Are you streaming ( or binge watching ) any series on Netflix, or any other service? Tell us about it.

JustDave said:
I'm currently watching Tracker. It's an old format, but I enjoy Justin Hartley. But I'm not binging. One episode a day is plenty. The premise has been done to death, but the gimmick is slightly different.

I tried watching Limitless because the movie was so good, but the series doesn't do it for me. I think the original movie said everything that needed to be said in a couple hours. Now the crew is trying their best to think of new episodes to make the same point over and over. The series is languishing unused in my "Currently Watching" collection of titles.
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One sees that a little too often these days. Watched the first season of The Rig (2023 - Amazon Prime). It would made a pretty good 2 hour film, but they dragged it out to 6 episodes.

It's a "supernatural thriller", which I hadn't realized, so I almost turned it off during the first episode thinking it was too lame. Then I realized that the first ep was just setting the stage and introducing characters.

It was actually a pretty nifty old fashioned treatment concerning an Armageddon threat. It put me in mind a little of movies like The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Them!, and others from the '50s, which was an enjoyable approach.

Unfortunately by the 3rd episode the story and the threat started bogging down because of repetition and no revelations. The ending was okay, but served only as an introduction to the 2nd season.

What was notable was the use of 4 or 5 very recognizable actors from Brit television, like Iain Glen, Martin Compston, and Owen Teale. So it's a watchable thriller, but could have been better with more plot or a shorter run.
 
seadoug said:
If you liked The Office, there is (at least to me) a hilarious show on Prime called Jury Duty. The segments are only 30 minutes long so it doesn't take much time to get through the whole season.

The premise is that a guy is called for jury duty and he is the only one who isn't an actor and isn't in on the joke. The judge and bailiff are very realistic, and the other characters are the same whacky people you would expect to find in a cross-section of society. The kicker is that an egocentric James Marsden is thrown in as himself. Some are familiar with him as an actor, some aren't, but they all end up resenting his "self-importance". In one episode, he calls the paparazzi to create a scene and get him out of jury duty, but instead it ends up with the jury being sequestered.

I found it a very funny watch.

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I watched that series twice, and loved it. It was so well done! A really brilliant idea for a show.
 
Another good series is Love and Death on HBO Max. (I've never understood what the "Max" part means.) Fascinating true crime story, very well acted, and not too long.

One thing I enjoyed, besides the story itself, was the portrayal of the lives and homes of ordinary small town residents in Texas in the 1980's. Amazingly realistic, down to the last detail, at least I think so, never having lived in Texas.
 
I am pretty ashamed to say that I had to watch "America's Defining Moments" to realize Pres. Kennedy
and the choices he made over the advice of his Military leaders during the "Cuban Missile Crisis". We were so young
during that. I remember it but not enough to understand it to that degree. That alone was worth the watch for me.
 
DTF St Louis, on HBO. A love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise that leads to one of them ending up dead. Definitely adult themed.
 
IrishEyes said:
I am pretty ashamed to say that I had to watch "America's Defining Moments" to realize Pres. Kennedy
and the choices he made over the advice of his Military leaders during the "Cuban Missile Crisis". We were so young
during that. I remember it but not enough to understand it to that degree. That alone was worth the watch for me.
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Is that on Netflix? I couldn't find it there.
 
Jules said:
DTF St Louis, on HBO. A love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise that leads to one of them ending up dead. Definitely adult themed.
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My older daughter has been watching that. I had to ask her what "DTF" stood for. 🤣
 
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Dang, I am sorry not Netflix, it's on Prime. I go back and forth between those 2 lately.
Prime seems to have more Doc's on history at the moment. I have watched all of these, very well filmed and narrated.
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KSav said:
My older daughter has been watching that. I had to ask here what "DTF" stood for. 🤣
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Did you ask? It means Down to F**** for anyone that’s wondering. I had heard good comments about the show and never could remember what the show’s name was. Believe me, I wasn’t familiar with that, but once I heard it I remembered. o_O
 
Jules said:
Did you ask? It means Down to F**** for anyone that’s wondering. I had heard good comments about the show and never could remember what the show’s name was. Believe me, I wasn’t familiar with that, but once I heard it I remembered. o_O
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I did! She diplomatically replied just like your post, without saying the actual word. I felt rather old. 😄 I usually use Urban Dictionary, but in the moment I just asked her.

She said she and her husband are enjoying it.
 
Call me later to the party, but as long as CSI: Miami as been around, I'm just getting around to watching it for the first time. Binge watching some on Roku, frndly and a few others. It's pretty good.
 
ChiroDoc said:
The Wikipedia synopsis sounds pretty tawdry. OTOH I'm a big fan of Richard Jenkiins.
How graphic is it?
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The sex scenes weren’t totally explicit. They definitely were graphic enough to let your imagination fill in the rest. There were lots of photos of a p*nis. Since I don’t watch hardcore porn, this may have been designed by Disney. I’m no expert.

Interesting photography. Sometimes only the faces were lit.

Jason Bateman has done three dark series now.
 
Sunny said:
Another good series is Love and Death on HBO Max. (I've never understood what the "Max" part means.) Fascinating true crime story, very well acted, and not too long.

One thing I enjoyed, besides the story itself, was the portrayal of the lives and homes of ordinary small town residents in Texas in the 1980's. Amazingly realistic, down to the last detail, at least I think so, never having lived in Texas.
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I watched that as well. I'd seen the original story on a true crime show. That Candy was something else! I live in Texas, and it couldn't be more realistic.
 
seadoug said:
If you liked The Office, there is (at least to me) a hilarious show on Prime called Jury Duty. The segments are only 30 minutes long so it doesn't take much time to get through the whole season.

The premise is that a guy is called for jury duty and he is the only one who isn't an actor and isn't in on the joke. The judge and bailiff are very realistic, and the other characters are the same whacky people you would expect to find in a cross-section of society. The kicker is that an egocentric James Marsden is thrown in as himself. Some are familiar with him as an actor, some aren't, but they all end up resenting his "self-importance". In one episode, he calls the paparazzi to create a scene and get him out of jury duty, but instead it ends up with the jury being sequestered.

I found it a very funny watch.

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I watched one or two episodes, mostly because James Marsden was in the show. Couldn't get into it.

Re the OP: I finally watched the final two episodes of Blue Bloods (the last aired Dec 2024). It was a very good show, but one I had to be in the mood to watch. Except for a sad ending for one of the cops, I liked how the show ended with the entire family around the dinner table discussing good news.
 
I'm not the biggest fan of animated stuff, but got hooked on these characters and their story in the original Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous that I watched a couple of years ago. After discovering the sequel, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, is airing on Netflix, I started watching immediately. In this one, they're not teenagers anymore, but are young adults in a world where dinosaurs are no longer contained on an island but roam freely among the human population. Some are docile and friendly, others not so much.

Ben surprises Darius by showing up at his cabin and tells him that someone is plotting to kill the remaining team who survived together on the island (as teenagers) after the dinosaurs got loose. One of them had already been killed by a raptor and Ben feels it was part of an ominous plot,

Dinosaurs start hunting the two young men, break into Darius' cabin then show up at Sammy's ranch, 1,000 miles from Darius' cabin which he and Ben fled from. Ben is ecstatic when he is reunited with his pet dino Bumpy on her ranch. Sammy had secretly raised her after they snuck her off the island. When Ben and Darius tell Sammy what's happening and that they must warn the others, she's all in,. The episodes are 23 minutes long, easy to watch and are keeping me engaged.

 
I started watching a Showtime show called The Curse last night. The reviews are very positive although many cited the final episode horrible while others called it great. All the reviews warned how cringeworthy it can be and it is. It makes other cringeworthy shows such as Curb Your Enthusiasm and the early seasons of Arrested Development seem like a walk in the park. And the humor is very dark. I have only watched the first three episodes and have enjoyed all three. It is cringeworthy not because of any gratuitous sex or violence (none of that so far) but because of the lack of self-awareness of all of the characters.

If you enjoyed Curb Your Enthusiasm and enjoy satirical dark comedy situations then I would recommend giving it a shot. Otherwise, best to stay awa from it. Nathan Fielder is the show runner and is one of the actors along with Emma Stone and Benny Safdie.

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