.
 
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?
It's kinda stand alone but if I was telling a new watcher the order to see them it would be chronologically: 1883, 1923, Yellowstone. You can watch them all separately and jumbled however you like but my OCD dictates it's a cleaner watch if you do them in order.
1883 and Yellowstone are tied together at the ending of the latter. I think Yellowstone's ending is better if you've seen 1883.
 
I was looking for some brainless action flick, and settled on the Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz "Back in Action". I overshot my goal. Bad writing, extremely predictable, and the acting was subpar.

Somehow made it thru the whole 2 hours. I laughed a couple of times. 5.5 out of 10.
 
I was looking for some brainless action flick, and settled on the Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz "Back in Action". I overshot my goal. Bad writing, extremely predictable, and the acting was subpar.

Somehow made it thru the whole 2 hours. I laughed a couple of times. 5.5 out of 10.
I've heard nothing but bad things about that one.

If you're looking for brainless mayhem on Netflix, I suggest Carter. The action/stunts in that are top notch.
 
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.
Meaning? Are you saying intentionally left out of lesson plans during the 60s and 70s. I think they don't put enough emphasis on history now in public schools but thought it was taught pretty well then.
 
Nobody Wants This - This is one heck of a good rom com series on Netflix. Good, not great, but does the job of wanting me to want the two leads to get together. A rabbi just off of a breakup of a long-term relationship meets a girl at a party and they hit it off. It's mostly quirky smile humor, but dang there are some belly laughs in this.
 
Now for some bad Rom Com - I was doing a search on Amazon and ran across Jewtopia and thought why haven't I seen this? There's a non-Jewish guy working with his Jewish best friend to win the heart of his Jewish dream girl (Jennifer Love Hewitt). In addition to JLH, lots of recognizable faces (Peter Storemare playing a redneck!, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Nicolette Sheridan, Jon Lovitz, the dude who did the robot noises in Grandma's Boy, Rita Wilson, etc.). Sounded like some fun, light fare. This movie is a giant turd. I bounced at the half-way mark, I couldn't take it anymore.
 
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.
The "westward migration" period of the US is so much more interesting than what I learned in high school and college history. The problem is that in normal US history classes, the civil war and reconstruction pretty much completely dominate this era, so things like the Mexican-American war get overshadowed. It's kind of mind-blowing to tune out slavery and just focus on how Europeans and, later, Americans spread to the interior of the continent.

For example, the show portrays Mormons in kind of an unduly harsh* light if you know their history, but it's basically accurate that they fled the United States to start up a theocratic society in a lawless tract of land. They fled to Mexico and then promptly got annexed right back into the US, but the US government had very little ability to project any sort of force west of the Missouri river, so they really were sort of independent for quite some time. When the US did send troops in to pacify the Utah territory, they had to pull them back out because the civil war started and the Army needed those troops. I get the impression that the civil war and reconstruction greatly slowed down our ability to pacify the Lakota and Comanche as well. Again, it's weird to realize that the US was fighting wars against indigenous tribes with stone age technology at the same time that they were fighting the civil war.

In other words, the western part of the US was basically Fallout: New Vegas, only for real. Our history teachers managed to make that boring.

* Although, the massacre depicted on the show was actually worse in real life. I didn't know that until I read up on it a couple of days ago. Basically, the Mormons beseiged the wagon train for several days, tricked folks into surrendering, and them killed everyone except the little kids.
 
Till Death - (Netflix) Megan Fox is handcuffed to her dead husband in a secluded cabin, and has to evade some dudes up to no good.

Look. I know....I know...Yes, I hear you and I get it. But I liked it. If you let it wash over you, you'll have a much better time.

It's not a classic, but it's about as good as this kind of thing can be done. So if you like "cat and mouse" style thrillers, this might be your jam.
 
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.
The "westward migration" period of the US is so much more interesting than what I learned in high school and college history. The problem is that in normal US history classes, the civil war and reconstruction pretty much completely dominate this era, so things like the Mexican-American war get overshadowed. It's kind of mind-blowing to tune out slavery and just focus on how Europeans and, later, Americans spread to the interior of the continent.

For example, the show portrays Mormons in kind of an unduly harsh* light if you know their history, but it's basically accurate that they fled the United States to start up a theocratic society in a lawless tract of land. They fled to Mexico and then promptly got annexed right back into the US, but the US government had very little ability to project any sort of force west of the Missouri river, so they really were sort of independent for quite some time. When the US did send troops in to pacify the Utah territory, they had to pull them back out because the civil war started and the Army needed those troops. I get the impression that the civil war and reconstruction greatly slowed down our ability to pacify the Lakota and Comanche as well. Again, it's weird to realize that the US was fighting wars against indigenous tribes with stone age technology at the same time that they were fighting the civil war.

In other words, the western part of the US was basically Fallout: New Vegas, only for real. Our history teachers managed to make that boring.

* Although, the massacre depicted on the show was actually worse in real life. I didn't know that until I read up on it a couple of days ago. Basically, the Mormons beseiged the wagon train for several days, tricked folks into surrendering, and them killed everyone except the little kids.
Moutain meadows massacre.

 
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.
The "westward migration" period of the US is so much more interesting than what I learned in high school and college history. The problem is that in normal US history classes, the civil war and reconstruction pretty much completely dominate this era, so things like the Mexican-American war get overshadowed. It's kind of mind-blowing to tune out slavery and just focus on how Europeans and, later, Americans spread to the interior of the continent.

For example, the show portrays Mormons in kind of an unduly harsh* light if you know their history, but it's basically accurate that they fled the United States to start up a theocratic society in a lawless tract of land. They fled to Mexico and then promptly got annexed right back into the US, but the US government had very little ability to project any sort of force west of the Missouri river, so they really were sort of independent for quite some time. When the US did send troops in to pacify the Utah territory, they had to pull them back out because the civil war started and the Army needed those troops. I get the impression that the civil war and reconstruction greatly slowed down our ability to pacify the Lakota and Comanche as well. Again, it's weird to realize that the US was fighting wars against indigenous tribes with stone age technology at the same time that they were fighting the civil war.

In other words, the western part of the US was basically Fallout: New Vegas, only for real. Our history teachers managed to make that boring.

* Although, the massacre depicted on the show was actually worse in real life. I didn't know that until I read up on it a couple of days ago. Basically, the Mormons beseiged the wagon train for several days, tricked folks into surrendering, and them killed everyone except the little kids.
What show is being discussed here?
 
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.
The "westward migration" period of the US is so much more interesting than what I learned in high school and college history. The problem is that in normal US history classes, the civil war and reconstruction pretty much completely dominate this era, so things like the Mexican-American war get overshadowed. It's kind of mind-blowing to tune out slavery and just focus on how Europeans and, later, Americans spread to the interior of the continent.

For example, the show portrays Mormons in kind of an unduly harsh* light if you know their history, but it's basically accurate that they fled the United States to start up a theocratic society in a lawless tract of land. They fled to Mexico and then promptly got annexed right back into the US, but the US government had very little ability to project any sort of force west of the Missouri river, so they really were sort of independent for quite some time. When the US did send troops in to pacify the Utah territory, they had to pull them back out because the civil war started and the Army needed those troops. I get the impression that the civil war and reconstruction greatly slowed down our ability to pacify the Lakota and Comanche as well. Again, it's weird to realize that the US was fighting wars against indigenous tribes with stone age technology at the same time that they were fighting the civil war.

In other words, the western part of the US was basically Fallout: New Vegas, only for real. Our history teachers managed to make that boring.

* Although, the massacre depicted on the show was actually worse in real life. I didn't know that until I read up on it a couple of days ago. Basically, the Mormons beseiged the wagon train for several days, tricked folks into surrendering, and them killed everyone except the little kids.
What show is being discussed here?

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.
The "westward migration" period of the US is so much more interesting than what I learned in high school and college history. The problem is that in normal US history classes, the civil war and reconstruction pretty much completely dominate this era, so things like the Mexican-American war get overshadowed. It's kind of mind-blowing to tune out slavery and just focus on how Europeans and, later, Americans spread to the interior of the continent.

For example, the show portrays Mormons in kind of an unduly harsh* light if you know their history, but it's basically accurate that they fled the United States to start up a theocratic society in a lawless tract of land. They fled to Mexico and then promptly got annexed right back into the US, but the US government had very little ability to project any sort of force west of the Missouri river, so they really were sort of independent for quite some time. When the US did send troops in to pacify the Utah territory, they had to pull them back out because the civil war started and the Army needed those troops. I get the impression that the civil war and reconstruction greatly slowed down our ability to pacify the Lakota and Comanche as well. Again, it's weird to realize that the US was fighting wars against indigenous tribes with stone age technology at the same time that they were fighting the civil war.

In other words, the western part of the US was basically Fallout: New Vegas, only for real. Our history teachers managed to make that boring.

* Although, the massacre depicted on the show was actually worse in real life. I didn't know that until I read up on it a couple of days ago. Basically, the Mormons beseiged the wagon train for several days, tricked folks into surrendering, and them killed everyone except the little kids.
What show is being discussed here?
American Primeval
 
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?
It's kinda stand alone but if I was telling a new watcher the order to see them it would be chronologically: 1883, 1923, Yellowstone. You can watch them all separately and jumbled however you like but my OCD dictates it's a cleaner watch if you do them in order.
Thanks, that makes total sense. But my OCD isn't gonna let me stop Yellowstone after just 3 episodes to go watch 1883, so I will do it at the end of the first season :lmao:
 
Started 12 Monkeys last night. After the first episode, this seems… promising.

great movie, why the resistance for this long?

Just too many things to watch. Haven't gotten around to it until now.
Great freaking movie and Willis and Pitt putting on a master class in great acting.

Are you talking about the tv series? Or the movie. I never watched the series.

The series. The movie is an all-timer. Only watched the opener, but it seems to have the same general plot. Will be interesting how they stretch this to 4 seasons, especially because the pacing of the opener was really fast.
 
Started 12 Monkeys last night. After the first episode, this seems… promising.

great movie, why the resistance for this long?

Just too many things to watch. Haven't gotten around to it until now.
Great freaking movie and Willis and Pitt putting on a master class in great acting.

Are you talking about the tv series? Or the movie. I never watched the series.

The series. The movie is an all-timer. Only watched the opener, but it seems to have the same general plot. Will be interesting how they stretch this to 4 seasons, especially because the pacing of the opener was really fast.
Where is it streaming ?
 
Started 12 Monkeys last night. After the first episode, this seems… promising.

great movie, why the resistance for this long?

Just too many things to watch. Haven't gotten around to it until now.
Great freaking movie and Willis and Pitt putting on a master class in great acting.

Are you talking about the tv series? Or the movie. I never watched the series.

The series. The movie is an all-timer. Only watched the opener, but it seems to have the same general plot. Will be interesting how they stretch this to 4 seasons, especially because the pacing of the opener was really fast.
Where is it streaming ?

When I searched, it looked only available to purchase, so I’m using Stremio+RD.
 
Started 12 Monkeys last night. After the first episode, this seems… promising.

great movie, why the resistance for this long?

Just too many things to watch. Haven't gotten around to it until now.
Great freaking movie and Willis and Pitt putting on a master class in great acting.

Are you talking about the tv series? Or the movie. I never watched the series.

The series. The movie is an all-timer. Only watched the opener, but it seems to have the same general plot. Will be interesting how they stretch this to 4 seasons, especially because the pacing of the opener was really fast.
Been a while since I saw the series, but it gets crazy after the first season.
 
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?
You can watch 1883 as a stand alone. I think it was a zillion times better, and practically a different genre, than Yellowstone.
 
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?
You can watch 1883 as a stand alone. I think it was a zillion times better, and practically a different genre, than Yellowstone.
It was great until that girl turned into a …well…I don’t really want to get banned
 
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For the reality game show peeps - Deal or No Deal Island
Season 2 has started, but I watched Season 1.

Mixture of the original show and Survivor if it had lobster, shrimp, and iced tea. Lots of iced tea. But alas, ran out of bananas.
Survivor's Boston Rob was a contestant. Aron (yes, one R) was quite the character.

Not too bad of a show. Got to see some different survivor style techniques and alliances going on.
Some physical challenges, some mental. Couple of people to root for, some definitely not so much.
Biggest prize fund in Deal or No Deal history. The Banker was a "surprise guest."
 
The Penguin (Max) stayed good, I liked it all the way through... that was a brutal final scene with him.

I'm not a Theo Rossi fan, though. I get that he looks like an illustration from a comic book, but quit putting him in things.
 
For the reality game show peeps - Deal or No Deal Island
Season 2 has started, but I watched Season 1.

Mixture of the original show and Survivor if it had lobster, shrimp, and iced tea. Lots of iced tea. But alas, ran out of bananas.
Survivor's Boston Rob was a contestant. Aron (yes, one R) was quite the character.

Not too bad of a show. Got to see some different survivor style techniques and alliances going on.
Some physical challenges, some mental. Couple of people to root for, some definitely not so much.
Biggest prize fund in Deal or No Deal history. The Banker was a "surprise guest."
It’s a guilty pleasure. But my teenage son refuses to be in the room when it’s on, he hates it that much.
 
Watched first 2 episodes of The Pitt. Liking it so far.
Same same
First 3 episodes had me watching intently instead of watching while doing other things.

Impressed by the amount of medical terminology the actors are using at a blinding pace. Definitely prepared for the roles. Nice story lines for sure - for both the patients and the staff. Teaching/Training hospitals are always a bit more chaotic with residents, interns, students, and fellows added in with staff.

I like the concept of each episode is 1 hour of a single day in the life of an Emergency Department. Season's end we'll be ready for a good nights sleep just to do it again 'tomorrow'.

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At least once, one thing they need to reference is the reality on how long it takes to fill out the health record. There's no electronic orders or patient documentation going on. Each med, diagnostic test, lab, bandaid, part and piece, etc is a separate order unless it is part of a standard order set. Bane of the medical fields is a slow health record (and the one they are using on the show is pretty slow). Waiting for the first we're 'waiting on the computers' commentary as a joke.

Or a reference to the firm reviewing the program year # doctors diagnosis and documentation as supervising co-signer - let them know where they need to be looking for such and such. Bound to be an episode for wrongful diagnosis by a 'first year' and the legal fallout.

Not long scenes of course, but quick hitters.
 
For the reality game show peeps - Deal or No Deal Island
Season 2 has started, but I watched Season 1.

Mixture of the original show and Survivor if it had lobster, shrimp, and iced tea. Lots of iced tea. But alas, ran out of bananas.
Survivor's Boston Rob was a contestant. Aron (yes, one R) was quite the character.

Not too bad of a show. Got to see some different survivor style techniques and alliances going on.
Some physical challenges, some mental. Couple of people to root for, some definitely not so much.
Biggest prize fund in Deal or No Deal history. The Banker was a "surprise guest."
It’s a guilty pleasure. But my teenage son refuses to be in the room when it’s on, he hates it that much.
Right there with him. It's soap opera, with a game thrown in. Really bad one at that. :yucky:
 
For the reality game show peeps - Deal or No Deal Island
Season 2 has started, but I watched Season 1.

Mixture of the original show and Survivor if it had lobster, shrimp, and iced tea. Lots of iced tea. But alas, ran out of bananas.
Survivor's Boston Rob was a contestant. Aron (yes, one R) was quite the character.

Not too bad of a show. Got to see some different survivor style techniques and alliances going on.
Some physical challenges, some mental. Couple of people to root for, some definitely not so much.
Biggest prize fund in Deal or No Deal history. The Banker was a "surprise guest."
We started S2 without watching S1... Because of Aussie Dave, golden God of survivor. Guy needs his own show, just for his facial reaction asides to the camera.

But damn, this show is dumb, as far as the actual game.
 
Watched first 2 episodes of The Pitt. Liking it so far.
Same same
First 3 episodes had me watching intently instead of watching while doing other things.

Impressed by the amount of medical terminology the actors are using at a blinding pace. Definitely prepared for the roles. Nice story lines for sure - for both the patients and the staff. Teaching/Training hospitals are always a bit more chaotic with residents, interns, students, and fellows added in with staff.

I like the concept of each episode is 1 hour of a single day in the life of an Emergency Department. Season's end we'll be ready for a good nights sleep just to do it again 'tomorrow'.

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At least once, one thing they need to reference is the reality on how long it takes to fill out the health record. There's no electronic orders or patient documentation going on. Each med, diagnostic test, lab, bandaid, part and piece, etc is a separate order unless it is part of a standard order set. Bane of the medical fields is a slow health record (and the one they are using on the show is pretty slow). Waiting for the first we're 'waiting on the computers' commentary as a joke.

Or a reference to the firm reviewing the program year # doctors diagnosis and documentation as supervising co-signer - let them know where they need to be looking for such and such. Bound to be an episode for wrongful diagnosis by a 'first year' and the legal fallout.

Not long scenes of course, but quick hitters.
Just finished episode 3 as well. Same here... no multi-tasking during it. Maybe because it is so fast paced? They move pretty quickly from one scene to another.
 
Goliath on Amazon prime looks decent. Watched a few trailers and it looks promising. Huge Billy Bob fan. Thinking about starting it with wife. Anyone watch it?
 
Goliath on Amazon prime looks decent. Watched a few trailers and it looks promising. Huge Billy Bob fan. Thinking about starting it with wife. Anyone watch it?
Each season got progressively worse. We thought S1 was excellent, S2 was good enough, S3 was a bit of a slog to get through and didn't' even start S4. I'd suggest watch season 1 and give season 2 a try. Wouldn't recommend S3.
 
Silo season 2 was pretty good. It's been so long since I've read the books I'm not sure how much they are deviating.
I was caught up a couple weeks ago. Need to get back and watch the episodes that dropped since.
I'm like @shuke, it was a while ago for the books so not sure how off course they are but I think they are at about the right spot for the story compared to the books. I thought 4 seasons might be too short to flesh out the whole story but as I think about it now, they might be able to stuff it in there. Would probably be better if they had 5 seasons to get through it but doable with 4.
 
Apple TV has been killing it and IMO has taken over for best streaming service for original series.

Me and the wife just finished Disclaimer and I thought it was really good, she thought it was one of the best shows she's seen in years.
 
For those that like shows like Criminal Minds or hunting down serial killers, a new show has it's first episode out.
The Hunting Party

A high-concept crime procedural about a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist.
 
Silo season 2 was pretty good. It's been so long since I've read the books I'm not sure how much they are deviating.
I was caught up a couple weeks ago. Need to get back and watch the episodes that dropped since.
I'm like @shuke, it was a while ago for the books so not sure how off course they are but I think they are at about the right spot for the story compared to the books. I thought 4 seasons might be too short to flesh out the whole story but as I think about it now, they might be able to stuff it in there. Would probably be better if they had 5 seasons to get through it but doable with 4.
I didn't read the books, but completely enjoyed both seasons. Coda for the season finale :shock:
 

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