Topic: Dave's TV Snobbery Topic with added Low Brow Self Indulgences

[afc tukrish]

Finished Cardinal... brutal and grim...

[Stubbins]

Another Series that doesn't get as much credit as it deserves is Six Feet Under. I'd put it up there with Sopranos and Breaking Bad. Maybe not quite as action packed at times but the quality is high.

Six Feet Under is outstanding and in the final series it has one of the most memorable closing sequences I've ever seen.

[Hedley Lamarr]

Six Feet Under sits along Twin Peaks as my favourite show.  It’s simply brilliant.

[Tobelius]

Shardlake starts on Disney on May 1st.

Thanks! I'm a fan of the books and look forward to seeing this,please be good.

[TepidT2O]

Might sign back up for Disney plus if the reviews are good.

[Craig S]

Baby Reindeer - fucking hell I thought it was going to be a comedy.
While it has humour in places, I think I spent the entirety of one episode gritting my teeth and feeling sick at what was unfolding. It is very harrowing in places.

It's a true story with names & places changed. Although the lead is the author and the person it actually happened to. It's very well written, so I suspect he is a better comedian and writer than the on screen caricature of himself.

[Saul Goodman]

Six Feet Under is outstanding and in the final series it has one of the most memorable closing sequences I've ever seen.

Six Feet Under sits along Twin Peaks as my favourite show.  It’s simply brilliant.

I still think about the Six Feet Under ending every once in a while and go back to watch it even though its been close to a decade since I first watched the show.

[bradders1011]

+1 for Six Feet Under, a masterpiece.

[Kenny's Jacket]

Baby Reindeer - fucking hell I thought it was going to be a comedy.
While it has humour in places, I think I spent the entirety of one episode gritting my teeth and feeling sick at what was unfolding. It is very harrowing in places.

It's a true story with names & places changed. Although the lead is the author and the person it actually happened to. It's very well written, so I suspect he is a better comedian and writer than the on screen caricature of himself.

Just come into talk about this, it wasnt on my list to watch, but started and finished it in one sitting.

I preferred the beginning

Spoiler

where it was about the stalker

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Did you like it?

[Craig S]

Just come into talk about this, it wasnt on my list to watch, but started and finished it in one sitting.

I preferred the beginning

Spoiler

where it was about the stalker

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Did you like it?

Yes I did - if like is the correct word for it!

[Kenny's Jacket]

Yes I did - if like is the correct word for it!

I actually changed the question from Enjoy, thinking enjoy is definitely not the word.

[afc tukrish]

Watched first two episodes of Ripley, quite good with a marvelous slow-build of tension. Really enjoying it so far…

[UntouchableLuis]

Seen 5 episodes of Shogun and really enjoying it.

Once that's done I'm either going to start Fallout or Baby Reindeer - for those that have seen them, are they worth the watch? Time is quite limited for me at the minute so trying to be selective!

[Nitramdorf]

Second series of Outer Range is out on May 16th.

https://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1257752089/?ref_=ext_shr

[afc tukrish]

Second series of Outer Range is out on May 16th.

https://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1257752089/?ref_=ext_shr

Good news, enjoyed the first season quite a bit...

[Gili Gulu]

Seen 5 episodes of Shogun and really enjoying it.

Once that's done I'm either going to start Fallout or Baby Reindeer - for those that have seen them, are they worth the watch? Time is quite limited for me at the minute so trying to be selective!

Heard a rave review of Baby Reindeer on Radio 5 Live. Both TV Critics loved it and said it was a must watch.

[TepidT2O]

Heard a rave review of Baby Reindeer on Radio 5 Live. Both TV Critics loved it and said it was a must watch.

It’s a true story. It’s really wild. I think it goes on a little too long but it is quite something.
Not many roles where you can play yourself either

[WhereAngelsPlay]

Seen 5 episodes of Shogun and really enjoying it.

Once that's done I'm either going to start Fallout or Baby Reindeer - for those that have seen them, are they worth the watch? Time is quite limited for me at the minute so trying to be selective!

Fallout is brilliantly done and great fun.

I always recommend 'Hell on Wheels ' and Legion (Marvel Spin off).

[Gili Gulu]

Second series of Outer Range is out on May 16th.

https://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1257752089/?ref_=ext_shr

That Josh Brolin is doing alright for himself isn't he?

[Cracking Left Foot]

I saw the original stage version of Baby Reindeer in Edinburgh in 2019 - it was genuinely one of the most unsettling things I'd ever seen, despite it being just a 60 minute monologue. I remember coming out feeling quite shaky. Definitely going to watch the TV show, but sounds like it's even more disturbing than Gadd's original show!

[Ciara (with a capital "C")]

We started Baby Reindeer on Saturday evening and then binged the remaining episodes Sunday evening. I didn't think I'd find anything more disturbing than our Crystal Palace performance, but I was wrong.

Knowing that is based on a true story, of the main actor, was probably what kept me invested so long as there were definitely uncomfortable moments where I could have checked out. Certainly some things I would have assumed were too far fetched for a programme, but it was harrowing.

[TepidT2O]

Yes, feel very similar

[Nitramdorf]

The third and final series of Sweet Tooth is out on June 6th.

https://twitter.com/SweetTooth/status/1780627295171932259?t=rreCW3mFpVV008ASF10nvQ&s=19

[Nitramdorf]

For All Mankind confirmed for a fifth series.

https://twitter.com/forallmankind_/status/1780627473086189631?t=i7t6omW2ckFCR3aSSNEiFA&s=19

Also going to be a spin off from the Soviet point of view.


https://twitter.com/TVPlusUpdates/status/1780628686103798033?t=SDMQ5RFql8QKY0x-ZXYuyw&s=19

[Buster Gonad]

After we finished Kin, I stumbled upon someone in this thread recommending Love/Hate.

Feck, that was good! Watched the whole 5 series in about 2.5 weeks. On another level to Kin IMO.

Looking forwrard to Blue Lights coming back on Monday but that'll come and go.

Have started both The Wire and True Detective in the last 6 months but didn't get past 1-2 episodes of either, so think I will go back to those and revist as they are too highly rated and aligned to what I normally like to not give them a proper go. The Wire felt quite dated in the first episode and True Detective got a bit weird early doors.

The wire is a slow burner so don't expect to be blown away early on. It becomes one of if not the best show ever.

[Buster Gonad]

Started Southland on a recommendation. It's from 2014 and a very gritty LA cop show. Really impressed so far and apparently it gets better after the first series.

[Claire.]

Have started both The Wire and True Detective in the last 6 months but didn't get past 1-2 episodes of either, so think I will go back to those and revist as they are too highly rated and aligned to what I normally like to not give them a proper go. The Wire felt quite dated in the first episode and True Detective got a bit weird early doors.

With The Wire, I watched it early 2000s and it looked dated in a sort of Jerry Springer way, but that accent and the slang gets easier to understand as it progresses, I think I had to watch the first two eps twice and then I was good. It's worth sticking in!

[Ziltoid]

Watched first 4 episodes of Baby Reindeer last night - really wasn't what i was expecting.  Fantastic so far although it's pretty grim stuff.

[Kenny's Jacket]

Watched first 4 episodes of Baby Reindeer last night - really wasn't what i was expecting.  Fantastic so far although it's pretty grim stuff.

Yeah it really turns on ep4. 
fascinating programme

[Stubbins]

Finished Ripley last night. Hadn't intended to binge it but just got progressively drawn in. It's a slow burn for sure but the tension gets ramped up with each episode. Wonderfully atmospheric in black and white. Well worth a watch I think.

 

[Draex]

Nearly finished Homecoming series 2, it's really good, not like best of all times tackle but an enjoyable watch like the first season.

[afc tukrish]

Finished Ripley last night. Hadn't intended to binge it but just got progressively drawn in. It's a slow burn for sure but the tension gets ramped up with each episode. Wonderfully atmospheric in black and white. Well worth a watch I think.

 

Just finished the episode with the cat, brought bits of much-needed levity to above-referenced tension ramping up.

Really is worth a watch, and found Sting Jr.'s performance to be quire good as well...

[Stubbins]

Just finished the episode with the cat, brought bits of much-needed levity to above-referenced tension ramping up.

Really is worth a watch, and found Sting Jr.'s performance to be quire good as well...

I had no idea until you posted that the Freddie Miles character was played by Eliot Sumner and the family connection. I had to google it. Yes very good performance and very ambiguous which I guess is what they were after. Cat was the star in that episode though 

[RedDeadRejection]

Baby Reindeer was very powerful stuff. Really was.

[Trada]

'Fallout' Renewed For Season 2

[afc tukrish]

I had no idea until you posted that the Freddie Miles character was played by Eliot Sumner and the family connection. I had to google it. Yes very good performance and very ambiguous which I guess is what they were after. Cat was the star in that episode though 

Enzo, and his dog also named Enzo...

[Brian Blessed]

Another shout for Baby Reindeer. It’s a show you’ll enjoy watching , but it is a show you should be watching.

I really like the structure. For the first three episodes, I honestly didn’t have much sympathy for Donnie, particularly how he was treating Teri. But episode four was a real eye opener.

[John C]

Finished Ripley last night. Hadn't intended to binge it but just got progressively drawn in. It's a slow burn for sure but the tension gets ramped up with each episode. Wonderfully atmospheric in black and white. Well worth a watch I think.

Yep, hopefully people aren't dissuaded by it being in b&w. It was superb, loved it.

[Crosby Nick]

Yep, hopefully people aren't dissuaded by it being in b&w. It was superb, loved it.

I guess that’s less of a novelty for you John.

[Statto Red]

Season 3 of Clarkson's Farm out 3rd May

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k9NMbQe0C4