What TV shows are people watching?

Chiomara · 05-17-2017, 01:48 PM

This show is SO GOOD so far. (So good apparently that I accidentally posted this in the wrong thread a little while ago.) Three episodes in.

Edit: and, surprsingly it's a doing a pretty fantastic job of portraying PTSD (as experienced by a strange child desperate for approval) which I did not expect at all before I began watching it.

rostasi · 05-17-2017, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Yeah that is brand new info that happened like either yesterday or early Saturdat morning.

Yay they got approved for 10 episodes in 2018 after being canceled.

Yeah! Good news! I was a little overly analytical about how they were going to handle the time-sequences, but the overall larger storyline made it bigger and better.

Yes, and ITV has done it again. Scott & Bailey had only three episodes for the new season and it was cancelled. I'm beginning to see a pattern with these shows that the new manager is cancelling, but I don't want to say too much until I investigate it more thoroughly.

rostasi · 05-17-2017, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

It's ITV. Who gives a ****? Sky is where it's at now.

I vote for the candidates, not the party.

Trollheart · 05-17-2017, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

Yeah! Good news! I was a little overly analytical about how they were going to handle the time-sequences, but the overall larger storyline made it bigger and better.

Yes, and ITV has done it again. Scott & Bailey had only three episodes for the new season and it was cancelled. I'm beginning to see a pattern with these shows that the new manager is cancelling, but I don't want to say too much until I investigate it more thoroughly.

Henry IX seems to have gone the same way. Three episodes and nothing. After all the hype that seems odd. I wonder if there's anything in the fact that BBC ran Mike Bartlett's play King Charles III last week? Henry IX wasn't great but it had some potential, and a good cast list too. Sad.

Edit: Oh wait, that was Gold. Weirder then. Sunk without a trace.

rostasi · 05-17-2017, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Henry IX seems to have gone the same way. Three episodes and nothing. After all the hype that seems odd. I wonder if there's anything in the fact that BBC ran Mike Bartlett's play King Charles III last week? Henry IX wasn't great but it had some potential, and a good cast list too. Sad.

Edit: Oh wait, that was Gold. Weirder then. Sunk without a trace.

Too bad about Henry IX. I rather like Annette Crosbie.
We're gonna try the first episode of King Charles III tomorrow evening.
We'll see if it lasts with us here at home.

Trollheart · 05-17-2017, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

Too bad about Henry IX. I rather like Annette Crosbie.
We're gonna try the first episode of King Charles III tomorrow evening.
We'll see if it lasts with us here at home.

It's not a series, it's a play. Just the one episode, self-contained. You might be interested/distracted by the Shakespearian way it's written. I thought it was okay but was a little disappointed in it.

rostasi · 05-17-2017, 07:46 PM

OK, so it's gonna be like "The Hollow Crown" Richard III" I guess -
which I actually enjoyed more than I expected. Thanks for the info!

Trollheart · 05-17-2017, 08:24 PM

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OK, so it's gonna be like "The Hollow Crown" Richard III" I guess -
which I actually enjoyed more than I expected. Thanks for the info!

Welll.... yes and no. It's set (obviously) in modern times but they use very Shakespearian language. I found it a little offputting. Incidentally, the Hollow Crown (all four episodes) totally brilliant and I have still King Lear (all four hours of it) to watch. Hope you enjoy the play, I just felt a little, I don't know, thrown by it.

The Batlord · 05-18-2017, 06:42 PM

Getting back into Gotham with the second season and I say the Riddler is more interesting than the Penguin at this point (about a 4th way through the 2nd season).

DwnWthVwls · 05-20-2017, 01:14 AM

Finally getting around to Better Call Saul after loving BB. I'm about 4 episodes in and really enjoying it so far. The first episode was a bit slow, but it is picking up quickly.

05-17-2017, 01:48 PM	#5351 (permalink)
Chiomara mayor of spookytown Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 812	This show is SO GOOD so far. (So good apparently that I accidentally posted this in the wrong thread a little while ago.) Three episodes in. Edit: and, surprsingly it's a doing a pretty fantastic job of portraying PTSD (as experienced by a strange child desperate for approval) which I did not expect at all before I began watching it. Last edited by Chiomara; 05-17-2017 at 02:37 PM.

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rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,008	OK, so it's gonna be like "The Hollow Crown" Richard III" I guess - which I actually enjoyed more than I expected. Thanks for the info!