What was the last TV show you watched?

[DNO]

Latest Fargo episode. I'll avoid spoiling it for anyone, but the Ray event was pretty unexpected! I found the first two seasons to be superb. I picked up the DVDs recently when HMV closed all of its stores and although I have already watched both seasons a couple of times, I expect I will be viewing them again. I see new elements every time. This series really shows what TV is capable of producing. Season three is not disappointing.

 

[Formeruser012523]

Just saw, from Mark Sheppard himself, that Crowley will not be returning to Supernatural.

Sorry to hear that. Never saw him as that character, though I know he was popular. Was never a fan past the first couple seasons of Supernatural. Guess I liked it best when they were just monster hunters.

Really loved his portrayal of Sterling on Leverage. May have to revisit that show at some point if it hasn't disappeared from the ole Netflix.

Season Finale's of "Arrow" and "Flash". Meh... this season stunk. Rehashed or second rate villains and little true drama. Bait and switch deaths that I think are ALL going to be reversed by Barry Allen undoing "Flashpoint". I'm this close to giving up on ALL the CW "tweener" drivel.

Worf

Why I've never bothered with those. Saw Supergirl ONCE & got so bored I stopped paying attention halfway through. Guess if I were a tween it'd be much more interesting?

Maybe not.

 

[greatestescaper]

I watched some Fargo, I should give it a go again. My wife and I have been watching The Blacklist and Star Trek Deep Space Nine. I grew up on Star Wars and my wife on Trek. I'd watched classic Trek and the films before we met, but she saw to it that I watched the Next Generation and it's sequel films. I imagine that Voyager is next. I have to say that I enjoy Deep Space Nine even more than I did Next Gen.

 

[vitanola]

The Goldbergs


Just love Molly, Jake, Uncle David and Rosalie.

 

[LizzieMaine]

That's such a great show. Every episode is like a perfect little one act play.

 

[Stearmen]

Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse.

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

Black Sails. Finished the series. I'm a knuckledragger when it comes to endings. I like things neatly tied in a bow. I'm unforgiving, but then at the end, I want it simple. Save the creativity and arty for the rest of it. Keep the ambiguous and wonder to yourself (writers). That shouldn't imply I want them to take great, absurd leaps to get to that neat little bow, though. I'm fine with a little lessening (it's to be expected with a bow), but I don't want them to completely blow up all their work. I understand this show didn't know it was in its final season until half way through it. I think you can feel that. The last 3-4 episodes made some leaps because of what I assume was a rush. They weren't necessarily egregious, but they were noticeable. Good show. Ended nicely. I enjoyed the humor of the final flag.

Shameless (US). I stopped watching after season 3. Three seasons of the same story on repeat seemed like enough. I picked it up again, and after two episodes into season 4, I'm remembering. I can't believe they have eight seasons. Does nothing change? Don't answer that. I don't want any spoilers. If you enjoy character development, this isn't a show for you (or probably for me).

 

[greatestescaper]

I need to watch the current, and apparently final, season of Black Sails. Lately I have been watching some Hell On Wheels and Burn Notice. Both I've seen before, but, and especially with Burn Notice, I really enjoy revisiting them.

 

[Touchofevil]

Into the Badlands, Better Call Saul, and an episode of Game of Thrones

 

[Stearmen]

Victorian Slum House, 1890s. Nice to see the Irish being the first to move up and out.

 

[Fading Fast]

I just watched the first episode of the Roger Moore TV show based on "The Saint."

• For the first episode in the series, not a lot of introduction or background - they just jumped right in

• A bit clunky story that's been done a bunch, but still fun

• Nothing in the world wrong with Shirley Eaton

• The Volvo P1800 is not a bad antecedent to his Bond Aston Martin

• And how insanely young does Moore look - even though he's already 35 - he looks boyish

 

[Doctor Strange]

My family watched The Saint throughout its American run. (Also Secret Agent, The Prisoner, The Forsyte Saga - we loved English shows.)

But honestly, that was so long ago that I don't remember much beyond the little fanfare and animated halo that appeared over Moore's head leading into the opening titles of each episode.

 

[Fading Fast]

My family watched The Saint throughout its American run. (Also Secret Agent, The Prisoner, The Forsyte Saga - we loved English shows.)

But honestly, that was so long ago that I don't remember much beyond the little fanfare and animated halo that appeared over Moore's head leading into the opening titles of each episode.

This is the link I used for the first "The Saint" episode if you'd like to reintroduce yourself.

http://www.solie.org/alibrary/TheSaint.html

 

[Doctor Strange]

Thanks, but I'm too buried in endless stuff to watch to even consider it at this point.

 

[Touchofevil]

An episode of Fargo.
That smile, those teeth: disgusting.

 

[Stearmen]

Drain The Ocean: WWII

 

[carter]

Doctor Who. I have the entire recent season on my laptop and the "Blink" episode is a favorite. I have watched it three times!

'Blink' is, imo, the best episode of Doctor Who ever filmed.

 

[Benzadmiral]

A memorable 1977 M*A*S*H written by Alan Alda, in which Radar discovers that his idol Hawkeye is more human than he thought, and Hawkeye finds that his little buddy the company clerk is more of a man than he thought. The show was always well done, but seeing many of the episodes now, 40 (!!) years later, I realize it got terrifically better after the departure of the Frank Burns character and the arrival of Charles Emerson Winchester.

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

Victorian Slum House. Two things: 1) they were overly ambitious with trying to cover so much time and change 2) it was either poorly edited or poorly structured. I learned a bit, but of the many projects like this over the years, I found this the least engaging. Because much of the focus was on the psychological, "2)" was a real problem. I also think without the heavy element of labor and building (like building a sod house or panning for gold), throwing people from 2017 into this for 4-6 weeks is a rather useless situation. The tailor's wife was constantly complaining from a 2017 woman's perspective. Or that they kept commenting on how courageous and tough the poor were. No, they weren't courageous or tough. They were surviving, which is what all living things do. Doing what they needed to do to keep breathing. That's primal, not a showing of exceptional character, and I don't believe those two things should get confused. This series definitely acted as a reminder of how goofy we look at history. "I could have never done it. I don't know how they did it." Of course you could have, and of course you don't. Why would you think you could relate? Our social makeup has drastically changed. Our skill sets have drastically changed. It's like when old grumpy men complain about how "soft" the youth are. Compared to what? If they gave you a handful of seeds and a hoe and dropped you somewhere in Alberta, could you sustain your life? No, but does that make you soft? Or merely from a different time and skill set. Most of us would have been farmers pre-industrialization. The adversity we face today is not the adversity of yesterday. Revisionism is almost always BS. Pure BS.

 

[Fading Fast]

Victorian Slum House. Two things: 1) they were overly ambitious with trying to cover so much time and change 2) it was either poorly edited or poorly structured. I learned a bit, but of the many projects like this over the years, I found this the least engaging. Because much of the focus was on the psychological, "2)" was a real problem. I also think without the heavy element of labor and building (like building a sod house or panning for gold), throwing people from 2017 into this for 4-6 weeks is a rather useless situation. The tailor's wife was constantly complaining from a 2017 woman's perspective. Or that they kept commenting on how courageous and tough the poor were. No, they weren't courageous or tough. They were surviving, which is what all living things do. Doing what they needed to do to keep breathing. That's primal, not a showing of exceptional character, and I don't believe those two things should get confused. This series definitely acted as a reminder of how goofy we look at history. "I could have never done it. I don't know how they did it." Of course you could have, and of course you don't. Why would you think you could relate? Our social makeup has drastically changed. Our skill sets have drastically changed. It's like when old grumpy men complain about how "soft" the youth are. Compared to what? If they gave you a handful of seeds and a hoe and dropped you somewhere in Alberta, could you sustain your life? No, but does that make you soft? Or merely from a different time and skill set. Most of us would have been farmers pre-industrialization. The adversity we face today is not the adversity of yesterday. Revisionism is almost always BS. Pure BS.

I've only seen one episode so far, but as with all these type of shows ("The Manor House," "1940s House"), the "narrative" of the people is so constructed and distorted, that I all but ignore it and just try to enjoy the physical recreation of history - the houses, tools, machines, architecture, structures, etc.