Nick Vermeil
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I love this show. Definitely my favorite of the half hour format in a long time.
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I love this show. Definitely my favorite of the half hour format in a long time.
krista4
Footballguy
I was of the extreme minority opinion that Richie was the best character in Season 1. I stand by that belief, and for a couple of weeks after watching episode 7, I went around the house saying "I wear suits now." It was more charming than it sounds...I hope.
krista4
Footballguy
I felt on edge, waiting for the other shoe to drop, and was so happy that it never did. Joyous. Mr. krista also thought the scenes with him and his "boss" in Copenhagen were very true to a real kitchen.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I really need to watch this show but I spend much of my spare time listening to playlists created by middle-aged dummies.
Grahamburn
Footballguy
If it only took 30 minutes.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
I liked this a lot too. Made me want to drink a bunch of wine.
3C's
Footballguy
No Disney! You will not trick me into remaining a subscriber!
Have only the last episode of Better call Saul to go and I'm not sure I'm liking how the last few episodes "changed". The black and white look into the future.
Hope to watch it tonight. Tried The Bear but it didn't seem to capture me after first episode. May have to fire it up again and stick with it.
Hope to watch it tonight. Tried The Bear but it didn't seem to capture me after first episode. May have to fire it up again and stick with it.
General Malaise
Footballguy
I think I needed 2-3 episodes of The Bear before I was roped in. Not done with Season 2 yet, but I'm ready to put The Bear on my Mount Rushmore of TV shows. Not sure I agree with the Emmy's who have The Bear's award nominees listed under Comedy Series. This ain't Seinfeld, Emmys....I needed counseling after E6 S2.
Capella
Footballguy
Steve Martin refuses to take time off lol. That man works.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I really didn't like this part either. The last season of BCS was phenomenal with one banger after another, until the story ended and there were still three episodes left to go, and then it got weird and way too fan-servicey. IMO they should have just ended it with the Lalo storyline and then maybe do one -- one! -- wrap-up episode where Saul's long-term fate is finally revealed. They could have done that very easily without all the call-backs and unnecessary set up.
And to be clear, they really didn't need to do anything with post-BB Saul. This show could finished up with the Lalo's death and the immediate aftermath, and it didn't need to do anything else at all. By that point, we know how Jimmy McGill became Saul Goodman. We know or at least have a good sense of what happened with Kim. We don't need to know the rest of her life story. Just a solid explanation for why she's not in Breaking Bad is good enough. And we didn't need a final chapter on Saul anyway. "Saul lives out the rest of his days managing a Cinnabon in a dying mall in Omaha just as he feared he would" is a pitch perfect ending that needed no cherry on top. It's a great show and probably the greatest spin-off of all time (Star Trek Next Gen?), but they did fumble the ending a bit.
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FatMax
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This is me as well, and I was thinking the same thing.
Funny thing is (kinda like @IvanKaramazov ) I did the same thing with Mad Men. I watched the first three of four episodes and it didn't really grab me. About two years later, I decided to give it a try again, and it ended up being a top three show of mine, all-time.
FatMax
Member
Fringe is good. I have a little beef with a few plot points later on, but I still enjoyed the show.
landrys hat
Footballguy
Justified and Futurama also have new seasons starting this month (i think).
foxco
Footballguy
One of my faves, love Fringe, cool X-Files vibe and John Noble is sensational.
FatMax
Member
Oh yeah, he's great. It took my until just a few weeks ago to realize that he was also Denathor, Steward of Gondor in Lord of the Rings. I was re-watching, did a double take, and said, "hey, that's Walter Bishop!" Not sure how I missed that until now.
On The Rocks
Footballguy
Following some of the comments on here regarding Bear.
I found S1 to be outrageously over the top intense. I worked at a high-end restaurant after college and the chef screaming at everyone is not an exaggeration, followed by hugs and kisses to everyone when the shift is over. It's a really weird culture.
S2 E6 is as intense as everyone here said it would be. But again, a bit over the top on the intensity scale. I'm sure there are a lot of people that can relate to that family dynamic. It wasn't far off from the household I grew up in.
Completely agree on E7 being an all timer. And I also kept waiting for "the other shoe to drop". So glad it didn't.
I found S1 to be outrageously over the top intense. I worked at a high-end restaurant after college and the chef screaming at everyone is not an exaggeration, followed by hugs and kisses to everyone when the shift is over. It's a really weird culture.
S2 E6 is as intense as everyone here said it would be. But again, a bit over the top on the intensity scale. I'm sure there are a lot of people that can relate to that family dynamic. It wasn't far off from the household I grew up in.
Completely agree on E7 being an all timer. And I also kept waiting for "the other shoe to drop". So glad it didn't.
Major
Footballguy
I was definitely sleeping on this one. Just got done with Season 1. Amazing show and heard it only gets better in Season 2.
Major
Footballguy
Anyone seen Midnight Mass ? heard good things
foxco
Footballguy
Liked it alot. Slow build, love the priest's character.
Zow
Footballguy
I watched it. Definitely entertaining and worth the watch. It's got a twist and it's decently written at the appropriate length. Doesn't sniff my top 25 shows of all-time or anything like that but plenty good for a binge watch. 7.5/10.
Zow
Footballguy
Yeah the actor playing the priest did a great job.
Kate Siegel is also pretty attractive for a woman.
The Gator
Footballguy
Found this a few months ago, big fan. Started a re-watch before i watch the final season to make sure I have everything(mostly) lined up.
Eh, It's a show I thought should be much better. I wanted it to be better. I kept watching and expected it to be better. It's just never seemed to get anywhere. It was fine but I wouldn't say it was great.
I liked it quite a bit. Good binge watch but wasn't something that I would say is an all timer. Worth watching for sure.
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
I just watched the Marcus in Copenhagen episode and had tears in my eyes the whole time. Directed by Ramy. Great episode.
TheAristocrat
Footballguy
The Quarterback docuseries on Netflix is such a puff piece. I still enjoyed it. It's ok or good, not great. I'd prefer an HBO style series on what's said on the field and behind the scenes of the entire team but got what I expected from a Peyton Manning EP narrative.
Zow
Footballguy
I'm so jealous you get to watch it fresh.
The General
Footballguy
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BlackCrowes
Footballguy
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
That security guard episode was great
Moe.
Footballguy
It’s outrageous, we’ve already gone through them 3x now. The Decider almost had me in tears, Onesies it definitely got a little dusty.
Capella
Footballguy
Yea onesies was sad. So was space. The scene in onesies where the sister watched the kids play…..sheesh.
mr. furley
Footballguy
Peter Jackson's "They Shall Not Grow Old" is on Netflix for anyone who missed it in theaters
facook
Footballguy
@Gally Stick with it. Like many shows it really finds it's footing in Season 2. I've said it in this thread before, but it is among my favorite shows of all time, and probably top 3 network shows. Sticks the landing WAY better than Lost or X-Files, with similar vibes. Bishop is great, but so are the other actors. I cried real tears a few times in the last several episodes. Totally worth the ride. I'm jealous you get to watch it fresh.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I liked this a lot, and I'm considering re-watching it around Halloween. Like others have said, it's a slow burn. It spends as much time on character building and meaning-of-life dialogue as it does on the actual scary stuff. But it's basically "What if they adapted a Stephen King novel for the screen and it was actually really good?" It's definitely worth a shot, and if you don't like the pacing, oh well.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
I don't understand where the love is coming from on this one. I thought it was laughably terrible.
Zow
Footballguy
Ha, I had this exact same thought yesterday when I was typing my post on the show. Almost included it. But, yeah, it's very much like a Stephen King novel.
I didn't think the build up was too slow but I frankly don't mind and/or notice slow build-ups providing the writing and acting is good, which it is here. I will say, IIRC (I think I watched this more than one year ago now), that once the "action" starts it really starts and doesn't stop.
massraider
Footballguy
After Drive to Survive, I'm not interested. DTS went after the real nitty gritty and the conflict, and everyone who didn't like the way they were portrayed told them to eff off. They screwed up by making their hero that Aussie donkey who lost his ride.
Tennis and golf ones, and now this. They need access, and you get access by making them look good. So....puff piece.
Was intrigued with the missing season 5 mystery so read a bit last night and found a post on Reddit that said the show runs it course on Hulu this month and then season 5 will be freed up for Max/Prime
That’s interesting, season 4&5 were filmed back to back because they knew they weren’t getting renewed again but have totally independent stories. IIRC, TBS/TNT (don’t remember which it was on) sat on season 5 for a while and just burned the episodes off during one summer with like no advertising so that may be why it hasn’t left hulu yet compared to the others. I enjoyed every season and thought 5 was still going strong with a solid storyline and they could have continued the show. It wasn’t Shakespeare but it was solid entertainment and they always did ship battles and action tension really well. The series finale was well done too, although a bit rushed IMO.
A minor spoiler…
be prepared for a body count in the final season.
The Last Ship doesn't seem to be on Hulu. I searched for it and it wasn't found. I can find it on Prime (not available) and on Max it has the first 4 seasons only. No fifth shown. Maybe I am missing something.
yeah, i wish laughter was my response.
because the show did a lot of things well, i started out liking it, and then i was really liking it a lot, when i thought the story line progressively fell apart (don't mean "the twist", though that wasn't thrilling).
kept watching and by the end was very dissatisfied and actually angry at the internal inconsistencies and disrespect to the viewer.
but, most in here liked it, so cup of tea and all. full disclosure, never read a Stephen King novel, only watched The Shining and thought it was pretty boring.
According to a Reddit post i just found it left hulu only just like two weeks ago. Hopefully means it will be on HBO shortly with the other seasons.
beer 30
Footballguy
This, I started watching it on Hulu w/adds then realized it was on Max w/o adds so switched over after about 5 episodes. This was a few months ago
I did the exact same thing
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