What TV series are you currently watching?

[Todd]

Taylor Sheridan is on a tear, producing one hit TV show after another.  So many hits, so little time.  Given the star-studded cast of Special Ops: Lioness, I figured I'd watch.  The show is run of the mill pro-CIA propaganda.  I mean, no it's not.  The CIA does only good things that protect America, save innocent people overseas, and complies with all laws.  If ever the CIA violates any laws, it is only because the CIA is defending truth above law, so, you know.  The show is also a display of Grrrl Power.  Most of the heroes are heroines, it turns out.  The central plant, part of the Lioness program, goes deep, deep undercover to help snare a baddie.  And she, along with Zoe Saldana and an unrecognizable Jill Wagner (at least for me since I have not seen her since her Wipeout days) don tactical gear and other weapons and whoop ass.  What is hotter than hot girls with guns?  Hot lesbian sex, that's what!  Yeah, this show has that, too.  Mr Sheridan is a real Renaissance man, I tell you what.  In its favor, the show does have very high production values, Morgan Freeman as a senior government official, Doug Stamper Michael Kelly doing government functionary stuff, and some dude who plays Nicole Kidman's supremely cynical Wall Street husband who trades on inside info, but doesn't, if you know what I mean.  Really, the whole show has a delightful sheen of cynicism about it.  Had it been even more cynical and less action-oriented, it might have been more than a mediocrity. 

[drogulus]

    I'm still watching The Duchess of Duke Street. It's wartime and a Gotha dropped a bomb which killed a bevoved character.



     Gotha

[DavidW]

The Fall of the House of Usher was pretty good but not my favorite Mike Flanagan series.  It is a big love letter to Poe.  Each episode translates one of his stories to fit in with the broader narrative which is shifted to modern times just like his other shows.  This is by far the most violent of the Mike Flanagan shows, and excepting Lenore and Annabel Lee you're guaranteed to hate every character in the show.  Makes for not an easy watch, but still riveting.

[Karl Henning]

Well, I've finally wound up the first season of Thriller. Truly, "Pigeons from Hell" and "The Grim Reaper" did not disappoint. 

[ando]

The Twilight Zone: Original Series
A favorite that along with the original Star Trek keeps me subscribed to Paramount+. I was pissed when upon renewal I started seeing ads at the beginning of episodes when streaming from the app so now I cast to my tvs from my desktop web browsers that have ad blockers. Otherwise, I could watch the ad riddled episodes on Pluto or some other such free service. Almost cancelled P+ but the workaround keeps me satisfied - and streaming the occasional classic Hollywood blockbuster in their rotating library makes a sub worth it.

[Karl Henning]

The Twilight Zone: Original Series
A favorite that along with the original Star Trek keeps me subscribed to Paramount+. I was pissed when upon renewal I started seeing ads at the beginning of episodes when streaming from the app so now I cast to my tvs from my desktop web browsers that have ad blockers. Otherwise, I could watch the ad riddled episodes on Pluto or some other such free service. Almost cancelled P+ but the workaround keeps me satisfied - and streaming the occasional classic Hollywood blockbuster in their rotating library makes a sub worth it.

I've been making my way through once again, myself. I watched "Passage for Trumpet" last night: always good!

[ando]

I've been making my way through once again, myself. I watched "Passage for Trumpet" last night: always good!

That's a good one. One of the good "sentimental" eps. I've still only watched about a third of the original 5 Season show. Just finished Long Distance Phone Call. Now that was legit creepy. Inanely simple plot but played very well with an odd live tv look to it. I was howling w/laughter watching emotionally distraught grown people in the completely absurd situation, which of course, was a hallmark of TZ. I see YouTube has put up the first TZ movie (from '83) for free. Not sure if I want to venture a watch. Never liked any of the subsequent TZ reboots, though that one has maintained great ratings over the decades.

[Karl Henning]

That's a good one. One of the good "sentimental" eps. I've still only watched about a third of the original 5 Season show. Just finished Long Distance Phone Call. Now that was legit creepy. Inanely simple plot but played very well with an odd live tv look to it. I was howling w/laughter watching emotionally distraught grown people in the completely absurd situation, which of course, was a hallmark of TZ. I see YouTube has put up the first TZ movie (from '83) for free. Not sure if I want to venture a watch. Never liked any of the subsequent TZ reboots, though that one has maintained great ratings over the decades.

The '83 movie (with Dan Aykroyd & Albert Brooks in the intro is the only one I know. I actually saw it in the movie house back when it opened. Arguably a mixed bag, but I'm fond of it. The remake of "It's a Good Life" is delightfully jarring.

[Iota]

Seriously good. The direction and pacing is a marvel, the acting stellar, the characterisation complex and nuanced, the plot electric and the photography stylish. Breathless viewing and unmissable imo. (On the iPlayer for any interested.)

[George]

Man, I love this show.

[George]

Modern Family - Season 4

[SonicMan46]

Finding Your Roots w/ Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on PBS - we've been smitten with this series, about to start its 10th season (more HERE for those interested) - he typically has two guests (often in related fields) and with his amazing team looks into their family history using historic paper trails and DNA analyses.  Dave

[vandermolen]

The Couple Next Door (Binge watched over two evenings)

[Irons]

The Couple Next Door (Binge watched over two evenings)

Up to episode 4. I'm enjoying it more then the wife which surprises me.

[Papy Oli]

Seriously good. The direction and pacing is a marvel, the acting stellar, the characterisation complex and nuanced, the plot electric and the photography stylish. Breathless viewing and unmissable imo. (On the iPlayer for any interested.)

@Iota . thank you for the heads-up on this one, that passed me by.

[vandermolen]

Up to episode 4. I'm enjoying it more then the wife which surprises me.

We both enjoyed it. I'd be interested to hear what you make of it when you get to the end.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Finding Your Roots w/ Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on PBS - we've been smitten with this series, about to start its 10th season (more HERE for those interested) - he typically has two guests (often in related fields) and with his amazing team looks into their family history using historic paper trails and DNA analyses.  Dave

That is an amazing show!  I'm continually surprised at all of the information/history that they manage to dig up.  And so nice of them to create those family trees that they give to the participants.

PD

[LKB]

Well, I've finally wound up the first season of Thriller. Truly, "Pigeons from Hell" and "The Grim Reaper" did not disappoint.

The latter episode is a favorite of mine, and if I'm not mistaken it inspired Mr. Serling years later during the run of Night Gallery.

Young Mr. Shatner acquits himself fairly well, it might have been one of his first jobs in television.

[Irons]

We both enjoyed it. I'd be interested to hear what you make of it when you get to the end.

One to go. Outstanding acting from the two leading ladies.

What a memorable scene when the elderly neighbour had a heart attack! A sticky end for sure.

[vandermolen]

One to go. Outstanding acting from the two leading ladies.

What a memorable scene when the elderly neighbour had a heart attack! A sticky end for sure.

Yes, very sticky