What was the last TV show you watched?

[Edward]

Finally signed uo to Prime. Several episodes of the series of The Purge and the first episode of Man in the High Castle. Enjoyed both in different ways.

 

[Touchofevil]

The first two episodes Ozark. Looks to be pretty entertaining.

 

[Worf]

"Atypical" - This Netflix series focuses on the trails and tribulations of a family with an son on the Autistic Spectrum. This show hits a little close to me as our son, now 25 is similarly afflicted. Ian is less "involved" that the boy depicted but his social skills problems are somewhat similar. Not as adult as say... "This is Us" but worth the watch if you have someone or know someone in the same boat.

Worf

 

[belfastboy]

The first two episodes Ozark. Looks to be pretty entertaining.

I power watched the entire Season two over the past week. Enjoyed it a lot. Thought it became a bit too frenetic for a few episodes then settled down. I hope a Season 3 is likely.

 

[Fading Fast]

Finally signed uo to Prime. Several episodes of the series of The Purge and the first episode of Man in the High Castle. Enjoyed both in different ways.

Sounds like you liked it, but MITHC gets much better, so I'd encourage you to stay with it if you happened to be unsure if you were going to stay with it or not. We can't wait for season 3 to drop later this month.

 

[Edward]

Oh, I'll stick wih it - I'm a sucker for alternative history in the "Nazis won the war" vein. (Not that I'd like that to have happened in reality, of course!)

 

[Touchofevil]

More Ozark.
:D

 

[Fading Fast]

"The Deuce" Season 2 Episode 1.

This is another outstanding show of which I think my girlfriend and I are its only viewers.

Season 2 jumps about five years forward to '77 and full-on disco, but the show's core remains its unvarnished look at life at its most brutish and raw: How those in the illegal business of prostitution - prostitutes, pimps, the mob, cops and politicians - survive and thrive or fail and die / how they keep, compromise or lose completely their morality working and living in "The Deuce."

And the titular "The Deuce" is 42nd Street or, more broadly, the seedy world of drugs, prostitution, porn and every other shady and desperate human activity that thrived in and around Times Square in the '70s. Yes, the time-travel to the '70s is impressive - the sets, clothes, cars and architecture are spot on (at least in the memory of this, at-that-time, teenager who saw the surface of that world on trips into NYC in the '70s) - the acting (overall) first rate, but the driver is the underlying morality tale playing out in the Thunderdome of human despair that sat in the heart of the richest city in the world.

N.B. (spoiler alert for episode 1, season 2) If I was Vincent, instead of giving my brother the engagement ring he bought with money he stole from my business partners and me, I'd have let my mob partners employ their own methods of justice (this was far from the first time he did this) and, while cleaning house as Vincent, I'd chuck my pampered princess of a girlfriend slumming it in The Deuce, but who never lets you forget she thinks she's better than the world she chose.

 

[belfastboy]

Started to watch the Israeli series on Netflix, "Fauda" So far it is a cracker of a show. It had been on my watch list for a long while but happened across a newspaper review that called it the best show currently on TV. So far it has lived up to the critic's hype.

 

[Fading Fast]

"The Man in the High Castle" S3-E1

It's all still great, but there's a caveat. The acting - led by the intense Rufus Sewell, the striking Alexa Davalos and the quietly complex Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - is movie-star quality / the sets are stunning - evoking Nazi evil and megalomania pomposity in its architectural scale / the film's color is perfectly muted to a modern noir and the story's multiple layers and threads continue to engage.

However, they have to explain more about the films sitting at the center of the story that reflect one or more alternative history. They've pushed the mystery as far as they can without revealing more to the audience. All's still very good in "Man in the High Castle" world, but the shot clock is running down quickly on how much time is left to keep the audience in suspense.


Redsox-Yankees ALDS Game One. First, congrats to the Sox. As good as regular season baseball is, the extreme of playoff baseball - where strategy around each play, pitch, reliever call and infield shift is elevated to grandmaster-chess-level decisioning - is just that much better.

 

[Touchofevil]

UFC 229 Preliminary fights and some Live PD.

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

"The Deuce" Season 2 Episode 1.

This is another outstanding show of which I think my girlfriend and I are its only viewers.

I liked season 1 well enough, which is why I won't read the rest of your post. I'm interested in the gross and violent history of NYC.

 

[Fading Fast]

I liked season 1 well enough, which is why I won't read the rest of your post. I'm interested in the gross and violent history of NYC.

Have you seen "The Panic in Needle Park" another accurate portrayal of early '70s NYC dystopia? Funny thing, that "park" (a small triangle, hardly a park, of land between major avenues) now houses a green market a few days a week - you can't make this stuff up.

 

[3fingers]

The Man in the High Castle" S3-E1

It's all still great, but there's a caveat.

Indeed. I was far less taken with season 2 than 1. On top of fleshing out the film angle I think they are trying to tell too many stories with too many characters in the time they have and all of the potential of the stories isn't fulfilled. I will give them this season to pull it together. If they don't it won't much matter whether the sound is on or not, the show will become a beautiful hollow shell.

 

[Touchofevil]

Some NFL while grading papers.

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

Have you seen "The Panic in Needle Park" another accurate portrayal of early '70s NYC dystopia? Funny thing, that "park" (a small triangle, hardly a park, of land between major avenues) now houses a green market a few days a week - you can't make this stuff up.

I have not seen that movie. I'll add it to my list. Thank you.

Kidding. Showtime. I'm liking this series more and more. The surprise of the year for me.

 

[Edward]

The new Doctor Who. not perfect - the 'first episode with a new Doctor' ones never are- but a hopeful sign of better things to come after the franchise was so badly damaged by Moffat and his gargantuan ego.

 

[Touchofevil]

Monday Night Football with the Saints thumping the Redskins.

 

[Fading Fast]

Monday Night Football with the Saints thumping the Redskins.

Your TV doesn't receive baseball broadcasts?

 

[MisterCairo]

Catching up on Luke Cage, started the second season with the premiere last night.