What was the last TV show you watched?

[AmateisGal]

The Blacklist was stellar tonight!

 

[Doctor Strange]

It is one of the best shows I have seen since Deadwood; although, I really liked the first season of True Detective. Glad to hear that this season is even better.

I loved Deadwood too. Check this out!

http://www.vulture.com/2016/01/deadwood-movie-happening.html

It would be great if they actually do it, and provide the series with the closure that's the only thing keeping it from near-perfection.

 

[Steve27752]

It was Jericho.

 

[Zombie_61]

I loved Deadwood too. Check this out!

http://www.vulture.com/2016/01/deadwood-movie-happening.html

It would be great if they actually do it, and provide the series with the closure that's the only thing keeping it from near-perfection.

Be careful what you wish for. I was a fan of the Showtime series Dexter, and watched all eight seasons. The first four seasons were among the best television I've seen. But after the fourth season the two showrunners left the series, and after that the writing suffered noticeably; it was like a ship that had lost it's rudder, and was meandering aimlessly about the ocean. The end result of this after eight seasons was a final episode that was arguably the worst in television history. And this is not strictly my opinion; a number of Dexter fans that I've chatted with online agree.

"Closure" can be different for everyone involved; you might get it, but that doesn't mean it'll be satisfying.

 

[Stearmen]

NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare. They are doing quite a bit on WWI.

 

[Zombie_61]

The Blacklist was stellar tonight!

I agree; that might be the best episode of the series so far. I hope they don't drop the ball with Part II next week.

 

[Fading Fast]

NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare. They are doing quite a bit on WWI.

Recorded, but haven't seen it yet. I've noticed the WWI tilt as well and am quite happy for it as sometimes WWII gets all the focus and WWI was fascinating, horrific, amazing, ugly too.

 

[MisterCairo]

Some of the guys were watching Vice in the wardroom. Darfur, Fukashima Japan, and Camden New Jersey.

And I found Goa, India to be shockingly poor!

 

[AmateisGal]

Latest episode of Downton Abbey. And now, an encore presentation of Sherlock: The Abominable Bride!

 

[Stearmen]

Mythbusters. Love when they do MacGyver myths!

 

[Fading Fast]

NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare. They are doing quite a bit on WWI.

Watched it last night - very, very well done. Nova is an outstanding series. What a horror trench warfare was. I've read elsewhere that it was Hitler's experience with trench warfare as a common soldier in WWI that inspired Blitzkrieg and other tactics the Germans used in WWII to avoid a repeat of WWI trench warfare.

Also, watched the Vikings - Seahawks game, I did not care who won, but it was painful to see the placekicker suffer. The rewards can be equally high, but failing in so public a way and with such a cost to others has got to be excruciating.

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

RE: Dexter. I thought the first couple seasons were decent, and the idea was new enough that I could make a lot of excuses for its shortcomings. Season 3 was really good TV. John Lithgow took the show to a new level. They basically cannibalized their own show for seasons 4 and 5, and then I stopped watching. The Julia Stiles season was unbearable, but she isn't exactly an actor with a lot of range, either. I can imagine how awful they ended it.

I wish they wouldn't screw with Deadwood. Yes, it was unfortunately and prematurely ended. Yes, it was another great Milch creation. I understand the temptation, but just don't. Just don't. Leave it be.

 

[AmateisGal]

I have to say that upon watching Sherlock: The Abominable Bride for a second time, I enjoyed it much more because I fully understood what the episode was about. That's one of the conundrums with Sherlock: if you only watch it once, you miss so much. But who has time to watch something over and over?

 

[MisterCairo]

The last shows I watched on board HMCS Winnipeg - a mini-marathon of Tosh.O.

It's like a car crash. You don't want to look.

But you have to.

GREAT to be home! But why is it so cold???

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

I have to say that upon watching Sherlock: The Abominable Bride for a second time, I enjoyed it much more because I fully understood what the episode was about. That's one of the conundrums with Sherlock: if you only watch it once, you miss so much. But who has time to watch something over and over?

I have to say that I prefer something that detailed and demanding. When I think of all the great art, regardless of medium, everything in my experience that I would label as GREAT has required, and rewarded, with multiple viewings. I want a second, third, etc chance at it. If I can watch something over and over and over again and feel like each time I'm finding something new to appreciate, they did something well and right. I'm into it.

 

[Edward]

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride. I really enjoyed it. Will definitely watch it again to catch all the nuances.

Been interesting just how marmite that one has been. I'm in the (apparently larger) camp who hated everybminute of it. Of course, given how he'd already ruined both Dr Who and Sherlock (season three was diabolical), I was prepared for more of Moffat's trademark style, forgetting about story and instead wasting ninety minutes showing us all how clever he thinks he is. Such a flimsy plot. Cumberbatch and Freeman are fine actors, and deserve so much better (at least now they can sympathise with poor old Capaldi). Never has ninety minutes featured such utter, uttwr pretension surroundong the events of a sleeping man waking up, leaving a plane, and getting into a car. Unless Moffat goes, I shsn't even waste my time with the next series. Frankly, I wish they'd ended it with the second series, when it was still great. I doubt I'll bother with another Moffat-driven product. I'm very fisappointed in Gatiss' continued involvement: I wish he'd drop the deadweight and go looking for somebody to bring Lucifer Box to the screen!

I quite enjoyed 'and then there were none' on the BBC that was shown over Christmas, started watching it as I recognised Mullion Cove and Kynance Cove in Cornwall at the beginning and then found the interior of the house rather nice (Art Deco style) also thought is a rather good rendition of the tale.

The highlight of Christmas tv. So pleased they kept true to the book!

 

[Zombie_61]

RE: Dexter. I thought the first couple seasons were decent, and the idea was new enough that I could make a lot of excuses for its shortcomings. Season 3 was really good TV. John Lithgow took the show to a new level. They basically cannibalized their own show for seasons 4 and 5, and then I stopped watching. The Julia Stiles season was unbearable, but she isn't exactly an actor with a lot of range, either. I can imagine how awful they ended it...

John Lithgow was actually the "big bad" of Season 4. It was the last "solid" season of the series, and a tough act to follow if for no other reason than the dynamic between Hall and Lithgow was so good. The following season with Julia Stiles was the beginning of the end and, though the show still had it's moments, story-wise they never returned to solid ground.

 

[Stearmen]

Million Dollar American Princesses. We dismiss these women as nothing more then royal title diggers, but some were responsible for outstanding contributions to the arts! Peggy Guggenheim comes to mind!

 

[Fading Fast]

Million Dollar American Princesses. We dismiss these women as nothing more then royal title diggers, but some were responsible for outstanding contributions to the arts! Peggy Guggenheim comes to mind!

I watched a bunch of those episodes when they were first broadcast and, as you highlight, the reality was much, much more complex than the stereotype. Sure, there was a mercenary-social-climbing element to it all, but many formed interesting marriages - Churchill's parents for example - where the American women revealed more grit and reserve than one would expect from a "title digger."

 

[Stearmen]

Curse Of Oak Island. At least something interesting was found, but not by the principal cast!