Tag: TV Shows

I’m not sure what I was expecting but what I got was definitely not what I was expecting. Some people have called this clever and quirky. Some have even raved about it. Me? I would say it’s a little far along the weird scale to struggle past the first two introductory episodes.

There was nothing of substance to grab my attention, even for quirky. And I certainly didn’t care for the lead character, the most miserable person on the planet apparently, played by Rhea Seehorn.

Haven’t we had enough of these bleak analogies? I know I have.

Two bags of popcorn 🍿🍿

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Watched the first two episodes of Down Cemetery Road starring Emma Thompson and, well, (possibly unpopular opinion here) I felt decidedly underwhelmed, never mind irritated by the drab, neurotic characters. Do they all have to be the same?

I mean, it’s all very blah, blah bland. Worse, Emma Thompson looks positively bored delivering snark at every possible juncture. And can they please stop casting Adeel Akhtar as the bumbling fool in every TV thriller.

All I can say is, thrilling this one ain’t.

I struggled to finish the first episode of Chief of War starring Jason Momoa, last night. It was ultra violent in places to the point of showing us visceral disembowelment and people having the skulls smashed in. You know what, there’s historical accuracy, then there’s historical accuracy.

This is not a show I will be finishing.

Watched: The Diplomat S3 (⭐️⭐️) 📺

I had such high expectations for season 3 of The Diplomat given how season 2 ended (on a cliffhanger). But, have to say, all the usual snark and drama has been overshadowed by way too much sex. This season has turned into a very bad British sex-farce worthy of a Benny Hill episode. I mean, I understand that having sexual tension between certain characters is a must these days, and can really change up a show.

But, dear me, when it devolves into us seeing naked butts thrusting skyward for five minutes solid, you can get distracted quickly from the message that the world is, once again, on the point of annihilating itself. Several sex scenes in one episode become tedious quickly.

So much so that, by the end of the last episode I was, quite frankly, bored and couldn’t care less.

Watched: Murderbot (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) 📺

It took me a long while to get into this one. I have to say that, after the first episode I was ready to abaondon it and, well, actually, I did in that my Apple subscription ran out and I waited till just last week to renew it.

Maybe the break was just what I needed because we’ve just binge watched the rest of the season. And — I loved it.