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On Netflix. Season 2 of Unstable. A comedy written by John Owen Lowe, starring him and his dad, Rob. 20 Minute episodes. Nice and light and wacky.
 
"The Eagle" on Amazon Prime... not sure of country of origin (I did look) but cross-border crime series with Main Detective 1/2 Icelandic, and locations in Denmark and Sweden (so far). I love stretching my brain by hearing different languages and seeing new settings... definitely ain't Midsomer Murder, haha.
 

I'm going to try and get my Roku, Smart Tv set up for receiving
the streaming stuff, I've had the set a year, and just have it
hooked up to Spectrum Cable...a lot of channels, and nothing
I want to watch....so going to try and follow directions in the
phamplet that came with the tv, and see if it works, then get
rid of cable......cross your fingers please!!!;)
 
hawkdon said:
cross your fingers please!!!;)
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Fingers crossed.

I've been trying out new shows here and there.

I tried out Parks and Recreation. I don't get the funny part of government workers who don't care about their job. Maybe I need to keep watching. I've heard such great things.

I tried Phineas and Ferb. It's a kid's animated show. It's silly and funny. Just what I wanted yesterday. I liked it. I like the imagination part, the ideas to keep themselves entertained.

I'm continuing to watch The Mentalist. I like that show. For me, it's ok to watch that show in intervals. There doesn't seem to be much of a story arc or cliff hangers, so it's not necessary to binge. Sometimes that's nice.

I've been watching Emily in Paris interviews on youtube for season 4. I'm considering waiting for the second half of season 4 drops in September to watch. From the interviews, it sounds like there's a lot of twists in the second half.
 
On a whim, I started watching Blue Ribbon Baking Championship on Netflix. I love cooking competitions.

This one is especially fun. It's got the fair in the background, and the competitions are around that.

The contestants are amazing, ranging from age 26 who was in music to a 73 year old retired pulmonologist and so much in between. There's an attorney and an aerospace engineer. But all of them are on a level playing field. None of them talk about their occupations much, if at all. The only clue is when they put the age and occupation on the screen.

I'm on episode 4 of 8. It's a fun watch.

I'm also watching Peter Pan on Disney+ for another thread. I'm about halfway done.
 
Finished watching the Blue Ribbon Baking Championship on Netflix. It went very quickly. By the end, I was cheering for a couple people who didn't win.

It was one of those competitions where every day starts from scratch. Some people did some amazing stuff, but the next day, there might have been a mishap, and they're out. Still, it was a fun watch for sure.
 
Running out of Vera episodes, so (re)started "Endeavor" with Shaun Evans and Roger Allam. Oh, I love Roger's take on the level-headed and compassionate Fred Thursday. Only on the 2nd episode in which Morse has been relegated to general duties and was the first on the scene of what turns out to be a murder... After he posits some brilliant but seemingly-left field ideas about the victims/perps, Roger notes, "One day I'll send you out on a routine inquiry and it'll be just that. But I'm not holding my breath... you'd find something suspicious in a saint's sock drawer." :ROFLMAO: :geek::giggle:
 
officerripley said:
Do you find the Vera series to be as good as the books, Cinnamon? I've never seen the series (we don't have BritBox) but I love the books.
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Well, of course the series ran to many more episodes than there are books; they state at the beginning of the episodes, "Based on the characters created by Ann Cleeves," so they are not going story-for-story. But, I think they have done *real well* in keeping the tone of the books and B. Blethyn absolutely nails Vera's character. In fact, she fleshes out Ann's original well with a wry sense of humor and a often-prickly exterior that covers a soft heart (but one that's not really good at human interaction).

The locations are another bonus of the tv episodes.. filmed (best I understand) in the locations in which they are set, they are almost like another character... very atmospheric cinematography and evocative landscapes.
 
CinnamonSugar said:
Well, of course the series ran to many more episodes than there are books; they state at the beginning of the episodes, "Based on the characters created by Ann Cleeves," so they are not going story-for-story. But, I think they have done *real well* in keeping the tone of the books and B. Blethyn absolutely nails Vera's character. In fact, she fleshes out Ann's original well with a wry sense of humor and a often-prickly exterior that covers a soft heart (but one that's not really good at human interaction).

The locations are another bonus of the tv episodes.. filmed (best I understand) in the locations in which they are set, they are almost like another character... very atmospheric cinematography and evocative landscapes.
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Thanks!
 
I've been bingeing Cutthroat Kitchen and Chopped on Disney+/Hulu lately. My kids and I have always been huge fans of Chopped. I'm one of those people who doesn't think very quickly on their feet (e.g., making snap decisions), so these shows fascinate me.
 
hawkdon said:
I'm going to try and get my Roku, Smart Tv set up for receiving
the streaming stuff, I've had the set a year, and just have it
hooked up to Spectrum Cable...a lot of channels, and nothing
I want to watch....so going to try and follow directions in the
phamplet that came with the tv, and see if it works, then get
rid of cable......cross your fingers please!!!;)
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I did it and believe me, if I can do it you can!
 
CinnamonSugar said:
"The Eagle" on Amazon Prime... not sure of country of origin (I did look) but cross-border crime series with Main Detective 1/2 Icelandic, and locations in Denmark and Sweden (so far). I love stretching my brain by hearing different languages and seeing new settings... definitely ain't Midsomer Murder, haha.
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Looks interesting, CS! It's Danish, 24 episodes. Will check it out for sure.
 
The new (4th) season of Slow Horses, starring Gary Oldman is due to drop on September 4th on Apple+ TV.

I've enjoyed the first 3 seasons. The acting, story writing, and dialogue are first rate. I'm surprised to see a Brit production that is really not "woke". Most are PC (politically cleansed). U.S. shows have been getting like that too.

One thing that irks me a little is how filthy and disheveled they make Oldman's character. That would never fly in any government bureau, even with today's lax standards. But his counterculture ways are entertaining.
 
Watched three episodes of a Netflix series called "Baby Reindeer". Set in contemporary Britain. The descriptors NF attached to it were "offbeat" and "dark comedy". First episode struck me as humorous, by the second it was bizarre and wacky... verging on annoying. But DW thought it was veering toward gross & creepy. But we pressed on and watched episode 3, then decided no more.😦😖🤷‍♂️
 
CinnamonSugar said:
Running out of Vera episodes, so (re)started "Endeavor" with Shaun Evans and Roger Allam. Oh, I love Roger's take on the level-headed and compassionate Fred Thursday. Only on the 2nd episode in which Morse has been relegated to general duties and was the first on the scene of what turns out to be a murder... After he posits some brilliant but seemingly-left field ideas about the victims/perps, Roger notes, "One day I'll send you out on a routine inquiry and it'll be just that. But I'm not holding my breath... you'd find something suspicious in a saint's sock drawer." :ROFLMAO: :geek::giggle:
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We watch "Endeavor" once in awhile. More often it's "Lewis", or "Inspector Lewis". Good stories and good camaraderie between the two detectives. Sometimes though I get lost in the story line. The Brits have always been the best at murder mysteries, but often they're so complex that I get confused.

But it's a pleasure to not have gutter language and graphic sex as part of the productions. AND the whole action is not portrayed on iPhones-- like some of the more contemporary shows!
 

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