What was the last TV show you watched?

[scotrace]

House of Cards. I've quickly binged every season and love it. It has all seemed too real, and I've known politicians like that. Spacey just gets it perfect.
This season is a slog. A week after it dropped, and I'm still not through it.

Also recently watched The Keepers, about the disappearance and murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik in Baltimore in the 60s. Excellent documentary.

 

[Warden]

Not a current TV series, indeed it was made in the 1980s but I do love watching 'First of the Summer Wine', if just for the music

 

[Stearmen]

Secrets: Shrunken Heads. Very fascinating! If you were a boy in the 50s or 60s, you probably had one of the fake heads. The only tribe to practice the art was the Shuar, also, the only tribe that were not concurred by the Conquistador's! The show used forensic techniques to make a computer rendering of what one of the poor victims would look like when he was alive! At the height of the Victorian shrunken head trade, even women, children and missionary's were victims. Before, only a warrior would suffer the fate!

 

[Stearmen]

The Good Witch.

 

[Doctor Strange]

I'm working my way through the second season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Great stuff.

 

[Stearmen]

Drain The Pirate City.

 

[Fading Fast]

A few more episodes of "The Ranch" from season one. Darn it - it's a cheesy show, bad sets, recycled plots and uneven acting - but somehow they put just enough genuine humanity in it (and the few good actors are really good) that I keep coming back for more.

I might have to move my comment on this show to Worf's "Guilty Pleasure" thread as I am not at all proud that I am watching this show.

It was neat to see Megyn Price, the female lead from "Rules of Engagement," pop up as a character here - she's a fun sitcom actor and it's always neat to see actors you know show up in new shows.

 

[Babydoll]

Finished up "Top of the Lake" last night. Stars Elisabeth Moss. Strange series.

After finishing up that, we watched an episode of "Handmaid's Tale", also with Elisabeth Moss. Also a VERY strange series.

Finished "The Keepers" last week. Made me mad/sad.

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

Finished up "Top of the Lake" last night. Stars Elisabeth Moss. Strange series.

For sure, but I also thought it was really good.

The Son. season finale. I can't decide on this one. I like it, but then I don't have much of a feeling either way. I'm not sure that is a good thing. I don't think you want to create confusion in your audience. People don't like to be confused about the story or how it makes them feel. (people don't like to be confused in general). I get the sense that this is an anachronistic mess. I could be wrong, though. I like that it fills a void for Hell on Wheels, and I do think it is better than Hell on Wheels at its end.

Turn returns next week. Cannot wait.

 

[Formeruser012523]

We watched last week's Gotham. Awesome episode, and oddly, we cannot wait for the season finale...

So, did you watch the finale? And what did you think? I won't speak on it because, spoilers if you haven't yet.

 

[vitanola]

Just finished an episode of "December Bride".

I enjoy anything which features the late Spring Byington.

 

[MisterCairo]

So, did you watch the finale? And what did you think? I won't speak on it because, spoilers if you haven't yet.

Bloody brilliant! We cannot wait for next season!

 

[Doctor Strange]

Re Gotham, I have finally made my peace with it. I still think the show is confused and scattershot, continually hampered by bad writing and monotonous plotting (Oh, no!... Gordon is on the precipice of falling to the dark side from which there's no coming back!... but then he somehow comes back, and faces nearly the same dilemma three episodes later)... but blessed with some good actors having a ball, and very solid production values.

For most of the run, I have fought the series, raging that THIS INSANITY JUST CAN'T BE THE BACKSTORY FOR THE BRUCE/BATS, GORDON, AND VILLAINS WE KNOW FROM CANON BATMAN! But I have finally gotten over that, and realize that this story is just a what-if using Gotham and its denizens that only aims to entertain, with no pretense (anymore) of being a true prequel setting up classic Batman. Having finally made that leap, I can enjoy the show for its way over the top storytelling and verve, and ignore how little of the plotting makes any sense, and how far off the characters are from their familiar versions.

So yeah, I enjoyed the nutso season finale. I still don't think Gotham is anywhere near being a good show, but it certainly (as my college creative writing prof used to advise us) "has the courage of its kinks." It's messy and has too many plotlines underway, and it will no doubt resolve them badly (and/or recycle them endlessly), but the show is definitely kinda enjoyable for its sheer craziness.

 

[Doctor Strange]

The latest episode of American Gods, which continues to be brilliant, challenging TV.

This episode was largely given over to a story set in the 1700s, about the travails of a thieving Irish adventuress who is caught and transported to the Colonies (twice!)... who ends up owning a large plantation. She brings her beliefs in the little people (who both assist her and place obstacles in her path) with her, so the story also functions as the origin of the show's leprechaun character.

I didn't recall this part of the story - I'd read Neil Gaiman's source novel only once about a decade ago - and I found myself unexpectedly moved by it. And I was impressed by Emily Browning, here playing a very different character than her main one in the present-day storyline. This show is AWESOME!

 

[Formeruser012523]

Re Gotham, I have finally made my peace with it. I still think the show is confused and scattershot, continually hampered by bad writing and monotonous plotting (Oh, no!... Gordon is on the precipice of falling to the dark side from which there's no coming back!... but then he somehow comes back, and faces nearly the same dilemma three episodes later)... but blessed with some good actors having a ball, and very solid production values.

For most of the run, I have fought the series, raging that THIS INSANITY JUST CAN'T BE THE BACKSTORY FOR THE BRUCE/BATS, GORDON, AND VILLAINS WE KNOW FROM CANON BATMAN! But I have finally gotten over that, and realize that this story is just a what-if using Gotham and its denizens that only aims to entertain, with no pretense (anymore) of being a true prequel setting up classic Batman. Having finally made that leap, I can enjoy the show for its way over the top storytelling and verve, and ignore how little of the plotting makes any sense, and how far off the characters are from their familiar versions.

So yeah, I enjoyed the nutso season finale. I still don't think Gotham is anywhere near being a good show, but it certainly (as my college creative writing prof used to advise us) "has the courage of its kinks." It's messy and has too many plotlines underway, and it will no doubt resolve them badly (and/or recycle them endlessly), but the show is definitely kinda enjoyable for its sheer craziness.

It's certainly a hot mess, for sure. I get annoyed by everyone's love stories. I just want plot. I know the show's creators have said this would take its own path. All great actors, thankfully. Nearly fell out of my chair when I saw Ra's Al Ghul. Haven't seen Alexander Siddig in years. Gives me something to look forward to for next season.

Alfred and Bullock are still the best characters on the show, hands down. They definitely had the best moments.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Well, both of Gordon's love interests are now off the show (Barbara dead, Lee leaving town [again]), so maybe they're backing off on that.

And I think plot is the show's problem: Bruce's parents were killed by Falcone's order; no, by Gallivan's order; no, by the Court of Owls order; no, by Ra's' order. Nothing on this show makes any sense!

I expected Ra's sooner, I half expected that "the Sensei" was him. (Though I couldn't commit to that character at all, not with the actor having played Dewey Cox's father... I kept expecting him to break into "The wrong kid died!"!)

Alexander Siddig is the go-to guy for these kinds of roles - he was recently an (ineffectual) ruler on Game of Thrones. And I was not crazy about the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade plot-steal (I won't dignify it by calling it an "homage") with the water from the Lazarus Pit...

I agree that Bullock's tossed-off comments are often the funniest lines on the show.

 

[Worf]

All 4.5 hours of last season's "Sherlock" on Netflix. - Didn't see a lot of that coming... The series (?) finale was great.

Worf

 

[Stearmen]

Genius.

 

[Stearmen]

American Epic, season finally. They really crossed all the Ts with this one. Started with the early 20th century craze for Hawaiian music, and the birth of the slide guitar, then to Southwest Spanish music, plus some Hopi music, add a little Cajun music for seasoning, then a lot of Mississippi John Hurt, for an out of this world finally with all the above attached to Voyager, now travailing out side the Milkyway! Man oh man, we do have a lot of great music in this country!

 

[Zombie_61]

...Man oh man, we do have a lot of great music in this country!

That might be the best rendition I've heard of that song.