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

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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.

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.