Watching any good series?

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Looking forward to Season 3 of Animal Kingdom on TNT. Anticipating the final episode of the Americans on FX. Enjoyed the reboot of Lost in Space on Netflix. Looking to watch the new Kevin Costner series on Paramount starting in June called Yellowstone.
 

The first show of season 2 of "Six" aired on the History Channel last night. This series is about actions involving Seal Team Six. This show is quite violent, and not for everyone, but season one, last year, was outstanding, IMO.
 
I'm all caught up with my favorites..."The Crown" "Call the Midwife" ""Grace and Frankie". I did pay for the last season of Midwife on Amazon prime because it's not on Netflix yet... a real tear jerker episode in there. :(

I'm also almost done with "Shameless". Watched 7 seasons on Netflix but paid for Season 8 on Amazon Prime. Not one I'd recommend if you're a PG 13 type of person....I even fast forward a couple times. Also, loved OITNB but that's not for everyone either.

Also liked "Black Mirror" a lot.

I tried watching "lost in Space but after one or two episodes I really didn't like it. May give it another try.
 
RadishRose said:
I just quit Netflix end of last month. But I did love "The Crown" and liked "Grace and Frankie" at first but got sick of it.
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Some seasons and episodes are better than others in all of the Series....the last season of "Orange is the New Black" was in my opinion terrible.

They dragged out a 3 day prison riot for the entire season...quite a few episodes, at least 10 if I remember right.

Hoping the new season is better, if not I'm done with it.

This was one I couldn't get into for a very long time. Still can't get into "The Walking Dead".

"The Crown" will have different actors playing The Queen and Prince Phillip, I liked the ones they had and hope the change won't bother me.
 
CeeCee said:
Some seasons and episodes are better than others in all of the Series....the last season of "Orange is the New Black" was in my opinion terrible.

They dragged out a 3 day prison riot for the entire season...quite a few episodes, at least 10 if I remember right.

Hoping the new season is better, if not I'm done with it.

This was one I couldn't get into for a very long time. Still can't get into "The Walking Dead".

"The Crown" will have different actors playing The Queen and Prince Phillip, I liked the ones they had and hope the change won't bother me.
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Oh I hope "The Crowns" new actors will be ok. Frankly, the present Philip looked like a wax robot!
 
Watched the Finale of Timeless a few weeks ago. Interesting and look forward to next season of it. Wife was never that interested in History, but since this show goes back in History, she really likes it.

When we had Netflix, we got really interested in Longmire and watched each episode last year. It was back on for one more season, but haven't got Netflix to watch it. Also watched Grace and Frankie, but seemed like it was getting too stupid. What I read was they were going into business in selling adult toys. That's when we decided, "nope".
 
Right now, I just finished season 2 of Bosch on Amazon. There are 4 seasons. My husband got me interested. Bosch is a Los Angeles Police detective who, well, sometimes creates his own rules. Pretty good. Writing and acting all good.
 
We ditched Netflix back in November and don't miss it. We'll use one of our kids' subscriptions (when they're vacationing) to catch up on Orange is the New Black, The Crown, and the third season of Bloodline. Amazon Prime has some good series and plenty of movies. I can also check series DVDs out of our public library. There's so more available to watch than I will ever have time or interest for.

Although a fan of nearly all the separate works of Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Sam Waterston, and Martin Sheen, I find "Grace & Frankie" disappointing and tedious.

When watching English speaking (but non North American) movies or tv shows I have to turn on the captions or I miss too much of the dialogue. Anybody else in the same boat?
 
I watched 3 series over the summer that hit a chord with me. All three are rather dark in nature though.

The Sinner-Although Jessica Biel was the main star in the first season, it's really about Bill Pullman's character. He plays a troubled detective trying to figure out the motives of a murder. Season 1 is on Netflix and Season 2 is currently airing on USA Network.

Sharp Objects-Southern Gothic thriller based on the book by Gillian Flynn. There are some plot holes but the production is very well done and Amy Adams along with Patricia Clarkson are outstanding. The final episode aired last week and I'm still freaked out by the ending. HBO

Succession- I found this the most entertaining of the three shows. It's about a very powerful and rich media mogul and his three kids who fight and manipulate each other to take over the business once their father is no longer able to run the media empire he created. Think of it as a Dallas type of show set in the current times. HBO

Season 2 of Ozark just started on Netflix and I'm looking forward to dive into that soon.
 
Watching "Jack Ryan" on Amazon Prime. I won't say great, but intriguing enough to keep me watching for now.

"Sneaky Pete" was good

There are some really good series on Netflix

"Broadchurch" being one of the best, highly recommend this one.

"Luther" and a whole bunch of others I may list at another time.
 
The Sinner! I rarely commit to a series, but I loved The Sinner Season 1 and I was so happy to learn that there was a Season 2. I really like Bill Pullman as an actor and his character on The Sinner is so human, which showed so much on Season 1 and the way it ended was really touching because it was so hard and unusual for this character. Now I just wait every week for the next episode of Season 2. I just wish it wasn't a limited episode series.
 
Lara said:
Ruth, you do know that these flat screen TVs these days have very poor sound quality...right?

So maybe it's not your hearing?
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You are so right about that! The sound quality was so poor on both of my flat screens. I purchased external speakers for both and it is so much better!!!!
 
Lara, I didn't know that about flat screens and poor sound quality. No wonder I have to put on the closed captions for nearly everything I watch!

To get back to the original question, I'm currently "binge watching" two series: The Americans, on Amazon Prime, and Better Call Saul, on HBO. Both are excellently done. But I'm a little disappointed so far in the 4th season of Better Call Saul. It's become very "dark" and violent, lots of shooting, etc., and seems to be mainly focused on the gang wars between the drug dealers. It's more like Breaking Bad, for which this series is a prequel. I like it
better when it focuses on Jimmy and Kim, as the first three season did. They were funny and delightful to watch.

But I'll stick with it; maybe it will lighten up.
 
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