I watched it for the actress Renee Zellweger who had a bizarre face and manner throughout the series. She portrayed evil in a way that was intriguing and off-putting.
The rest of the series had some strong actors however the writing was a cross between the old show Dallas and a Hispanic Soap opera.
Not being much in the mainstream, I was surprised at just how often the series took up the cudgels of the common culture. premarital sex, homosexuality, interracial relationships, Hispanic good - Caucasian bad, evil corporations, white evil survivalists, Arabs bad but really are good, Black good- Caucasian bad/evil. All placed in the setting of murders.
the only surprise was the emphasis on young marriage. The two leading couples were married and married young, out of high school. And babies. Babies were a longed for good.
Anyone else see it?
I watched Hell or High Water last night and liked it a lot. Rural Texas, both good and bad, at it’s finest.
I’ll look into it. Highly recommend The Highwaymen on Netflix, everyone here will like it. Killing Eve on AMC is just wild.
I recommend Chernobyl on HBO. It is excellent. Great story how really brilliant people had to find a solution for the catastrophe while dealing with the desperation and paranoia of soviet communism.
We dumped TV in 1997. However, we picked up Amazon Prime a couple of years ago and found out completely by accident that our new smart TV could be used to watch a ton of stuff.
The first show we got hooked on was Suits. But by season 3 it just became a soap opera. Matter of fact, every time we try to watch a show there are just so many plot holes or dumb story progression that we can’t get through more than a few episodes. The one exception is The Marvelous Mrs. Mazel.
Oh, and my wife is hooked on Gilmore Girls. I have to admit the show has EXCELLENT writing and character development.
Modern TV shows just drag on the plot way too long. They give you a couple of seasons presenting what could be easily done in a two hour movie. And when a movies is created, they know when they start production how it’s going to end. They don’t just make it up as they go along. This was why Mrs. Mazel was good. Each episode stood on it’s own, with a story that had a beginning and end.
I watched two episodes of Doomsday Preppers on Netflix last night, and I was amazed at the lunatics who populate this country.
Bodyguard, on netflix, is worth the time. British accents are little tough for me to figure out.
I have not, but now I’ll take a look at it. I like getting recommendations from other posters, as I don’t really watch much TV. I don’t have cable, but I do have Netflix and Amazon.
I start watching lots of Netflix stuff.
But soon I quit, in about 80% of cases.
I can either predict everything or it’s chock full of lefty propoganda, which I can’t stand:
Black computer physicists, uber honky perp (who is in business or is religious, or both), greedy businessman, zero asians, or if there’s an asian then if it’s a he then he’s doing something unlikely, like being a violent street criminal.
I realllly want good content but there’s very little of it.
Watched BBC Melodrama, Dr. Foster season 2 last night. No excuses, it is five hours of my life I will never get back.
My wife and I have the last 2 episodes to watch. I told her it seemed like we were watching a soap opera. I like the main story line and the pyscho doctor sub plot, but the gay stuff adds nothing to the plot other than to normalize it. Good thing they have the ability to fast forward through those parts. Although it was a bit entertaining when they got high on mushrooms.
I just finished The Way We Live Now on Prime. It’s a serialized story in six episodes. Well done, excellent cast, interesting characters. It’s set in Victorian England, 1870s, and is an Anthony Trollope satire about that age.
Of course, nothing can match what’s playing out on Jeopardy right now! Hope you’re all watching!
Going way out on a limb here and sacrifice my virility to recommend Netflix “Something in the Rain” —a Korean chick flick about romance between a 20 something guy and a 30 something woman. Actors are infectious, plot somewhat complex and 16 long episodes. But a great cast and opportunity to observe Korean culture dealing with common human experience is well worth watching.