What TV series are you currently watching?

[Kalevala]

The original Frasier was one of my favorite shows, but the reboot is appallingly bad. (Writing, acting, you name it.) I gave up after two episodes.

I remember hearing about it, but don't believe that I caught any of them...perhaps a glimpse?  I did greatly enjoy the original version though. 

Am working my way through the Jack Ryan episodes (along with bouts of tennis clips/matches).  Enjoying a quiet day after doing some errands yesterday and then cooking dinner for a friend.  Nice to be lazy for a bit. 

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[Mandryka]

@Jo498 What does Heimat mean? I just saw that the English wiki said it is untranslatable -- so naturally I turn to you!

[hopefullytrusting]

I'm going to try one last time to watch 24. If it doesn't work this time, then this will be the last time I watch the show:

[AnotherSpin]

I'm going to try one last time to watch 24. If it doesn't work this time, then this will be the last time I watch the show:

This is my favorite TV show. I've watched all the seasons more than once, and some maybe three, four, or even five times.

[SimonNZ]

I'm going to try one last time to watch 24. If it doesn't work this time, then this will be the last time I watch the show:

A couple of days ago I accidentally stumbled on a comedy stand up special by Mary Lynn Ryjskub who played Chloe on 24. She had some very non-Chloelike things to say, especially about her lady parts.

[hopefullytrusting]

This is my favorite TV show. I've watched all the seasons more than once, and some maybe three, four, or even five times.

At one point, I've seen most of the show (I think 7 seasons plus the first movie), but now I've not been able to overcome my aversion to the premise.

A couple of days ago I accidentally stumbled on a comedy stand up special by Mary Lynn Ryjskub who played Chloe on 24. She had some very non-Chloelike things to say, especially about her lady parts.

Yeah, I've seen her non-24 stuff (like she was on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), and I found her just as insufferable as I found her on 24, but you are correct, she is very blue in her comedy.

[AnotherSpin]

At one point, I've seen most of the show (I think 7 seasons plus the first movie), but now I've not been able to overcome my aversion to the premise.

[..]

I don't know what you mean by the premise, but for me, it's the fact of liberals inability to stand up to bastards. And on this, I'm 100% in agreement. If President Palmer and Jack Bauer were real, that scumbag Putin would be stuck in his swamps, wouldn't mess with us, and there'd be no war in Europe.

[hopefullytrusting]

I don't know what you mean by the premise, but for me, it's the fact of liberals inability to stand up to bastards. And on this, I'm 100% in agreement. If President Palmer and Jack Bauer were real, that scumbag Putin would be stuck in his swamps, wouldn't mess with us, and there'd be no war in Europe.

Given that comment, I can see why we would be on opposite sides when it comes to 24, but the premise of 24, its primary mechanism, is the "ticking time bomb," which is patently absurd, and the only reason anything works out on the show is because Jack Bauer is the living embodiment of a plot hole (my favorite example of this is in Season 1 when he talks about using a wet towel as a tool of interrogation).

[drogulus]

@Jo498 What does Heimat mean? I just saw that the English wiki said it is untranslatable -- so naturally I turn to you!

     It means either "home" or "homeland" with particular reference to German cultural or national identity.

[Number Six]

This is my favorite TV show. I've watched all the seasons more than once, and some maybe three, four, or even five times.

Not sure I have ever seen a full episode. 

[hopefullytrusting]

Not sure I have ever seen a full episode. 

If you are ever to watch a full episode, the ones with Peter Weller (Season 5), are easily the highlight of the ones that I watched.

[Daverz]

I don't know what you mean by the premise, but for me, it's the fact of liberals inability to stand up to bastards. And on this, I'm 100% in agreement. If President Palmer and Jack Bauer were real, that scumbag Putin would be stuck in his swamps, wouldn't mess with us, and there'd be no war in Europe.

Haven't you heard the good news?  Those milquetoast liberals got voted out!  The bad news is that the other guys adore Putin and think an independent Ukraine is a puppet of the Deep State.

Thread duty: I was surprised to see that The Devil's Hour had a second season.  It didn't seem the sort of plot (it's one of those puzzle box timeslipping things) to need a second season.  Anyway, by the time I was ready to hang it up the thing was over.  And it seems that the ending of this season is a setup for a third season. 

[AnotherSpin]

Haven't you heard the good news?  Those milquetoast liberals got voted out!  The bad news is that the other guys adore Putin and think an independent Ukraine is a puppet of the Deep State.

You probably understand that this adoration might be more of an exaggeration or a political tool rather than an expression of genuine sentiment. One way or another, we'll find out soon enough.

[hopefullytrusting]

Just watched Deep Space Nine, Season 3, Episode 1.

So good. This was essentially the beginning of their greatest story arc, and it was mainly focused on Odo, which is always a good choice.

DS9 is easily the best show from the Star Trek franchise.

[Mandryka]

It means either "home" or "homeland" with particular reference to German cultural or national identity.

Thanks.  One character says right at the beginning "I've found my heimat in music"  -- does he mean, I've found  my German cultural identity in music?

I must say, it's fabulous! Even the music is good.

[drogulus]

Thanks.  One character says right at the beginning "I've found my heimat in music"  -- does he mean, I've found  my German cultural identity in music?

    I'd guess it's not meant literally. 

[ritter]

...What does Heimat mean? I just saw that the English wiki said it is untranslatable -- ...

Heimat is the concluding word in Ernst Bloch's 1650+ page magnum opus Das Prinzip Hoffnung (The Principle of Hope). You might find the answer there? 

"...so entsteht in der Welt etwas, das allen in die Kindheit scheint und worin noch niemand war: Heimat".        ("Thus something is created in the world that seems to everyone to be their childhood and where no one has ever been: home".)

But I'd say that "home" (in the widest sense of the word) is a good translation of "Heimat".

[hopefullytrusting]

Watched the last season of Roseanne (the 8th), amazing ending to an amazing show.

I love shows that linger, and that one definitely lingers, and I like how it doesn't resolve the dissolution, as it leaves the door open for interpretation.

Roseanne really was one of the highpoints of television.

[Madiel]

Given that comment, I can see why we would be on opposite sides when it comes to 24, but the premise of 24, its primary mechanism, is the "ticking time bomb," which is patently absurd, and the only reason anything works out on the show is because Jack Bauer is the living embodiment of a plot hole (my favorite example of this is in Season 1 when he talks about using a wet towel as a tool of interrogation).

Anything important or significant needs to happen at about 58 minutes past the hour. It gets absurdly predictable. I mean, with certain shows I would find myself watching the clock to know how much of an episode is left because the interesting bits will usually be a cliffhanger, but 24 went and explicitly put the clock on the screen for me.

I did watch a fair few seasons of it, but it got more and more tiresome and I eventually just couldn't keep caring.

[Madiel]

I've watched the first couple of episodes of Danish "comedy-drama" The Orchestra (Orkestret)

Really very funny at times, and you do get snippets of lovely playing from the orchestra as well. The 2 main characters are the new deputy head of the orchestra, who is excessively eager to please everybody, and the very vain and ambitious 2nd clarinet whose rivalry with the 1st clarinet is definitely going to be something to watch.