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I watched:
- Bridgerton S4: I am genuinely surprised about how much I've enjoyed the first part of this season. Sophie is so sweet, Ben does not deserve her (yet), and I am genuinely looking forward to more swooning!

Movies:
- If I Had Legs I'd Kick You: What an uncomfortable, intense, stressful watch! Great movie, but you need to go into it with the right mood.
- Zootopia 2: A solid, really cute sequel.

Edited 2026-02-07 18:02 (UTC)

Ooh, that's great to hear about Zootopia 2. I loved the first one.

If you loved the first one, I'm sure you'll adore the sequel. :)

I have yet to start S4 but am glad to hear that Zootopia is now available.

but am glad to hear that Zootopia is now available.
It's still in the cinemas over here!

Man on the Inside was renewed for a third season! I love the show, but isn't it great that Netflix renews the one show that manages to complete its stories within a season? To be honest, I suspect the show is pretty cheap to make while a show like Kaos was a lot more expensive. That probably plays a big role. I also suspect that The Diplomat is relatively cheap which is why it'll soon be on S4.

I finished the second season of Fallout. It exists, I suppose. It wasn't awful, but I feel like there was too much crammed into it. Sometimes I would completely forget about Norm, we would cut to his story line, barely get anything out of it, and he was done again for the episode. There was so much going on, they didn't have time to flesh anything out besides what Lucy and Howard were doing. The flashbacks were definitely my favorite thing this season and I would have loved to see more of Steph's past.

Abbott Elementary's Valentine's Day episode was fine, but once again, I wonder why O'Shon and Ava are a thing. They are awful together and there is nothing funny about how she treats him.
Speaking of awful couples, Tariq is an okay character by now, but the "jokes" about Janine's past relationship with him are also not funny. I honestly thought it got kinda dark when she started panicking about paying rent for a bigger apartment.

I mentioned the movie last week and actually watched People We Meet on Vacation. I'm not the biggest romcom fan, but I like Emily Bader and she had decent enough chemistry with Tom Blyth. It's under two hours and not too bad *shrugs*

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You're probably right about costs and renewals. We still haven't finished the latest season of either show but plan to this month.

The Residence also doesn't look super expensive, so I wonder why that was canceled.
Have fun!

Oh was it? That seems too bad. It seemed like a good franchise set up to me.

For a long time it was also one of Netflix' best premieres (or even shows in general) of the year which makes it even more baffling.

It is. When we signed up again I think it was suggested to me, even before I added more than 3 things to my watchlist.

Keeping up with The Pitt and enjoying it despite the gross-out factor.

Started SurrealEstate, but we're only two episodes in. Seems really fun so far. I like the ensemble.

Watched all of MCU's Wonder Man and really liked it! It's a Hollywood/aspiring actor story about the redeeming power of friendship, and the cast is fantastic. The ending was a little rushed, but that's okay.

Finished We Are Lady Parts season 2. I could watch them forever.

And last night we were going to start the latest season of The Lincoln Lawyer, but instead we watched half of the Naomi Watt film, The Friend. Very quiet, melacholy and lovely. (TW: off-screen suicide.)

In Kdramas, I finished Can This Love Be Translated? for which the ending was just bonkers. But I enjoyed it up till then, and the male lead was a sweetheart. So good to see him smiling more as the show progressed.

Now I'm watching Beyond the Bar, a law show with some pretty brutal/gritty elements, eg, child abuse, sexual harassment. I don't know that it's good, but I'm definitely finding it compelling.

I look forward to seeing Wonder Man! It'll have to wait until this month's Netflix rush is done, but it's good to know I'll have things to see once that happens.

I found it very charming. Hope you like it too, when you get to it. :-)

I know very little about Wonder Man, but I'm looking forward to watching it. I renewed Netflix for another month, but then I'll get to it lol

I could say more about it, if you're curious? Either way, I hope you enjoy it when you get to it. :-)

Thank you, but I am already happy to know that you liked it ;)
It is next up on the list when Netflix runs out!

Yay, I hope you enjoy it. :D

I'm still really enjoying Starfleet Academy so far. I think all the characters are delightful and these early episodes have been good for establishing who they are and why they're here. The episodes have all still felt very Star Trek-like to me, despite the school setting being different than a more typical Trek series.

Miss Scarlet continues to disappoint me this season 😩 The romance is being prioritized over the mysteries, and it's just not hitting for me. There are only two more episodes left though.

Glad Starfleet Academy is something I'll be able to look forward to!

It's very fun! Hope you enjoy it once you get to it 😊

Saw another episode of The Diplomat, caught up on Jeopardy, and am still making my way through Great British Baking Show. Still impresses me what the bakers are able to produce.

About to finish Bodkin, which I think Netflix really mislabeled. Am going to finish Eric in the next few days. Rather depressing stuff but I was curious about how much it would reveal. Am currently watching Sandokan: The Pirate Prince, which has a female lead who reminds me very much of Jodie Comer. The first episode or two didn't impress me much but it's getting more interesting.

Finished all of Discovery of Witches. I hadn't been that into the first season, but the second really broadened out the world building, which is what had grabbed me. And that expanded even more in S3. It still struck me as very much a YA story, and there's a big group of characters, many of whom are hardly developed. But I did like the story.

Tried out two episodes of Jekyll and Hyde and had to give up on it because I thought the writing was really pedestrian.

Also finally finished Wallace and Grommit: Murder Most Fowl. Neat and tidy!

Hehee, gratuitously reposting the Fowl icon I made here, because that scene made me laugh so much omg.

Oh I loved that too, but it left the seal behind!

Weirdly, a week with less cdrama and more western. Ooops? But not much in total.

A bit more (eps8-10) of the cdrama The Company. Still enjoying the BL vibes, wondering if they really put them in there intentionally or if I'm just wearing slash goggles. Peak time travel shenanigans in ep 10. I'm definitely enjoying the show.

I started on season 2 of Saint Pierre - I didn't even have time to watch the whole first episode yet. What is time? /o\ I had forgotten how much getting used to Arch's French accent takes. I had no trouble with it (loved it, in fact) by the end of season 1, and I'm surprised that I'm apparently starting from scratch again now. I don't know why I missed the show so much, but I did, and I'm happy to have it back.

(Still lowkey thinking about getting a VPN just so I can watch Allegiance.)

Bridgerton s4 ep2. I loved the Queen! I didn't expect them to make her this obvious. Her reaction to Agatha's announcement in ep1 was pretty obvious to me, but seeing it play out like that was *chef's kiss*. For some reason, I'm not really invested in Violet's storyline anymore this season? I liked it better last season. My favorite character continues to be Penelope. <3 Sophie is starting to grow on me, too.

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