The TV you like thread - The Bear and Badger

poprock

Latest episode of Billions was an absolute belter. Tied up all the storylines I was expecting to run for the whole season – and it was only episode three. Can’t wait to see how the hell it escalates from here.

Unlikely

JonB wrote:

Last 2 episodes short enough to have been 1.

I like the approach they took to it overall, that it didn't feel a need to explain everything or go into backstories, but perhaps in the end it's a little too sparse for its own good. Some understanding of why the thing happened in episode 6 would've been nice.

There were some great sequences though (pretty much all of episode 4 is a highlight), and the overlapping timelines thing was well used.

Problem I had with E6 wasn't just the thing that happened (I assume you mean

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because yes that didn't make sense.

It was also the fact that with absolutely no explanation

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Last episode:

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was a kick in the teeth though.

Raiziel

I finished it last last night. I enjoyed its opaqueness.

JonB

Unlikely wrote:

JonB wrote:

Last 2 episodes short enough to have been 1. I like the approach they took to it overall, that it didn't feel a need to explain everything or go into backstories, but perhaps in the end it's a little too sparse for its own good. Some understanding of why the thing happened in episode 6 would've been nice. There were some great sequences though (pretty much all of episode 4 is a highlight), and the overlapping timelines thing was well used.

Problem I had with E6 wasn't just the thing that happened (I assume you mean

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Carla (?) stabbing the guy in the club, starting the whole chain reaction clusterfuck.
because yes that didn't make sense. It was also the fact that with absolutely no explanation

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they had obtained such detailed knowledge of a location they'd never been to before that they were able to wordlessly execute a complex heist and loot weapons they somehow knew were there.
Last episode:

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Rose killing William because he was slowing them down
was a kick in the teeth though.

The second spoiler, I assumed

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Unlikely

Yeah, if it was mentioned then I missed it.

Paul the sparky

JonB wrote:

I've watched 3 episodes of that tonight. It's pretty well done overall. But in the 3rd episode we're already getting into people making really stupid decisions territory.

Just did episode 3.

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Dark Soldier

One Strange Rock is a fucking banger, as expected.

Paul the sparky

Unlikely wrote:

JonB wrote:

Last 2 episodes short enough to have been 1.

I like the approach they took to it overall, that it didn't feel a need to explain everything or go into backstories, but perhaps in the end it's a little too sparse for its own good. Some understanding of why the thing happened in episode 6 would've been nice.

There were some great sequences though (pretty much all of episode 4 is a highlight), and the overlapping timelines thing was well used.

Problem I had with E6 wasn't just the thing that happened (I assume you mean

Spoiler:

Carla (?) stabbing the guy in the club, starting the whole chain reaction clusterfuck.
because yes that didn't make sense.

It was also the fact that with absolutely no explanation

Spoiler:

they had obtained such detailed knowledge of a location they'd never been to before that they were able to wordlessly execute a complex heist and loot weapons they somehow knew were there.

Last episode:

Spoiler:

Rose killing William because he was slowing them down
was a kick in the teeth though.

Thought it was pretty crap overall. Some good grounded scenes, great camera work etc. but prone to that familiar bullshit we've seen before.

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Unlikely

Yep, too much was unexplained. "Not part of the plan" being the most egregious example.

E4 was the point I realised that there was no point waiting for a plot, as there wasn't one coming.

Lord_Griff

Watched some Korean corner shop thing. Slightly tickled, worth carrying on?

Unlikely

I suspect it's that thing Bob likes so he will say yes and I will say I have no idea.

Yossarian

Kim’s Convenience. It’s great. Starts to really find its feet by the end of season 1, seasons 2 and 3 are very good indeed.

Bob

Lord_Griff wrote:

Watched some Korean corner shop thing. Slightly tickled, worth carrying on?

Kim's Convenience.

Yes Someone here recommended it to me so don't just take my word for it.. it does start off slightly tickled but it gets proper funny and you end up really caring about the characters.

digi

Bob wrote:

Lord_Griff wrote:

Watched some Korean corner shop thing. Slightly tickled, worth carrying on?

Kim's Convenience.

Yes Someone here recommended it to me so don't just take my word for it.. it does start off slightly tickled but it gets proper funny and you end up really caring about the characters.

Watched episode one, it seems like my kinda thing but hasn't hooked me yet.
Il carry on tonite after footy and see how I get on.

Unlikely

Does the store sell holistic bread?

Brooks

Tried Fleabag, bit too Richard Curtis-y for taste somehow. Maybe Killing Eve is better.

yourfavouriteuncle

Brooks wrote:

Tried Fleabag, bit too Richard Curtis-y for taste somehow. Maybe Killing Eve is better.

Yes it is.

Yossarian

Nah. Both are great, but Fleabag’s an all-timer.

yourfavouriteuncle

As is killing Eve.

Yossarian

Not for me. Just great.

monkey

Fleabag was well written and clever but not the 2nd coming that some people seem to think it is. There were probably two good lols per episode.

Yossarian

I feel like it was more than the sum of its lols. In fact, I’m not even sure if I’d consider it a comedy first and foremost.

Lord_Griff

I liked the end of Fleabag

monkey

Yossarian wrote:

I feel like it was more than the sum of its lols. In fact, I’m not even sure if I’d consider it a comedy first and foremost.

Yeah that’s fair enough. Like I say it was well written. Especially

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The characters are all great.

Brooks

yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

Brooks wrote:

Tried Fleabag, bit too Richard Curtis-y for taste somehow. Maybe Killing Eve is better.

Yes it is.

So far I agree.

mistercrayon

I bounced the other way on Killing Eve. It felt like it needed more time to breathe before it went into action woman. Which may say more about why I liked fleabag more because i just like to see people bimble and react rather than actual fights and plot.

Just to clarify; the comparison is only worthwhile to me because KE starts like a snap of a life of a person who is out of place.

yourfavouriteuncle

Yossarian wrote:

I feel like it was more than the sum of its lols. In fact, I’m not even sure if I’d consider it a comedy first and foremost.

I’d defo agree with this. It was a really well written character study with some humour.

yourfavouriteuncle

Although the bit where she tries to take off her jumper during the bank meeting is just about the funniest thing since erm, something else funny.

Bob

digi wrote:

Bob wrote:

Lord_Griff wrote:

Watched some Korean corner shop thing. Slightly tickled, worth carrying on?

Kim's Convenience.

Yes Someone here recommended it to me so don't just take my word for it.. it does start off slightly tickled but it gets proper funny and you end up really caring about the characters.

Watched episode one, it seems like my kinda thing but hasn't hooked me yet.
Il carry on tonite after footy and see how I get on.

I think it took about five episodes to click with me

Lord_Griff

mistercrayon wrote:

I bounced the other way on Killing Eve. It felt like it needed more time to breathe before it went into action woman. Which may say more about why I liked fleabag more because i just like to see people bimble and react rather than actual fights and plot.

Just to clarify; the comparison is only worthwhile to me because KE starts like a snap of a life of a person who is out of place.

Assassin protagonist was too yeasty to be believably athletic.

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