g.man wrote:

Yeah, I've caught up with The Island now. Difficult to know what's going on really, as once again they're playing fast and loose with the editing to construct narratives. This was episode three. Their third week on the island. I'm pretty sure it's the first time I've seen Phil at all.

Yeh I didnt even realise the guy was on the island. They defo crammed his best moments into one episode.

mk64 wrote:

Watching End of the line or whatever the cop show is. Watching the first series. It's decent. Everyone raving about the current series.  Also currently watching The Leftovers The 100 Better Call Saul Fresh Prince  Lots of good fun atm

Line of Duty?

Season two is deffo the best.

Three ended up jumping the shark a bit and so far I've only watched episode one of four.. probably binge watch the lot with the wife over the weekend but the opening episode was a bit meh.

I had a nap during Line of Duty while waiting for something else to start (MotD?).

It is nonsense but tense and great nonsense.

Some of the liberties are riddick but in the service of good drama.

pantyfire wrote:

Yeh I didnt even realise the guy was on the island. They defo crammed his best moments into one episode.

I actually thought he'd been brought in as a last minute replacement for the teen who decided to swan off after three days.

Started American Gods.  I read it during my A-levels but haven't the foggiest what happens in the book, it's quite remarkable how I've managed to forget pretty much everything about it.  I remember really liking it, that's about it.  Wife is happy that Calvin is in it.

Taskmaster is the best comedy panel gameshow thing on TV.

So good to see pop in the last episode of The Leftovers. Which continues to reach new levels of barminess.

g.man wrote:

Might be worth a look for some of you that like boobs.

So they have the whole series then.

I might get around to it yet. But I've been stung by the likes of Sons of Anarchy, where it goes to pot after two seasons and I can't stop. I mostly favour series with finite, shortish runs.

g.man wrote:

I have started watching something called Game of Thrones. Might be worth a look for some of you that like that fantasy sort of stuff.

Pro Tip: watch them all in order. No skipping series or watching series three first or any of that nonsense. Saves on the confusion.

Billions was excellent last night. I think it was episode 10? Best thing on TV right now, I reckon. Season two might actually be topping season one.

GooberTheHat wrote:

Game of thrones is consistent. It slows down a bit in the later seasons at times but the quality is the same. There is nothing even approaching the SoA Ireland debacle.

I thought Thrones got steadily slower and stupider and more annoying with each season. To be fair, it started off really high, so could support a long slow decline for a while, but i gave up after about season 5.

i wonder if a binge watch might help or hinder though. It should at least help to keep all the different names fresher, who's doing what, and mitigate the way each season seemed more about setting up the next...

Games of Thrones has lulled a bit for me over the last couple of seasons but I think it's a little bit because of the many threads they have going and so the quality scenes of letting characters breath that were so big in the early seasons were pushed aside for moving the pieces around.

Still quality though and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. It's just the best when not as much happens and characters get to be characters.