TV Series - What Are You Watching?

[Deleted member 15344]

What a brilliant series The Bodyguard was - excellent final episode and the BBC have set the bar very high for their autumn program

Another one I have started is Strangers with John Simm

 

[shortgame]

Black mirror - season 4 - slightly disappointing but overall it's a great series - ranging from uncomfortable to deeply disturbing viewing! (especially White Bear, White Christmas, and Shut up and Dance!!).

 

[srixon 1]

Detectorists. I watched the whole of series 1 on Saturday evening.

 

[Canfordhacker]

Anybody watching A discovery of Witches? The premise sounds childish and Buffy-esque, but the execution (no pun intended) is actually really good, and the chemistry between the actors very well portrayed.

 

[wrighty1874]

Just finished Desdwindon Netflix. Finland’s answer to The Bridge, very good.

 

[Piece]

In episode 6 of Jack Ryan on Amazon Price. Surprisingly good as others have said.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Given up on Killing Eve, and cancelled the series recording. Seemed totally disjointed and detatched with a very annoying main character(Eve).
Couldn't work out if it was supposed to be a comedy or serious drama, either way we felt it failed on both counts.

 

[rudebhoy]

Given up on Killing Eve, and cancelled the series recording. Seemed totally disjointed and detatched with a very annoying main character(Eve).
Couldn't work out if it was supposed to be a comedy or serious drama, either way we felt it failed on both counts.

I thought it was great, finished watching the series last night. Missus loved it as well. It was a drama, with some large dashes of very black humour.

 

[need_my_wedge]

I thought it was great, finished watching the series last night. Missus loved it as well. It was a drama, with some large dashes of very black humour.

Ditto.

 

[Rooter]

I need a new one, we just watched whitechapel, while the first two were good, the later ones were a bit weak i think.

 

[Kellfire]

We stuck with Bodyguard to the end because we felt committed but I'd have happily not bothered.

The premise was fantastic but the execution was rank amateur at times - I assume the writer(s) is/(are) relatively inexperienced.

The tension was ridiculous - every line seemed to be preceded by a gasp, everyone walking around with eyeballs bulging out of their skull and absolutely no effort put in to making us care about the characters until near the very end. Didn't give a damn what happened to anyone in it.

Artistic licence is fine, but the amount of inaccurate scenarios (every single police interview was hopelessly unrealistic) made it ludicrous. The story jumped about with pointless detail in some situations and then others were left totally unexplained.

No idea why the public have lapped this up as much as it had - not even close to the best the BBC will do this year and hopefully we never see David Budd again in a TV series, though they've clearly left the way open for it.


As for the final scene - pathetic, clichéd piffle.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Anybody watching A discovery of Witches? The premise sounds childish and Buffy-esque, but the execution (no pun intended) is actually really good, and the chemistry between the actors very well portrayed.

Watched the first episode and thought it a bit "meh" actually. Still have it on series link though, debating whether to give it another episode. For me True Blood was a much better production, got you in the first episode, and this didn't really bite me like that.

 

[Piece]

In episode 6 of Jack Ryan on Amazon Price. Surprisingly good as others have said.

Watched the series. Decent effort that.

 

[Wolf]

12 Monkies on Amazon prime.. it's really weird sci fi but so engrossing I keep forgetting to go to bed

 

[Pin-seeker]

Roast Battle.
Not for the easily offended brigade tho.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Bit late to the party,but just finished The Bodyguard.
Good but not worthy of all the hype imo.
Keeley Hawes was as good as ever.

Line of Duty & Luther both better for me.

 

[Piece]

Picking up where I left off with Narcos on Netflix. 👍

 

[Pin-seeker]

Picking up where I left off with Narcos on Netflix. 👍

You’re in for a treat.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

New series of The Man in the High Castle. Not sure I'm liking where it's going. As a show you are struggling when you bring parallel universe into it. I'll give it another episode or two.

 

[Lazkir]

Just (reluctantly) watched the new Dr Who... Jesus what a load of rubbish! Scripted by some 12 year olds I think.

Really wanted to like it as well, because I think Jodi Whittaker's a great actor.