Rate the last TV Show you watched

[VladimirIlyich]

48 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I'm probably a bit late to this, but I've just finished both series of Upright. 

 

It's a sitcom with Tim Minchin, driving across Australia to see his family for the first time in years. He's towing an upright piano and - after a road accident - a teenage fellow-traveller.  It's brilliantly scripted, developing their characters and relationship and revealing their stories in a way that's very funny, moving and believable.  Some of the set-piece episodes with people they meet on their journey are hilarious.  The two lead characters are very engaging (although I'd probably swerve them in real life), so it passes my basic test of whether I give a shit what happens to the people in any programme. 

 

I think it's available on Sky and maybe Prime.  Get it watched.

I think I remember that from a few years back. It was very good.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Hey Tony, the 2nd best program on the telly is on BBC1 right now.

 

Who Do You Think You Are

[Torvald Utne]

Just watched the Hijack finale, utterly ridiculous. Should have been, at most, a 90 minute movie but they dragged it out over 7 episodes and gave it the special effects of an 80s movie.  But at least it got me a few more hours closer to death.

[Brownie]

On 20/07/2023 at 23:54, TD_LFC said:

The Bear season 2 episode 6 is incredible.

The whole season was majestic.

 

Absolutely superb show.

[VladimirIlyich]

Le Bureau des Legendes Series 5. Took me ages to find this with English subtitles,a couple of years in fact. Probably 7/10 and their weakest series. The character killed off at the end should have been killed off way before. I think this was the end of the whole thing now?

[Welsh]

Started watching From. I vowed to never watch anything from any of the lost creator bastards again but so far it's looking a good show (Just finished episode 3) Let's hope it's got more longevity than Lost and they actually have a clue what they are going to do towards the end.

 

8/10

[Elite]

7 hours ago, Welsh said:

Started watching From. I vowed to never watch anything from any of the lost creator bastards again but so far it's looking a good show (Just finished episode 3) Let's hope it's got more longevity than Lost and they actually have a clue what they are going to do towards the end.

 

8/10

I'm 4 episodes in and really enjoying it. 

[Bjornebye]

On episode 4 of The Bear. Really liking it so far. "No Ingles" cracked me up but it's quite darker than I expected. 

[Harry's Lad]

Alone.

First episode of 6 on channel 4.

11 contestants are dropped into the Canadian wilderness to compete  in a test of survival for a £100,000 prize.

Decent so far with the first episode still playing.

What a stunningly beautiful place.

[Arniepie]

Fresh meat rematch 

Series 1..superb

Series 2 poor

 

(Never knew this waw from the writers of succesesion)

[Carvalho Diablo]

1 hour ago, Harry's Lad said:

Alone.

First episode of 6 on channel 4.

11 contestants are dropped into the Canadian wilderness to compete  in a test of survival for a £100,000 prize.

Decent so far with the first episode still playing.

What a stunningly beautiful place.

Is this a British version?

[Harry's Lad]

31 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

Is this a British version?

Yes. #ALONEUK.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Another kick arse episode of LLF Tony.

 

#BPOTT

[Elite]

From Season 1 - 8.5/10

 

Really didn't expect much going into this but it's ace, great cast of characters and bags of intrigue. Loved it.

[Anubis]

Lincoln Lawyer - Series 2 (both parts) - 7.5/10.

 

The televisual equivalent of going to watch some popcorn at the cinema. Enjoyable enough but not remotely serious. An extended John Grisham-like televisual novel.

[Elite]

Power - 7.5/10

 

I've watched 5 seasons now and it's good fun but utterly ridiculous. 

[Bjornebye]

12 minutes ago, Elite said:

Power - 7.5/10

 

I've watched 5 seasons now and it's good fun but utterly ridiculous. 

 

I loved it, Tommy is one of the greatest characters of all time. Worst acting ever but an absolute head case. 

[John102]

 

[Baresi]

Currently on season 4 of The West Wing. Some of the best tv ever made, imo. Additionally, some of the best casting ever. Amazing.  

[Bjornebye]

31 minutes ago, John102 said:

 

 

Oh you wouldn't stop with her would you? Unreal bit of kit. She plays Lil' Kim in Notorious. 

 

 

 

[Red74]

Irvine Welsh Crime on ITVX.

 

Been looking forward to seeing this but couldn’t be arsed paying for britbox to watch it.

 

Thank god I didn’t cos it was a massive let down.

 

Dougrays good as the “hard drinking, coke snorting, good cop with issues” and his assistants lovely but that’s as far as it goes.

 

Scripts full of Irvine’s rampant playing to the audience monologues that were new in the 90’s and the contrived plot with the girl from Corrie taking down her boss was embarrassing and you could see exactly what he was aiming to do here. Girl power boxes well and truly ticked.

 

The main story about a child abductor from Dougs past tends to get forgotten about quite a bit until they realise they’re going to need to end this soon and just like ITV request from all their dramas, they really make the ending as awful as they can. 

5/10 watch if you’ve got nothing better to do when the nights draw in. 

 

[Bjornebye]

4 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

 

Oh you wouldn't stop with her would you? Unreal bit of kit. She plays Lil' Kim in Notorious. 

 

 

 

Had to put Notorious on the projector 

 

 

[Mudface]

8 hours ago, Anubis said:

Lincoln Lawyer - Series 2 (both parts) - 7.5/10.

 

The televisual equivalent of going to watch some popcorn at the cinema. Enjoyable enough but not remotely serious. An extended John Grisham-like televisual novel.

 

I'd knock it down to a 6 at best. It's OK, and the courtroom scenes are enjoyable enough- especially the ultra-sarcy judges- but it's just not that funny and the stories don't really work that well. Both this series and the first one have had conclusions completely out of left field with barely any indication of anything untoward- this series was actually better in that regard and it still hinged on something which no one could possibly have foreseen. I know that's the same problem with most crime shows, but it's compounded by the Netflix curse of a load of filler as well. Still, the last few episodes were well done, and hopefully it doesn't have to rely on Legal and Izzy as story telling conceits if there's going to be another episode.

 

I need to give these books a read, Bosch was fun but fairly grounded and so was the film, but these almost seem like a cartoon version.

[Bjornebye]

On 20/07/2023 at 23:54, TD_LFC said:

The Bear season 2 episode 6 is incredible.

Watched this episode earlier. Brilliant. Jamie Lee Curtis was unreal. Loving this show. 

[Harry's Lad]

On 06/08/2023 at 23:24, Carvalho Diablo said:

Is this a British version?

If you haven't seen it yet it's showing again on Channel 4 at 00:10.