Are you streaming ( or binge watching ) any series on Netflix, or any other service? Tell us about it.
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I now just watch to see how creative and how up to the last second they can get to saving the victim or hero. Amazes me howI've been watching "The Night Agent" on Netflix. It's very entertaining. But how many times can you have the hero or heroine escape almost certain death at the last possible second in one episode for it to be a bit over the top?
many ways it can be actually
Brookswood
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I just finished the new version of All Things Great and Small. It’s another excellent show produced with flair and quality. The British make it look easy. Great viewing!
ChiroDoc
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Hijack - season 2 (2026)
This is in essence a film length tale that was unfortunately stretched into an 8 part series production which is confusing, nearly incomprehensible, full of head scratching red herrings, all amounting to a series that shouldn’t have been made in the first place. The writers took an engaging first season whose story was about an attempted hijacking on an airplane, and basically shifted the premise to a Berlin subway train, while gumming it up with overwriting.
Most of the production values were good: acting, cinematography, music. But the story was painfully slow to develop, and there weren’t enough teaser hints to keep the viewer interested. Instead we get constant scene shifting to substitute for plot, along with incessant views of the subway train traveling along the subway tracks-- as if to remind us that, yes, this is taking place on a moving train. Only big Idris Elba fans would keep watching this one.
In short, the first half of the series was boring, then we get rapid fire plot points sprayed at us that are bewildering, but presented as important. It’s sudden complexity wasn’t clever, it was puzzling and dull. It was a production that the viewer, once having started watching, kept hoping for something to happen. When it finally did, we were happy that the series was over.
Doc’s rating: 4/10
Apple TV, etc.
About The Pitt, the gory stuff is not the main focus of the series, and you can always look away. I think it's one of the best series I've ever seen on TV, for the writing, the acting, and the realistic people. They aren't good guys vs. bad guys, they are just people, some of them incredibly brilliant and some heroic. There's also a good deal of humor in it, so in spite of taking place in a hospital emergency room, it somehow remains upbeat.
It's also fun seeing Noah Wyle returning as the chief surgeon, after seeing him many years ago on ER as an intern in his first job.
We watched it when it originally aired on Fox. This is the one with the Edgar Allen Poe theme, correct? It is really suspenseful and creepy and we loved it. Kevin Bacon was great as the damaged former FBI agent.
That's the one, yes. I saved it for those nothing on that interests me period. Kevin Bacon was definitely the biggest part of keeping
you interested, he carried that series.
RambleTamble
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We finished watching Grant last night and found myself wishing that it would keep going. It's a fascinating story and the series was well done except for some of the weird looking motion in some of the scenes from colorization or something. I'm not sure what caused it to look like it's AI generated. Other than that, you really get a feel for the brutality of the Civil War. According to some estimates, more than 750,000 people died in the war.
Now I'm interested in watching more Civil War videos.
Now I'm interested in watching more Civil War videos.
Nathan
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Just finished watching How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, by Lisa McGee, the creator of The Derry Girls. A bit of a Dark comedy and mystery story, just about when I started to get lost in the plot, some elements would come together and make sense. If you liked Derry Girls you'll enjoy revisiting Lisa McGee's style, and seeing Saoirse-Monica Jackson in a new character appear in the second half of the series.
SunnySmiles
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I’ve been meaning to find a good series to get into lately. Sometimes after dinner it’s nice to relax with a show for an hour or two. Any recommendations for something worth watching?
RambleTamble
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We're watching the PBS documentary Citizen Hearst on Prime Video. It's good!
CaliS
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Re-watching Grimm, it's a monster of the week cop show - with some great characters.
ChiroDoc
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If you haven't watched Breaking Bad (2008-2013), you'd likely be in for a treat. 5 seasons, 62 episodes. It's generally considered one of the all time best series. It's really a neo-noir story.
Flarbalard
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The Count Of Monte Christo on PBS. It's only 8 episodes, but really well done. We like it a lot.
StarSong
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Has that show wrapped up or are there more seasons coming? I think I'm a season or two behind. Great show. Alan Tudyk is astonishing in the role.
Sadly there will not be a season 5. And Alan Tudyk was amazing on the show. I've been a fan of his since I first saw him on Firefly.
StarSong
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I'm not familiar with Firefly. Is it worthwhile?
I think it is. It's one of the best Sci Fi shows I have ever watched. Nathan Fillion was the lead in the show. Fox cancelled it after only one season due to ratings but it has become a cult classic for Sci Fi fans.
We often watch things years after everybody else. So we started Grantchester, which is surprisingly enjoyable, although I can see where it will wear thin.
We enjoyed Landman a lot, so we tried watching Yellowstone, which we thought was absurd and stupid.
We have watched a few episodes of something called Shrinking on Apple TV. I enjoyed it, wife not so much.
We enjoyed Landman a lot, so we tried watching Yellowstone, which we thought was absurd and stupid.
We have watched a few episodes of something called Shrinking on Apple TV. I enjoyed it, wife not so much.
Frantabulous2
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I watched that - very well done, the content is a bit sad.
Just finished first season of White Lotus. Very good - a bit odd - and a couple of unnecessary scenes. Going to watch the next season
officerripley
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I'm watching The Gray House on Amazon Prime Video, very good and an especially amazing speech given by the character Henry Garnet (played by the amazing actor Keith David) in Episode 2, wow!