Finished various series this week thanks to having the TV to myself and a jigsaw puzzle going on in the background.
Watched all of the documentary Deaf President Now! Am surprised that I recall nothing about this protest but it was fascinating to hear about and had a wonderful finish, which feels hopeful even in today's climate.
Caught up on The 1% and finished Welcome to Wrexham. Wonderful final episode -- the goal at 17 minutes in was wild, and it had all the feels in the conclusion.
Also finished Silo season 2 and I have to say that I found it remarkable that I watched all of Severance S2 but couldn't do it with Silo. I ended up watching the first two and last two episodes and then just the "previously on" for the other episodes. I wanted to see where things were going but it always seems to take so long and spend time on things I don't really care about.
That said, the ending was interesting and not what I was expecting, so I'm curious where S3 will pick up.
Severance S2 seemed much better paced than S1. Perhaps it's because S1 had so much set up of both characters (inner and outer) as well as plot and mystery. I managed to stick with each episode. However I was also disappointed with where it headed. I felt like S1 had a Scientology aspect to it but it was also just "ominous capitalist corporation" taken to an extreme along with potentially interesting questions about integration of self. Instead S2 leaned into religious zealotry which is, to me, both boring and a lot less challenging a storyline because then it can be weird just for the sake of weirdness.
I also tried out the first 3 episodes of Ironheart and found it ok. I watched all of Prime Target which was also ok. It tried to be a mix of things, and I thought the ending made sense but it was one of those shows where you're way ahead of the main characters in terms of conspiracies and who can be trusted, which makes it less interesting.
Am up to S12 of Last Week Tonight which picks up after Trump's re-election so I can imagine a lot of them will be bigger downers than usual.
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Watched all of the documentary Deaf President Now! Am surprised that I recall nothing about this protest but it was fascinating to hear about and had a wonderful finish, which feels hopeful even in today's climate.
Caught up on The 1% and finished Welcome to Wrexham. Wonderful final episode -- the goal at 17 minutes in was wild, and it had all the feels in the conclusion.
Also finished Silo season 2 and I have to say that I found it remarkable that I watched all of Severance S2 but couldn't do it with Silo. I ended up watching the first two and last two episodes and then just the "previously on" for the other episodes. I wanted to see where things were going but it always seems to take so long and spend time on things I don't really care about.
That said, the ending was interesting and not what I was expecting, so I'm curious where S3 will pick up.
Severance S2 seemed much better paced than S1. Perhaps it's because S1 had so much set up of both characters (inner and outer) as well as plot and mystery. I managed to stick with each episode. However I was also disappointed with where it headed. I felt like S1 had a Scientology aspect to it but it was also just "ominous capitalist corporation" taken to an extreme along with potentially interesting questions about integration of self. Instead S2 leaned into religious zealotry which is, to me, both boring and a lot less challenging a storyline because then it can be weird just for the sake of weirdness.
I also tried out the first 3 episodes of Ironheart and found it ok. I watched all of Prime Target which was also ok. It tried to be a mix of things, and I thought the ending made sense but it was one of those shows where you're way ahead of the main characters in terms of conspiracies and who can be trusted, which makes it less interesting.
Am up to S12 of Last Week Tonight which picks up after Trump's re-election so I can imagine a lot of them will be bigger downers than usual.