What TV shows are you watching?

[Guybrush]

I'm watching How to Die Alone and Agatha All Along.

How to Die Alone is a great comedy about this lady working out of an airport terminal. JFK in NY.

How do you like Agatha All Along?

We're watching The Penguin. It is really good. What's more, Colin Farrell is phenomenal as the titular character. In the past, he's played a lot of bad, schlocky roles. Killing of a Sacred Deer annoys me so much. But he's absolutely brilliant in this. It's weird.

I've often thought why would they spend so much effort transforming someone into something completely different? There's probably lots of gangster looking actors with pear shaped bodies out there. Why this supposedly handsome Irish man of all people. But it was a brilliant decision and while I didn't have much fondness for Farrell in the past, I basically have changed my opinion of him altogether.

[DJChameleon]

How do you like Agatha All Along?

We're watching The Penguin. It is really good. What's more, Colin Farrell is phenomenal as the titular character. In the past, he's played a lot of bad, schlocky roles. Killing of a Sacred Deer annoys me so much. But he's absolutely brilliant in this. It's weird.

I've often thought why would they spend so much effort transforming someone into something completely different? There's probably lots of gangster looking actors with pear shaped bodies out there. Why this supposedly handsome Irish man of all people. But it was a brilliant decision and while I didn't have much fondness for Farrell in the past, I basically have changed my opinion of him altogether.

I keep trying to start The Penguin but when I do I'm too tired and know I will fall asleep on it so I switch to court tv or something else I don't mind falling asleep on. I'm gonna watch it one day maybe this weekend and plow through the four episodes that are up.

Agatha all along is good. I thought they would go the crime drama route like how Wandavision went tv sitcoms but it ended up only being like that for one episode sadly. The most recent episode was the best imo. They finally revealed something that they were holding onto since the beginning of the series. I really like the little homage to horror movies/witch tropes that they play off of.

[DJChameleon]

I started watching this show Tell Me Lies. It's a college teen relationship drama show. The main dude reminds me of a character from Gossip Girl. The level of narcissistic tendencies that he has annoys me but I'm suck in and still watch. I finished up season 1 and have season 2 waiting for me. Season 2 finale just released recently.

[Trollheart]

How do you like Agatha All Along?

We're watching The Penguin. It is really good. What's more, Colin Farrell is phenomenal as the titular character. In the past, he's played a lot of bad, schlocky roles. Killing of a Sacred Deer annoys me so much. But he's absolutely brilliant in this. It's weird.

I've often thought why would they spend so much effort transforming someone into something completely different? There's probably lots of gangster looking actors with pear shaped bodies out there. Why this supposedly handsome Irish man of all people. But it was a brilliant decision and while I didn't have much fondness for Farrell in the past, I basically have changed my opinion of him altogether.

You seriously have to ask? Look around you! 

[Trollheart]

Just watched this. 2-part expose of what happened when the Nazis occupied the Channel Islands. Absolutely harrowing, and the apparent reason none of the Nazis involved - with over 1,000 deaths confirmed - faced any sort of prosecution and died in peacetime? The British were too "embarrassed" that Hitler was able to take British territory and kill with impunity.

Wait, what?

Also, in the programme it says that those who died on the CI were "the only British killed by the Nazis on British soil". I think those who died in the Blitz might have something to say about that! Worth watching though.

[Trollheart]

And now, another update:

Recent shows watched or watching:

Poldark Season 5: Already mentioned, still watching, still great.

The Brothers: Still watching this. Oh, the fashion and the music of the 1970s!  UPDATE: Have recently found out that the channel showing it also shows it the previous day, and it's not the same episode, so I'm not sure if I've been missing episodes. The continuity has seemed okay though. Well, at least it means I get two episodes a week instead of one. (This turned out to be, for some reason, the same channel screening from episode 1, so no, not an extra episode per week as I had already seen all these).

The Cleaning Lady season 3: Can't believe how great this consistently is. Looking forward to season four now.

Belgravia: The Next Chapter: No idea, but I think a Downtown Abbey/Bridgerton thing? Just started. UPDATE: Missed recording about three episodes so putting it to one side for now. Update to update: dropped this altogether. Not because it was bad, but because of the missed episodes and a need to clear out space.

Dead and Buried: Woman can't forgive the man who killed her brother, who is now out of prison, and intends to take an eye for an eye. UPDATE: Did not like this at all. Yer wan was such a pain that I ended up rooting for the murderer! Terrible, stupid ending and a very poor message put across, that doing your time is not enough: death should answer for death. Terrible.

Billy the Kid: Loved season one, this should be just as good if not better. As someone once said, I love this sort of shit. UPDATE: Season 2 was just as good, if not better. Looking forward to season 3 now.

Nightsleeper: Terrorists hack an overnight train, with hilarious, I mean deadly results. UPDATE: Brilliant; lots of twists and turns, and you'll never guess the ending. Superb.

The Penguin: If you're one of those saying I can't watch this as I don't like those superhero things, take heart. This is more a sort of pastiche of The Godfather Part II and The Sopranos. Not a superhero in sight. Oh, the Riddler is mentioned, but never seen, once, at the very beginning. Other than that you can easily watch this as a non-superhero show. And it's highly recommended, if only to see Colin Farrell's amazing portrayal of one of Batman's arch-enemies.

Sambre: Anatomy of a Crime: Ah, me and my foreign dramas. This one's from France, and seems to be about a certain stretch of road where a serial killer prowls and abducts women. UPDATE: This was absolutely superb, a real indictment both of police ineptitude and overblown bureaucracy, and the misogynistic attitude of cops towards women (and I don't even mean just male cops).

The Tower: Gritty crime drama, third season, enjoyed both the other two. UPDATE: Final season, rounds it off perfectly.


Desperate Measures: A worker in a bank must help drug dealers in order to save her son from prison. Or something. UPDATE: I got it wrong, sort of. She organises the heist in order to pay off a debt, but it's excellent anyway.

Finders Keepers: Detectorists find treasure and have to decide whether to keep it or give it up to the govt/museums. UPDATE: Both James Buckley and Neil Morrisey shine in this, and again, totally unexpected ending.

Hostage: Another from Walter Presents. A plane is hijacked remotely. The things they can do these days. I hear you can even get the Internet on computers now! UPDATE: This was truly excellent, definitely worth watching.

The Vow: Harrowing but absorbing documentary about NXIVM, the cult that hit the news when it became known female members were being asked to brand themselves with the leader's initials. Ouch! Two seasons, watched them both, well worth seeing. If you can handle the sizzling of roasting human flesh. Urgh!

Douglas is Cancelled: Witty and on-point comedy drama about a newscaster who says the wrong thing and brings the whole weight of the self-appointed guardians of social media down upon him. Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan star.

Van der Valk: Season 2 of the, in my opinion, vastly superior update of the old detective show set in Holland. Marc Warren is always great in anything he's in.

Lucan: Interesting documentary where the son of the maid Lord Lucan killed goes on a quest to try to find the killer, believing him to be still alive.

The Ark: Season 2 of one of the best and most thoughtful science fiction series I've seen in years. How reviewers and critics can call its writing "blase" is beyond me. Looking forward to a hopeful season 3, though nothing has been confirmed.

The Body in the Lake: Thought-provoking drama that examines both the responsibility of teachers and the tendency of people to jump to obvious conclusions, thereby perhaps missing the darker, deeper meaning behind a murder.

Waiting to be watched:

Big Little Lies: Suburban drama comedy? I'll give it a go. Seven episodes now.

Bergen: Power and Glory: Season four I think of the Norwegian political thriller.

Interview with the Vampire: Well duh! As if I would miss this. All episodes shown, but they've sort of mixed up season two with season one, so a little untangling and some possible downloading to be done before I can watch this.

The Ex-Wife: Going to take a mad stab in the dark and assume this is about an ex who wants to cause trouble with the new wife?

The Boy That Never Was: Hmm. Pedant mode: Surely that should be The Boy WHO Never Was? People aren't things. Anyway, couple think their son is dead but then seem to see him walking along the street. Didn't I watch something similar? I'm sure that sounds familiar...

Apples Never Fall: I think this is about the disappearance of a child?

Cuckoo: Another series about a woman trying to make life difficult for a family. No cuckoos were harmed in the filming of this series.

Justice: Those Who Kill  I'm thrilled: I thought there were only two seasons of this fine Scandinavian murder anthology series, but here we are with a new one!

Day of the Jackal: Said to be Eddie Redmayne's finest performance, just waiting till I have all the episodes before I watch it. Yes it's a reimagining of the original Frederick Forsyth story.

Last King of the Cross: Season 2 of the fine Australian crime drama. Based on true events.

Cra: No, not a misspelling. Second ever Irish-language drama I've watched, just begun. A murder mystery, as you might expect.

Until I Kill You: A woman discovers her husband murdered his previous wife, and wonders is she next?

Coma: From what I can gather, a man tackles thugs stealing his car and puts one in a coma. Things kind of spiral after that.

Brassic 6: If you've been watching and enjoying this show, you don't need me to tell you to catch this. And if you haven't, why the fuck not?

Domino Day: Something about witches, I think. I'm a bit gunshy after suffering through a few episodes of A Discovery of Witches, which for me was a discovery of some very poor writing indeed.

Maxine: Drama based on the killings of Holly Wells and Jessica Cahpman in Soham, Manchester in 2002.

[Guybrush]

@Trollheart we're currently watching Say Nothing which is about some IRA members. We think it's very good and people seem to like it in general.

I'd be curious to hear what an Irish person would think of it.

[DJChameleon]

I started Say Nothing as well. It's interesting so far

[Trollheart]

As the resident Irishman (I qualify that, as I know Buck is Irish, but living in the US) I should really take a look at that. However I'm halfway through Day of the Jackal at the moment. Update on my shows watched following soon.