The end of Season 2 was supposed to be the finale, but there were so many loose ends and it was unsatisfactory as a finale. Apparently the viewers were up in arms, so they extended the series to 4 more seasons. I’m on Season 4 right now, and still find it engaging. But perhaps not as novel as the first 2. But I’m so invested in the characters, I need to know how it ends!
I liked the season finale of Paradise, which revealed what Alex is. Season 3 is supposed to be the series finale for Paradise.
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I binged The Lincoln Lawyer (season 4) this weekend. I couldn’t remember a lot of the prior seasons but as season 4 went on and they did flashbacks, I remembered most (and all I needed to)
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Casting changes in The Pitt for season 3. Not happy.
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Yeah, that does not bode well…
The fifth - and final - season of Hacks premiers Thursday on HBO Max
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We have Apple TV for 3 months and started Severance and Your Friends and Neighbors. So far we like both of these shows.
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BInged the new season of Love on the Spectrum in 2 days. I love all the new additions, but particularly the 2 new young men.
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I had 3 free months of Apple TV and loved Your Friends and Neighbors. Might have to sign up again to watch Season 2.
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We signed up for Apple TV for Slow Horses.
Tried Severance but could not get into it. I liked Friends and Neighbors more than my husband did.
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Pluribus is amazing. What is love? What makes us human? What do we need to survive? What if the world ended and the handful of humans who’d survived (save 2) didn’t care because they got fantastic perks in that new world? Actually, does the world deserve saving? If your spouse was killed and a representative of the serial killers showed up in the shape of your fantasy/character, what would you do?
Grief, addiction, isolation, connexion, resistance, and probably inklings of covid lockdowns and AI. With many funny moments (special mention to the “drone actor” in Eo5 and the delivery of “what is wrong with you?” Ep2 That many women must have wanted to but not dared ask some men/acquaintances or colleagues) + wry humor.
Ted Lasso: want something heart-warming ? With a bit of offbeat humor similar to Our flag means death but with a lot more bad language and rich athlete shenanigans?
Slow Horses: what do you do with epic spy failures when you don’t want them to go public?
FOR ALL MANKIND: alt history of the space race from 1969 on 
(a parallel story is coming up in May, from the Soviet POV, hoping to have more Sergei perspectives and Boston elevator conversatios).
Severance is an acquired taste but worth persevering for 3 episodes then you’ll gobble it up (or at least know of it’s up your alley!)
Lessons in chemistry is pleasant, sweet, and sciency.
Tehran : self explanatory in terms of current interest
Down cemetery road adventures, landscapes, Emma Thompson
Legacy of monsters: not my bag but excellent special effects and if you like Godzilla you’re in for a treat
I’ll also plug in the film CODA about the 17 year old hearing daughter in a deaf family of Gloucester fishermen.
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We couldn’t get into Severance Either. We loved Slow Horses. We watched Friends and Neighbors, but could have lived without it.
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We had Apple TV before so we have watched Ted Lasso, some Slow Horses and For All Mankind.
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I also did a 3 month free trial recently. There were several quality shows that I enjoyed watching, many of which aren’t on other streaming services and aren’t comparable to anything I have seen before. However, there was not enough content that interested me to justify maintaining a membership. 3 months was enough time to watch and/or catch up on the new season of the shows that interest me.
Shows I liked include:
- Pluribus
- Silo
- Dark Matter
- Murderbot
Shows I liked, with some qualifiers include:
- Servant
- Severance
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Shows I tried, but didn’t make it past first episode include:
- Ted Lasso (tried twice, on 2 separate free trials)
- Your Friends & Neighbors
- See
- Loot
- Mythic Quest
- Central Park
- Amazing Stories
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LOL - Just this week I told a friend that I’d not yet met anybody who disliked Ted Lasso (which had surprised me… as there is plenty of profanity, same gender relationships etc). My husband and I really liked it, and even more so after we travelled to London. And Amsterdam… oh that Sunflower episode in Season 3 was memorable, a little different from the usual episodes (but fun once you’ve become attached to the characters)
https://youtu.be/voZ-10A7Hx4?si=lNhiIst19AtDYlyT
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I’m just a couple of episodes in.
This show is such an eye opener, warm, funny, loving, truthful (IMO) look at young people on the spectrum. I think the producers do an excellent job of working with the cast, accepting them as they are and supporting them.
I encourage anyone looking for a show that is very human to give it a try. You don’t have to start at season one but I think if you start watching any season, you’ll want to go back and watch all the seasons!
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Just finished Shrinking. Happy enough with the season finale.
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Love this show! My husband was hesitant with season one with the premise, but realized how wrong he was and loved the first seasons, excited for this season.
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I’ve also heard good things about the show, which is why I gave the show a try twice. I didn’t actively dislike the show. It’s more the show is okay, but nothing really caught my interest. I prefer a different type of humor and am not in to sports shows. Looking on IMDB, the first episode is the lowest rated episode of S1 and one of the lowest rated episode of the full series, so many seem to think it gets better later on.
The Apple Plus shows I listed as liking all have very different themes. Pluribus is genre defying show a woman who becomes isolated after an alien virus transforms the rest of the world into a hive mind with unique behaviors. Silo is about understanding the mystery of a dystopian future in which the population lives in a giant 144 level Silo with unique rules. Dark Matter is about a physics professor who is abducted by a version of himself from alternate universe that regretted past choices (prioritizing work over family) who swaps worlds with him, and the professor trying to get home. Murderbot is a science fiction action comedy about the interactions of an Asimov type android from the distant future who secretly gains autonomy by hacking his governor module, and chooses to spend his free time watching countless hours of android themed soap opera, as well as unique interactions with his human team. Servant is a psychological horror that Stephen King has highly praised, with typical M. Night Shyamalan twist, so I won’t discuss plot. And Ted Lasso is a feel good comedy about an American football coach hired to coach a British soccer team in spite of having no experience.
If you asked which of these shows does not fit with the others, Ted Lasso stands out.
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I understand why this might be a general description of that show. But, over time it morphs into one of the most profound shows that has been created. It’s character driven, with a focus on leadership, mental health, and life observations/life lessons. Comedy takes a back seat. IMO, there is not a more brilliant writer working today than Brett Goldstein. With all that said, obviously some people might still not like the show I described.
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