Television Anyone recommend me any TV Shows?

Where my Slow Horses boyz at?

Just about done with Season 1. For me this whole show is a testament to what an incredible actor Gary Oldman is. He's been my favorite actor going back to Romeo Is Bleeding. In Slow Horses, he's created such a great character as Lamb: slovenly, vulgar, condescending - and delightful.

As for the "story" of the show or plot, whatever, it's not something I'd call unique. I admit I was a little disappointed when the storyline shifted
from a bunch of losers at Slough House, to a bunch of misfit MI5 agents who are now going to redeem themselves under the spy master / Jedi Master Lamb
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So far in season 1 the only real negative I can think of is how Kristin Scott Thomas is playing her Second Desk role. It feels like a performance that would have been in something in the 90s, where the female boss has to act like a dickhead male to be taken seriously. So that would be a problem with how her part is written, not necessarily what she's bringing to it.

I wonder if people watching the MI5 scenes are getting the same vibes as I am. My view is that the way everyone is punching down, subordinates routinely humiliated, is a continuation of the class system. And it's not meant to show how horrible this practice is, but that this is an admirable and even desirable state of affairs. Would anyone care to say how they view it? I worked with some BBC people for several months, and this chauvinism was rampant. The business world has changed massively here and you can't just belittle and humiliate your subordinates anymore, and it made me question whether those MI5 scenes felt so dissonant to native UK people as it does to me. It's a side rant.

Anyway, Gary Oldman is a fecking boss. Love him.
 
Just watched Missing You. Decent cast but all very silly and far fetched. Don't bother imo.
 
Just finished The Sympathiser, a fun, black comedy which stars Robert Downey Jr playing 5 different characters. Google sums it up well:

"Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to gather intelligence and report back to the Viet Cong."

Worth a watch. 8/10
 
Just completed Slow Horses season 3; debating whether to try to tackle season 4 before the free weekend expires - I´m guessing it's timed based on one of the US time-zone so I might have time this evening after the massacre this afternoon (ideally I'd just watch Slow Horses all day and forgot anything else is going on :( ).
 
Wibble said:
Just watched Missing You. Decent cast but all very silly and far fetched. Don't bother imo.
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I started watching it without knowing it was based on a Harlan Coben book.
The first chapter was ok but had an all-too-familiar vibe.
Then I realized it was another Coben piece and figured there's no point watching it further.
 
Wibble said:
I'm not enjoying season 2 of Silo anywhere near as much as season 1 so far.
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It's been so slow I've stopped as well. I do like Steve Zahn but it's just been spending far to much time on characters I don't care about and nothing seems to happening at all
 
lsd said:
It's been so slow I've stopped as well. I do like Steve Zahn but it's just been spending far to much time on characters I don't care about and nothing seems to happening at all
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Thats disappointing to read. I haven't started S2 but I already thought S1 was a drag at times so sounds like I probably really won't like this season. Guess I'll move it to the back of the line.
 
Mr Bigstuff - nice light-hearted comedy starring Danny Dyer and Ryan Sampson. Dyer plays Lee, the estranged brother of Glen (played by Sampson), who turns up just as Glen is getting ready to marry his fiancé. Lee is an Alpha Male stereotype, which Dyer plays to a tee, and he disrupts Glen's previously quiet, suburban life. Unbeknownst to Glen, Lee is also on the run from some very dodgy geezers, who he owes money to.

I really enjoyed it.
 
Started Shrinking. It's good, it can be a bit saccharine at times but it's brief with it and a rare show where almost everyone in it is funny.

I remember watching Scrubs 20 years ago and them making jokes about Jordan's face and doing botox.



Ironically, that actress has the same face now 20 years later in Shrinking.
 
Redplane said:
Thats disappointing to read. I haven't started S2 but I already thought S1 was a drag at times so sounds like I probably really won't like this season. Guess I'll move it to the back of the line.
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I'd recommend binge watching it after the 17th January- waiting for an episode each week has been really frustrating given they have gone for a very "sliced-up" approach to the episodes. Hopefully the last two will have more condensed content in them as it feels they have spun-out each storyline to only give one salient fact per story / episode.
 
Any good new comedies on?

Past ones that I like are...
Community
Eastbound & Down
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Eric Andre Show
Tim & Eric

Ones I DON'T like are...
Ted Lesso
The Office (US)
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
 
wr8_utd said:
Anyone started Lockerbie yet?
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Finished it last night. Worth a watch but it got a bit too conspiracy theory for me in the middle even if they ramped it back in the final episode. I'd have enjoyed it more if they had played more to the ambiguity of the facts/evidence. There is lots we don't know and governments have certainly withheld things, but it still seemed too certain about many things for my taste.
 
Playing Nice is very good.
four episodes and you'll want to binge watch them !
 
Am halfway through Ripley on Netflix. It's not the usual type of thing I go for.

Halfway through the first episode it's one of those where I thought do I turn it off or keep going?

Am glad I stuck with it it's getting excellent now. Shot beautifully and the actor is great as he was in Sherlock.
 
Resumed watching "Those About to Die". I started before but somehow the inclusion of Anthony Hopkins cheapened it the last I tried it. Primarily bc as great as he is he has also been shoe horned in some absolutely terrible roles as well. Now that I know he doesn't actually have a big role the show got much better for it.

I get the criticism that the sfx seem cheap but the close proximity set design and gfx are no worse than Spartacus to me. I quite enjoy the cast too: Iwan Rheon is actually a pretty good lead, as is the guy playing Domitian. Several of the side characters are entertaining as well. Its hard not to draw parallels to the Gladiator movies and the Spartacus TV show and I don't think it's quite up to that level of entertainment - but I greatly enjoy watching it nonetheless. Hopefully there will be a S2.
 
Landman - Started really strong but sadly it has devolved into a family soap opera and the oil business/cartel problem has become a background to the wife and daughter volunteering with the elderly? :lol: This is my first Sheridan show so maybe this is normal for him but I sure hope they pull off an amazing final episode and set up season 2 nicely
 
MiceOnMeth said:
Landman - Started really strong but sadly it has devolved into a family soap opera and the oil business/cartel problem has become a background to the wife and daughter volunteering with the elderly? :lol: This is my first Sheridan show so maybe this is normal for him but I sure hope they pull off an amazing final episode and set up season 2 nicely
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His shows were good about 5-7 years ago when Yellowstone was taking off and he was coming off the heels of a couple of successful movies (Hell or High Water was my favorite). Lately, shows like Tulsa King and Landman aren't being as well received, and for that matter, nor is the final season of Yellowstone.
 
MiceOnMeth said:
Landman - Started really strong but sadly it has devolved into a family soap opera and the oil business/cartel problem has become a background to the wife and daughter volunteering with the elderly? :lol: This is my first Sheridan show so maybe this is normal for him but I sure hope they pull off an amazing final episode and set up season 2 nicely
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at times it felt like propaganda to me

so many scenes where characters just go off on one about how fecking great oil is
 
The Cat said:
Am halfway through Ripley on Netflix. It's not the usual type of thing I go for.

Halfway through the first episode it's one of those where I thought do I turn it off or keep going?

Am glad I stuck with it it's getting excellent now. Shot beautifully and the actor is great as he was in Sherlock.
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Yeah, great show with excellent payoff. I did think it was hilarious when the detective interviewed him again and he had a shitty fake beard on and he didn't immediately recognise him :lol:
 
Massive Spanner said:
Yeah, great show with excellent payoff. I did think it was hilarious when the detective interviewed him again and he had a shitty fake beard on and he didn't immediately recognise him :lol:
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Yeah just finished it and that rankles somewhat.

I know it's fiction and the book probably makes a better effort if that is indeed from the book.

Still good though but that scene should have been different.
Either a proper disguise or do it on the phone or something. I get he wanted to emulate the painter using shadows etc. Seems the ending tried to emulate Usual Suspects.

Decent watch overall though.
 
The Cat said:
Yeah just finished it and that rankles somewhat.

I know it's fiction and the book probably makes a better effort if that is indeed from the book.

Still good though but that scene should have been different.
Either a proper disguise or do it on the phone or something. I get he wanted to emulate the painter using shadows etc. Seems the ending tried to emulate Usual Suspects.

Decent watch overall though.
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Nah it doesn’t feature like that in the book. It was a product of the TV show, oddly enough.

I loved that show, but agree with you both - what kind of creative choice was that? Was comically stupid.
 
Shane88 said:
Started Shrinking. It's good, it can be a bit saccharine at times but it's brief with it and a rare show where almost everyone in it is funny.

I remember watching Scrubs 20 years ago and them making jokes about Jordan's face and doing botox.



Ironically, that actress has the same face now 20 years later in Shrinking.
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Just finished S2 of Shrinking (saw a recommendation a bit further up the thread)… very well written (the funny and sad bits). Characters (particularly the fringe ones) develop/get better as S1 and S2 progresses. S3 agreed.

And Scrubs was fantastic! Rewatched the entire thing last year… should never have done that last season though.
 
I enjoyed Day of the Jackal. Easy watch, nowt spesh but yeah watchable.

I've tried Lioness, Bad Monkey and this series about a bloke who ended up in an alternate universe...apparently he was replaced by his alternate self. Anyway I canned them all after one or two episodes.

I need summat decent to watch. If anyone wants shite recommendations...I'm your an.
 
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