What TV series are you currently watching?

[George]

Gonna be less Kam for a while.

I see that as a good thing. I like him, but not his comedy.

[Todd]

After viewing the Behzod Abduraimov interview on the Living the Creative Life channel yesterday evening, the almighty algorithm threw up the below food video:

Turns out there are a bunch of videos about giant pilaf cooks.  I doubt the weight claims, and one video was sufficient and entertaining.  But that was not enough on the region, and the algorithm then suggested the below learny video:

So, 'twas a nice, brief rabbit hole focused on Uzbekistan and Central Asia.  About 15-20 years ago, I did a fair amount of reading on the region, its history, and its geopolitical significance, and this threefer rekindled the notion of travelling to Uzbekistan to visit the three great cities of the country, and maybe even doing a month-long journey from Lake Baikal to the Caspian.  I doubt I do it, but it's nice to contemplate it.

Also, the YT algorithm is much better than any other I've encountered.

[Roy Bland]

[George]

Watching the Miniseries, not the book. It's very good.

[drogulus]

     After watching the Gambon version of Maigret I decided to go for the French series with Bruno Cremer.

     

[SimonNZ]

Essential viewing for 8-11 year old me and my classmates, who were really much too young for its atmosphere of creeping terror and bad omens.

When discussing tv shows of our youth with people a few times now I've recalled the moment in season two there Saphire gets possessed by "the darkness" and Joanna Lumley performs it with black contacts, the first time I'd seen that effect:

[Roy Bland]

Essential viewing for 8-11 year old me and my classmates, who were really much too young for its atmosphere of creeping terror and bad omens.

When discussing tv shows of our youth with people a few times now I've recalled the moment in season two there Saphire gets possessed by "the darkness" and Joanna Lumley performs it with black contacts, the first time I'd seen that effect:

The use of ordinary domestic interiors and simple special effects increased the feeling of menace, the railway station episode with  ghosts of the recruits was terrifying.

[Fëanor]

I'm watching 'Black Rabbit' on Netflix.ca ... pretty good    ...

[Karl Henning]

Arguably a journey I ought to have undertaken sooner: M*A*S*H.

[hopefullytrusting]

Arguably a journey I ought to have undertaken sooner: M*A*S*H.

You are in for an almost incomparable journey when it comes to longform television. In fact, the only show that I've seen that I would compare to its arc, including a perfect ending, is ER.

[hopefullytrusting]

I'm currently rewatching Season 1 of The Twilight Zone:

[SimonNZ]

Arguably a journey I ought to have undertaken sooner: M*A*S*H.

I'll be interested to hear what this looks like to fresh eyes.

[George]

Just started:

Reunion - BBC TV miniseries

[SimonNZ]

Finished this excellent 6-part documentary made by Granada in 1983. Better than the books I've read on the subject in making clear the various threads in that tangled affair. Watched via Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu5f9hp0IP4&list=PLUtqZXAZojHiDD1_j7rpZl8qmFzRIGmkx

[AnotherSpin]

Finished this excellent 6-part documentary made by Granada in 1983. Better than the books I've read on the subject in making clear the various threads in that tangled affair. Watched via Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu5f9hp0IP4&list=PLUtqZXAZojHiDD1_j7rpZl8qmFzRIGmkx

Did they bother to mention the NKVD's grand performance in the Spanish Civil War? Stalin was pulling the strings while his secret police acted as puppet-masters on the Republican side with repression, torture, sabotage, espionage and propaganda. And of course the brilliant culmination when Spain's gold, more than 500 tons of it, mysteriously ended up on trains to Moscow. All in the name of fraternal solidarity, of course. Different century, same Kremlin tricks. Yesterday it was gold, today it is drones buzzing over Europe.

Added: Speaking of gold in a wider European context, let's not forget Romania's treasure. During the First World War, around 120 tons of Romanian gold reserves were sent to Russia 'for safekeeping.' They were never returned. As of 2023 the estimated value of that treasure, without even counting its historical significance, is close to €15 billion, according to Wikipedia's source.

[Iota]

Just started:

Reunion - BBC TV miniseries

I really liked that! I found the lead actor's performance remarkable, and the setting of the drama in those very particular circumstances was eye-opening for me.

[George]

I really liked that! I found the lead actor's performance remarkable, and the setting of the drama in those very particular circumstances was eye-opening for me.

Yeah, I finished it last night. I really enjoyed it. 

[Fëanor]

I rewatched The Young Pope (2016) and am currently rewatching The New Pope (2020).

I'm enjoying this joint series even more the 2nd time.  The dual series is provocative, quirky, and occasionally surreal.  For my part I was a bit startled and perplexed the first time around but now I can savor these aspects.

Perhaps it helps too rewatch following the the movie, Conclave, and the death of Pope Francis and elevation of Pope Leo XIV.

[DavidW]

I finally finished S4 of the X-Files, and now I am where I started when it was on the air. I also finished S1 of A Touch of Frost and started S2.

[Spotted Horses]

The Good Place, featuring an ensemble cast led by Ted Danson and Kristen Bell



Kristen Bell plays a woman who is killed in a freak accident and arrives in an afterlife hosted by an "architect," played by Ted Danson. He assures her she is in "The Good Place." Problem is, when he praises her for her virtuous life on earth, it seems to be a case of mistaken identity, perhaps she is supposed to be in "The Bad Place." Dark comedy and musings on moral philosophy ensue.

This is a show that I think could have ended after a perfect first season. I found the second season a let down and declined to watch the third. There are four seasons overall.