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The Boys: I'm curious what will happen to Sage in the season finale. Then again, considering that the writing has been super shoddy in some places, I don't expect much.

The Boyfriend: It's a sweet show. I hope there will be more couples soon.

Miss Night and Day: The last two episodes were much better than expected. It certainly helped that the murder mystery wasn't the main focus.

Perfect Match S2: I couldn't care less at this point.

Sausage Party: Foodtopia: I don't think anyone should watch this unless they want to laugh about it with friends. But only if you find nothing better.

Taskmaster AU S2: I crylaughed for at least 20 minutes. If I haven't said it already: Tom Cashman is now my favorite TM assistant.

Taskmaster S3 finale: It felt like such a short season but I enjoyed rewatching it.

My watching this week has been just a continuation of shows I've previously started -- watching new episodes when I have the mental energy to concentrate on them, or else watching syndicated stuff (MASH, Friends, Star Treks, etc) when I don't. And sports -- Euro Cup and Wimbledon, both which come to an end tomorrow, sadly.

The only new show I've started is "Sunny" on Apple+. Have watched the first couple of episodes only. I quite like what I've seen thus far. Guardian review here for anyone curious/interested (may contain spoilers so proceed at your own risk): https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jul/10/sunny-review-robot-comedy-thriller-rashida-jones-apple-tv

There are some shows coming up that I am interested in, but until I am able to finish up those I've already started, I don't want to take on any new ones.

I was thinking of starting Sunny next week. Coming in completely unspoiled, except for Rashida Jones being in it.

I never go into any show completely unspoiled. I don't want to waste my time, so I always read reviews (at the very least) before deciding whether to proceed with a show or give it a miss, or just put it in my "maybe, when there's nothing else to watch" pile.

I'm sick as heck so all I've watched this week is Law & Order: SVU. Managed to finished season 16 (it was fine) and started season 17 (great first couple of episodes!).

Hope you're feeling better soon!

I was binge watching L&O: CI for the first time and made it to the last season. I need to finish it!

Thank you <3

How did you find L&O: CI??

I thought the writing on CI was pretty uneven, but the characters are awesome. Bobby is now my favorite L&O cop after Lenny Briscoe. And I'm really enjoying Jeff Goldblum's character.

I might give it a try if one day I manage to catch up on SVU... :P

I love L&O: CI. At least the Bobby Goren stuff!

My friend recommended me to watch The Apothecary Diaries and A Sign of Affection. Both were good anime shows for their respective genres.

I finished Star Trek: Prodigy and loved it. It does make me wish I was further along with my Voyager rewatch, though. I managed to squeeze in three more eps of Voyager this week.

I've gobbled up all of Pointless on America Britbox so I've moved on to watching it on the Roku channel which has a few earlier seasons.

I had no intention to start rewatching Galavant, I swear. There was just this notice on for it on Hulu and went for it. This is just about the only musical series I like. It's still as much fun as it was the first time.

I realized recently that of the three Discworld limited series I had never watched the first two. Now I have and I have thoughts.
Hogfather was released in 2006 so I watched it first. Ugh. Plodding and dull. Almost humorless. And casting Marc Warren as Mr. Teatime didn't work at all, he was just silly. I love the book (& sometimes reread it at Christmas) but I won't be watching this again.

The Colour of Magic came out in 2008 and covers that book and The Light Fantastic. I thought this was better, still just okay. Although I loved David Bradley as Cohen the Barbarian. That's exactly how I'd imagined him in my head.

All this made me watch Going Postal again as a comparison. This series came out just 4 years after Hogfather but it's miles above it. In casting, pacing, dialog - even the background music was miles above. For anyone who likes Discworld books, I'd recommend skipping Hogfather and just watching the other two.

I didn't know there were live action discworld series! I'll see if I can find the good ones anywhere.

In the US they are on Peacock or free with ads on the Roku channel. I think some of the other free with ads channels, like Tubi or Pluto might have them, too.

I'm not in the US.

I couldn't find it on any services I'm paying for. (Well, I did find Hogfather on Prime, and Colour of Magic - but not included in my subscription.)

I did find Going Postal on dailymotion. \o/

Galavant has a real "maybe I'll just nostalgically watch a clip on YouTube" to "okay okay I'll just rewatch the pilot" to "oops well that's a whole season" pipeline problem. XD

(It's so good!)

We'll be getting Britbox soon so will try to remember to look at Pointless.

On the last few episodes of Harrow S3. Not that taken with this season. Finished watching Franklin which I thought was superb and one of the best roles Michael Douglas has ever taken on.

Also watched S1 of Hard Sun which had an interesting premise but wasn't that interesting to watch. I guess if there's a S2 it'll take a different turn.

Caught up on Presumed Innocent but will have to watch the ending the next time we have Apple+.

Watched all of Castle Rock and Monarch Legacy. Thought S2 of Castle Rock was much better than S1, and thought Monarch was well paced and juggled its large cast well.

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Is Castle Rock S1 worth it? I know it got cancelled after S2. Also, is Presumed Innocent worth a watch?

I would say no. I did it on background viewing and to my mind it took too long to get where it was going. Also S2 has little to do with S1 and you won't miss anything by starting there. S2 wasn't as slow and I think that had a better payoff, the latter half of the season brought together its various strands fairly well.

I think that Presumed Innocent has also dragged a bit. The last episode released is where we finally got going with the trial, however you can't exactly skip all the earlier episodes.

All my subscriptions lapsed and until something comes up that I want to see, I won't re-up. There are two shows on PBS that I'm watching.

This week I really only watched old episodes of Mama's Family. I needed a pick-me-up and the antics of the Harpers sometimes do that for me.

However, I'd like to start a few new shows since I finally broke down and got Netflix:

- Bridgerton (I saw some Penelope/Colin stuff on social media that intrigues me)
- Desperate Lies (it looks very soapy and dramatic so right up my alley)
- I Am Not Okay with This (I guess it never got a season 2 but it looks so good and intense AF that I am going to give it a try anyway)

Taskmaster S6 Some more eps (three, I think?). I'm actively disliking this season now (except maybe for the kiss, which was supremely awkward but I was impressed anyway). The main reason is that I don't like any of the male contestants, and the women aren't treated fairly. Idk what it is, it just feels like Greg doesn't like Alice, no matter what she does, whereas I think a lot of her approaches are so creative (and sometimes intentionally disruptive), and I enjoy them. Ah well. I'm just hoping I won't lose the motivation to finish it quickly so I can move on to the next season.

Lady Parts S2 - Almost halfway through that, and I still love it. I chuckled at Saira's existential angst about turning 30. :DD

Last but not least, Lost You Forever S2, fcking finally! It started airing on July 8, and I'm now on ep 4. There are 23 in total, I hope I'm going to be able to go through them relatively quickly before I get completely spoiled.

Oh, and I started a Bridgerton rewatch with the SO, who hasn't seen it before but luckily seems to enjoy it! \o/

Yay, Lady Parts! Saira's turning 30 angst was so great. I loved the season. :D

So, I finally got around to watching stuff.

1. Fool Me Once - appears to be an Australian limited series by Harlan Coben via Netflix. Has 8 episodes. It's about a former Iraq Combat Helicopter Pilot who loses her sister, husband, and her job. And is having PTSD about Iraq, and is overwhelmed with guilt over what she did overseas.
Whether this is linked to her sister and husband's murder, or that has to do with events outside of her, is not clear yet. It's kind of a convoluted plot - almost as if the writer got bored of his plot and decided to keep adding to it?

But it fits my mood, which is to watch a mystery/thriller.

2. Scavengers Reign - HBO Max original - but streaming on Netflix? (Making me think I can and should cancel the MAX subscription and just keep Netflix?) This has been touted as among the best science fiction series out there by the critical masses. It's an animation (which is a good thing - because honestly? I don't think I could watch a live action version nor do I think they could pull it off.) The animation is kind of pseudo-realistic along the vibe of some adult American soft cell animation - such as Art Linklater's animated films. It's not cartoon animation - the people look and for the most part move like adult people. There's a stiffness to it that you don't see in most of the Disney, Anime, and Pixar stuff. Also it's 2D not 3D, so not computer animation. Compelling though. I actually like it better than computer animation. Also not quite as busy as anime, nor are the people as idealized or pretty.

It's about 12 episodes? I'm four in. The story is about a space-ship that has swung off course, and resulted in various people having to evacuate in escape pods to the increasingly hostile surface planet below. And how they survive, or if they survive and get off the planet.

The alien creatures are innovative. I've not seen them before - although they are to some degree reminiscent of things I've seen in Japanese Anime.

3. Supacel - it's also on Netflix and got a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I was bored in the first episode and had troubles following it and gave up. It's a UK series that reminds me a little of the UK series Misfits, but with a lot more characters. I'm not positive, but I think an alleged cure for sickle cell anemia gives the recipients super powers. And the government is kidnapping them and testing them. And a man gathers folks with super powers together - to save his kidnapped girlfriend? But I don't know for certain, that's my best guess? (I'm admittedly a bit burned out on the superhero trope in television and cinema. I blame the MCU for that.

Also Reacher - on Amazon, S1. I'm about six episodes in. It's okay. Kind of fun?

Tried a rewatch of Glee - but I'd forgotten how annoying half the characters are. It would be fine if it were just one or two, but it's half the cast. I do like the song and dance numbers. However, I can't do a re-watch just for that.

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