Speak Up Saturday

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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

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- Bait: First episode. Despite all the promos I've seen, I didn't know it was a show about the race politics of a Riz Ahmed Bond casting. Very interesting.

- Big Mistakes: I enjoyed it a lot, and the family dynamics were my favorite part. Would love a second season.

- Rooster: Currently watching and liking the newest episode.

Movies: Easter Bloody Easter was a bad movie, but it had a lot more heart and creativity than some of Netflix's latest horror trash offerings.

Looking forward to watching: The newest Taskmaster UK episode, Perfect Crown, Cocaine Crabs from Outer Space (only discovered this one after considering Cocaine Shark and Methgator)

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I'm (slowly) catching up on the episodes I missed the last 2-3 weeks. I started with the final two episodes of Paradise. The finale was a bit too dramatic at times and had some very convenient timing at too many points in the episode. I like that it leaned more into the sci-fi aspect though and sets up S3 to be more like that, as well. I went back to an old entry of mine and apparently I read somewhere after S1 that the showrunner has a plan for three seasons. That still sounds great to me.

Scrubs needs more Dr. Park. I really like the new interns, but he is an interesting new character that they aren't really doing anything with. I like his and JD's more antagonistic interactions, but I also loved them working together in My VIP.
They totally nailed the more emotional scenes in episode 6, too, just like the original run did. I'm sad that the season will be over next week. I honestly loved it.

Abbott Elementary still has a couple of episodes left this season.

Spoilers for episode 19

Janine and Gregory broke up, completely out of nowhere. I feel like there were no hints that they might be heading this way. I also feel like the reason and how it played out was not necessarily in line with their characterization. Gregory saying "We're going to Atlantic City. This is a compromise." makes no sense. One person changing the destination is not a compromise and he knows his. I don't think Janine would have just bought the tickets, but at the same time Gregory knows how she had to pay for everything with Tariq (mainly from how she handled moving in together), so it probably makes sense for her to just pay for something if she really wants it. I don't know. This whole set-up just doesn't seem that well-written.

I'm also catching up on Watson. I saw the ending of episode 15 coming a mile away.

spoilers for the ending of episode 15 and the whole season

or should I say twist? When Sherlock Holmes suddenly appeared again, alive, my first thought was "he is just in Watson's head." There were moments in previous episodes where I thought that he interacted with the world, but apparently that wasn't the case.
I was surprised they didn't save this reveal for the finale as a cliffhanger. Luckily they didn't with the show being canceled and all. There will probably be a cliffhanger anyway.

Next up is starting the second season of Daredevil: Born Again. I don't know why I'm hesitant to start it. I've only seen one (positive) comment about it so far.

The final season of The Boys has started, but that's not my top priority at the moment. The Testaments (sequel to The Handmaid's Tale) has also started which I thought was still months away. Again, not a priority, especially when you're immediately behind by three episodes.

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Finished the latest season of Love is Blind US and it was a trainwreck as usual, 99% of the participants at this point are only there for clout, but the reunion was satisfying lol It's still good for a backgroung noise while I'm doing stuff around the house.

Also watched XO, Kitty Season 3. For some reason I thought this was supposed to be the last season, but maybe I got it confused with it being their last year of highschool. I really like all the characters, so it was enjoyable watch and I'm glad that all the couples ended on a good note compared to last season finale. It still isn't renewed for another season, but I hope they give it one final season, it would be weird to end it in the middle of their final school year.

Other than that watched some single episodes from shows I've started, but can't seem to finish. Maybe one day.

Big Mistakes, Dan Levy's new show is next on my list. Schitt's Creek is one of my all time favourites and I'm sure I'll enjoy this too, the trailer was hilarious. Also looking for Half Man in a couple of weeks, the trailer definitely grabbed my attention.