What TV series are you currently watching?

[Baron Scarpia]

Amen to everything!   0:)   My son and I watched about 7 episodes on Sunday, and found it much improved!  Not quite as snappy (and no scenes (yet) with police clobbering George Sr. with a billy-club) as the first three seasons, but still fun stuff!  And why divorce Maeby from the movie studio?  That was always a plot with great satirical possibilities.

I still can't get over the transformed appearance of Portia de Rossi in AD season 4.

[Cato]

I still can't get over the transformed appearance of Portia de Rossi in AD season 4.

My wife asked: "Has she been sick?"       

She gets a shorter hair-style in the 6th or 7th episode and has lost the eye shadow, and looks better then.

Why women think resembling a raccoon is attractive escapes me completely!  In fact, the entire female warpaint industry would go out of business, if it were up to me.  I never dated any girl with make-up.  It was an instant deal breaker.

I tell my girl students the great secret: guys don't care about your make-up.  We care about one thing: will you show up for the date? (Otherwise known as:  will you answer the door when we ring the bell?) 

[Baron Scarpia]

It's not a matter of make-up. She had a quirky but attractive face, but in the return it wasn't just that wrinkles or signs of age were erased, but her features became very generic and idealized. At first it wasn't clear to me that it was the same actress. Major plastic surgery was assumed, but never admitted. It was claimed to be the result of "living healthy," or some such. Living healthy does not change your facial bone structure!

[North Star]

I am fascinated by the Arctic in general--would love to visit Finland/Lapland one day. I've made it as far as Bergen, Norway, but would like to go as far north as possible--polar bear gun at the ready (for self-preservation applications only!!)

How's life in Finland??

Cold and dark in the winter (though not during the few daylight hours when there's snow). There's no polar bears but the brown bear (grizzly bear is a subspecies) is dangerous enough if you mess with it (not that easy to come by one, though). The summers and winters in Lapland, with the sun either above or below the horizon continuously, are certainly an experience.
Other than that, it's a socialist shithole with free health care and education and an orchestra in 23 cities (with only 9 cities with a population of over 100 K).

[George]

I adore this little show.

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

Cold and dark in the winter (though not during the few daylight hours when there's snow). There's no polar bears but the brown bear (grizzly bear is a subspecies) is dangerous enough if you mess with it (not that easy to come by one, though). The summers and winters in Lapland, with the sun either above or below the horizon continuously, are certainly an experience.
Other than that, it's a socialist shithole with free health care and education and an orchestra in 23 cities (with only 9 cities with a population of over 100 K).

Hmmm, interesting. I'd still like to visit.

If you ever want to experience a (late stage) capitalist shithole, come to Southern California and we can compare notes.

[Daverz]

Have been watching the new season of Westworld and am already hopelessly lost with all the flash forwards and flashbacks.  And that sure is an enormous amusement park.

[stingo]

Season endings: Arrow S6, The Flash S4, Krypton S1 and Legion S2
Continuing: Supergirl S3, Westworld S1
Infrequent: Lucifer S2, Rick and Morty S1, Black Adder S1, Cheers S4, Santa Clarita Diet S1, The Vampire Diaries S1

[Baron Scarpia]

Giving up on Curb Your Enthusiasm, just getting too prurient and vulgar.

[vandermolen]

I shall be watching the drama about the Jeremy Thorpe trial on Sunday night.

[André]

Finished watching it 2 days ago. Excellent.

[Todd]

Revisiting a bizarre part of recent-ish Oregon history.  The multi-part series is way too long and the melodramatic use of music is annoying.  Ma Anand Sheela is still a crazy bitch.  I didn't remember or never knew some of the details, but what was most interesting for me was to see the early role of Nike money in Oregon politics, in this case via Bill Bowerman.  (It's more pervasive now - I just went through a primary season where a county DA race pitted one candidate backed by Phil Knight against one backed by a George Soros funded group.)  The local PBS station ran a shorter film on the cult that was a bit less dramatic in style.  I'm all rajneesheed out for life now.

[Ken B]

I shall be watching the drama about the Jeremy Thorpe trial on Sunday night.

Sounds interesting. What is it?

[North Star]

Sounds interesting. What is it?

A Very English Scandal, with Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw


http://www.youtube.com/v/ggDTJc470Co

[drogulus]

     I was chief of disguise at CIA. 'The Americans' got a lot right.

     Yes, I would think real spooks would get it right, and I think fans of the show are grateful for that. Most of us grew up with LeCarre and spy history. It's really amazing that an American network would produce a show like this and stick with it for 6 years of low ratings.

     

[vandermolen]

Sounds interesting. What is it?

North Star has posted the trailer. I remember the case very well.

[Ken B]

North Star has posted the trailer. I remember the case very well.

Thanks to both of you.
I remember it vaguely from high school in Canada.

[vandermolen]

Thanks to both of you.
I remember it vaguely from high school in Canada.

I'm looking forward to watching the drama. I actually saw Jeremy Thorpe once, after his spectacular fall from grace, he was sitting with his wife looking very sad (I think he had Parkinson's disease by this time) at the vets in London where I took my cat ( I went to quite a high-society vet you understand  ). I felt sorry for him although many will say that he was lucky to be acquitted at his trial.

[Undersea]

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The Borgias - Series #1


Re-watching this period Drama after having finished (and greatly enjoyed) The Tudors.

[SimonNZ]

Finished the Justified saga and sorry it came to an end as they kept the quality up all the way through.



Halfway through this and bored and disappointed. Might not even continue.