What TV shows are you currently watching?

[Charger]

Just finished the season finale of TULSA KING!

Wow! Just Wow!

What a show! And what a cliffhanger! So glad there's gonna be season 2!

[Zzzptm]

I'll be on the road this week, so I'll catch up to ya, Charger.

[Zzzptm]

Finished season one of Tulsa King.

Stallone may be carrying most of the show on his broad shoulders, but I think that was the point of the whole series. There's good stuff from the other actors and all, but Stallone, my gosh, the man's a force of friggin' nature!

There are plots moves that get telegraphed, but what's 100% real and worth staying for are any scenes with Stallone in 'em, which, thankfully, is almost all of them.

[Charger]

There's been a lot of hype for this HBO show called The White Lotus so I thought what the heck let's give it a try...

Well I'm two episodes in and I'm already bored to death...nothing has happened, there is virtually no humor (and this is supposed to be a comedy), the characters are uninteresting and unfunny and some out right obnoxious.

I'm going "What the hell? Why is this supposed to be so good?" But I'll watch the first season it's only 7 episodes but I find it hard to believe I'll find anything to enjoy with this...

[Zzzptm]

I passed on it, there seems to be a raft of "quirky dark comedy" out there. Those are code words for, "if we can't really wind up a gag with a good punch line, we'll just kill somebody or other big shock."

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I'm a few episodes in Wednesday, and I'm really enjoying it. Jenna Ortega is the best in that role since Christina Ricci in the early 90s Addams Family films... Ricci has a role in this series as one of the teachers at the school.

[Charger]

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Oh that's an addams Family show! I've seen a lot of talk about it and pictures of Jenna Ortega saying how hot she is and what not (opinon I can't fully understand)...I've always pondered what that show is about...

I passed on it, there seems to be a raft of "quirky dark comedy" out there. Those are code words for, "if we can't really wind up a gag with a good punch line, we'll just kill somebody or other big shock."

The problem here is No one has died yet (and I'm on episode 4!) the comedy isn't all that dark and there is very very little of it...mainly it's just boring. Will NOT be watching season 2!

[Zzzptm]

"So what's the show about?"

"We're still in the dark about that."

"Is it a comedy?"

"Maybe. Haven't committed one way or the other."

"OK, we'll call it a dark comedy and act like anyone not finding it funny is uncool."

[Charger]

Well I was uncool for sure!

That was 6 hours of my life completely wasted...crappy crappy show. Avoid at all cost.



Today I'll go back in time a bit and start again with one of my all time favourite shows FRINGE! It's been too long since I've watched it....can't even fully remember the first season so it'll be a real treat.

[Zzzptm]

Also Clarkson's Farm, I think I'll be starting on that tonight.

[Zzzptm]

I started on "Great Canal Journeys" which are available on YouTube. Sweet, slow television about some actors who have been married for 50 years and are having some golden moments as they tool around the canals of England and other parts of the world. They're a notch below a Winnie the Pooh story in terms of plot intensity, very calm and relaxing. And the relationship between the married couple (Timothy West and Prunella Scales) is endearing. Happy, peaceful, relaxing, soothing, perfect thing to pop on just before going to bed.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

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Prunella Scales is probably best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers. I think she has some sort disorder such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's these days.

I've seen bits of that show, but to be honest it's a little slow for me!

[Vyn]

Mrs. Scales was awesome in Fawlty Towers. And yeah, she has dementia - there is a documentary out there they made with her and her husband about it. Can't remember the name (no pun intended).

[Zzzptm]

Yes, the show is slow, very slow, not for when you're in a rough mood or if you're jonesing for pew pew pew action.

The most touching thing is how they take a hand they're dealt - onset of Alzheimer-like dementia - and play it to the max. They're determined to share good times together. Tim West is himself set on being supportive and patient - tender, I think the best word for it - and, in turn, it's teaching me a lesson on how I should deal with my parents as they turn 79 this year. Take it easy, let them repeat things, enjoy the moment with them.

[Charger]

Anyone here watched Yellowstone?

It's been getting some raving reviews and ofcourse the prequel has Harrison Ford in it so naturally it's something that needs to be watched.

Now that SkyShowtime finally has a Samsung TV app I can dive into the shows on there...including ofcourse Dexter New Blood which should be interesting.