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I was going to let him get away with that name mention but I see you did not - lol
 
I know where Saul/Jimmy ends up, but I think the most important revelation I'm looking for is Kim Wexler's 'future'. I think that is likely very important to all/most fans of this universe.

Please no spoilers.
 
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I thought it was on Netflix now but guess I have to wait. No more 30 day trials for other pay channels.
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If your cable provider has an on-demand option that you subscribe to, then you should be able to find the episode on the AMC section. Last night's episode was interesting, but definitely not a "must see it now" type of thing. Three episodes in, I feel the show is slowly creeping toward its denouement.
 
IF you get AMC on your cable or AMC+ on Roku then you can see it - even if you don't have those channels, you can watch it the next day on AMC - I had a meeting last night and have one tonight so I will watch it Wednesday night
 
I started on the Flight Attendant. While it is interesting, its not what I thought at all. Her character is almost too over the top. Her lawyer friend is the funny part.
 
Finished season 1 of Ghosts. Looking forward to season 2 whenever that might be.

We started the second season of Upload last night. For some reason I found it 20% less entertaining and engaging than what I remember the first season being.
 
I finished Ozark - a great show, I was happy with the ending but the fansite on Facebook is crazy mixed

Also finished Killing Eve - also an ending I expected and a super well-done show and also a fan base that's pretty rabid as I found out on Twitter lol

Berlin Station was also really good and I wished they were able to do an ending - I wish when these streaming companies decide not to do another season that they could make the call during the shooting of the last season so they can end it more properly

Watching the second season of Upload - it's okay, but a nice break after a few intense shows!
 
I basically live in the past as much as possible, specifically the 1970's, the apex of human civilization, and lately I have been watching lots of McMillan and Wife on Cozi. Since Cozi is on Youtube TV I DVR the shows. One fascinating aspect is that My Pillow, Trump lover Mike Lindell is pusing his MyPillow and other products all while crying about banks trying to "cancel" him. Its pretty humorous.
 
Watched The Top of the Lake - it was good in the first season, but the second season was a little meh

Watching the latest season of Workin Moms and it's equally hilarious as the other seasons - required viewing for parents lol
 
mendelman said:
Ok...The Kids in the Hall are coming back to TV on Amazon...and I am cautiously....psyched as hell.



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After watching a couple episodes of the new season...meh.

I'd rather just rewatch my several dvds of the original run of the show.
 
mendelman said:
After watching a couple episodes of the new season...meh.

I'd rather just rewatch my several dvds of the original run of the show.
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I watched the first one last night and was....unimpressed. Those guys set the bar high back in the 90's. Too high one could argue.
 
I was unexpectedly home all last week with nothing to do after step-child took their PS4 back into their room. I watched Midnight Mass and then started watching Squid Game and the 1981 classic anime, Hellsing. I don't know when I'll get back to those because I bought a used Xbox One yesterday and have fallen into a Fallout hole.
 
Watching The Hellstrom - it's a horror show on Hulu - I find the older I get the more I can watch horror without freaking out - not sure why that is but I know I could not have watched this show, nor would want to, 20 years ago
 
Still working my way through Dr Who. Just watched the introduction of Jodie Whitacker.

With Hubby, watching The Staircase, Picard Season 2, and just finished Meltdown on Netflix. Last night we watched part 1 of the special on George Carlin.
 
Anyone watching We Own This City?

We're alternating that with Under the Banner of Heaven.

Makes for some interesting dreams. 😳
 
Finished off The Mallorca Files last night - you folks with BritBox that like Death in Paradise should check it out (if you haven't already).

Mrs. Bubba and I also finished off Ozark over the weekend - spoiler note on the end of the series below for those of you that have seen all of it:

Mrs. Bubba read an interview with the show runner about the ending - apparently you should assume nothing other than Jonah shot and killed the PI; blacking it out and ending it there was intended to leave it to the viewer to decide whether that was a good thing or a bad thing.
 
A little over halfway through Night Sky on Amazon. Its an odd mix mosh of genres. It combines the struggles of getting older with a sci fi story. I am 5/8 done so I will finish it to the end.
 
Bubba said:
Finished off The Mallorca Files last night - you folks with BritBox that like Death in Paradise should check it out (if you haven't already).

Mrs. Bubba and I also finished off Ozark over the weekend - spoiler note on the end of the series below for those of you that have seen all of it:

Mrs. Bubba read an interview with the show runner about the ending - apparently you should assume nothing other than Jonah shot and killed the PI; blacking it out and ending it there was intended to leave it to the viewer to decide whether that was a good thing or a bad thing.
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I need to get Britbox but I have to give something else up lol as we have too many streaming services

I liked the ending of Ozark - you know they never will be able to get out after that ending #nospoilers - the Facebook group for Ozark fans is ridiculously hilarious about it - the hate on the mom is also ridiculous, what was she supposed to do, make cookies? Come on!

Hawkeye66 said:
A little over halfway through Night Sky on Amazon. Its an odd mix mosh of genres. It combines the struggles of getting older with a sci fi story. I am 5/8 done so I will finish it to the end.
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I liked that show yes - I hope they do a season 2

finished Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix - not bad - hope they stay with it

I am glad we cut the cord on cable as it's nice to be able to watch what you want when you want but they start these shows and end season 1 with too many questions and then don't do season 2 - they should write season 1 like it's a limited series and if lots of people watch it then do a season 2

watching Cardinal on Hulu - not bad, a little gruesome but will see where it goes
 
Through Ep 2 of Stranger Things Season 4.

It's not a complex story or terribly groundbreaking, but they have a great eye for setting and imagery. It's gorgeous to watch.

But I never rewatch the show as there aren't extra layers than the surface you see on first viewing.
 
mendelman said:
Through Ep 2 of Stranger Things Season 4.

It's not a complex story or terribly groundbreaking, but they have a great eye for setting and imagery. It's gorgeous to watch.

But I never rewatch the show as there aren't extra layers than the surface you see on first viewing.
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We finished the first half of Season 4 last night and are anxiously awaiting the release of the second half in July.

I agree that the show has a great style and is really gorgeous to look at it. I think they really took it up a notch in season 3 in terms of style. I know a lot of people didn't care for Season 3 but I thought it was a lot of fun and season 4 is even more stylized. There are also a couple scenes that gave me a real Wes Anderson vibe that seemed sort of out of place, but were a lot of fun.

The first half of season 4 was great. I think it might have been my very favorite... up until the final 30 minutes of the final episode which seems very forced and just drags on.

My one real complaint with this season so far is that these episodes are all at least 20 minutes too long. I would have much rather have had ten slightly shorter episodes instead of these 7 hour+ episodes.

I agree with you about re-watching, or not re-watching, this show. While my wife and I were waiting for season 4 to drop, we talked about going back to re-watch season 3 and we both basically said, "Meh..."
 
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How is Under the Banner of Heaven? I liked the book, but don't see how it would translate to tv well.
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The book was better, but it is interesting, better than I thought it would be. We were wondering how/if they would incorporate the history of Mormonism and they manage it. We took a break from it to watch Stranger Things.
 
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I watched an old 80's Clive Barker horror movie on Tubi called 'Rawhead Rex' about a pagan deity/monster unleased on an Irish Village. Had a lot of gore. Somehow I missed this one back in the day. Stuff from the 80's looks so dated now.
 
Finished Chosen on Netflix - it wasn't great, but not bad

Watching Leverage: Redemption - need something a little lighter lol
 
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Watching Leverage: Redemption - need something a little lighter lol
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I really liked the original Leverage. I thought Redemption fell short. The absence of Timothy Hutton was felt, but even more notable was the absence of Hardison from most of the stories. Half the humor of the show was derived from the friction between Hardison and Elliot.

I understand the actor who portrays Hardison had a gig doing a Netflix original about the Revolutionary war that conflicted with much of the shooting schedule for Redemption..
 
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I've got two episodes of Blacklist left to be completely caught up. I love Raymond Reddington.
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I love The Blacklist. This current season has provided for a range of emotions, but I think that there should only be one more season and it should go out with a bang.

If you have AppleTV, Tehran is an excellent show and Season 2 was just released. I also enjoy Snowpiercer which is aired on TNT (don't have this channel) but it's also available on demand on HBO; Season 3 is now available for watching.
 
Finished off Bosch: Legacy and season 6 of Peaky Blinders...I thought I'd read that S6 was supposed to be it for Peaky Blinders...
dang if the last episode didn't seem like there's unfinished business.
On to We Own This City next.

Maister said:
I really liked the original Leverage. I thought Redemption fell short. The absence of Timothy Hutton was felt, but even more notable was the absence of Hardison from most of the stories. Half the humor of the show was derived from the friction between Hardison and Elliot.
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Well, now that I have Peacock, I've been watching Law and Order SVU from the beginning. I have seen pretty much all of the Criminal Intents, my favorite of the franchise.

For a show that is all about sexual victimization, there is a surprising amount of sexual innuendo, including lots of comments - including flirtatious sexually oriented comments - from some team members that would be considered inappropriate today There's even an early episode where the main character, Olivia, sleeps with another member of the team (the Mayhem guy) and he follows her around like a lapdog even after she makes it clear that it was a one-time fling. In another scene, another female detective tells the John Munch character to "stop looking at my ass!" but it seems like she is being semi-flirtatious about it, or at least not angry enough to report him to the captain. In fact there are always back and forth comments between those two.

It's quite telling that what was acceptable in 1999 would not be able to be in the script today, especially in this Me Too era. Is that wrong? I'm not sure, but things sure have changed and I don't think they could get away with the off the cuff comments that fly around the station and it's probably absent from the newer episodes. Plus the casual relationship between Olivia and the Mayhem guy (Dean Winters) would probably be frowned upon today and Olivia's character would not be seen as not above reproach, especially if everyone on the team is aware of it.
 
A few I watched several years ago was Dead Like Me and Mile High. I'd like to o back and rewatch those. DLM is available streaming. MH is British and cannot find it anywhere.
 
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Well, now that I have Peacock, I've been watching Law and Order SVU from the beginning. I have seen pretty much all of the Criminal Intents, my favorite of the franchise.

For a show that is all about sexual victimization, there is a surprising amount of sexual innuendo, including lots of comments - including flirtatious sexually oriented comments - from some team members that would be considered inappropriate today There's even an early episode where the main character, Olivia, sleeps with another member of the team (the Mayhem guy) and he follows her around like a lapdog even after she makes it clear that it was a one-time fling. In another scene, another female detective tells the John Munch character to "stop looking at my ass!" but it seems like she is being semi-flirtatious about it, or at least not angry enough to report him to the captain. In fact there are always back and forth comments between those two.

It's quite telling that what was acceptable in 1999 would not be able to be in the script today, especially in this Me Too era. Is that wrong? I'm not sure, but things sure have changed and I don't think they could get away with the off the cuff comments that fly around the station and it's probably absent from the newer episodes. Plus the casual relationship between Olivia and the Mayhem guy (Dean Winters) would probably be frowned upon today and Olivia's character would not be seen as not above reproach, especially if everyone on the team is aware of it.
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MLS is switching to Apple next year for streaming.

I have Youtube TV, ESPN+, HBO Max and Amazon. That is enough.

Do I want to watch some of the new Star Trek on Paramount+? Sure. Do I want to continue watching MLS? Yes.

Do I want to pay for a 5th streaming service? Nope.
 
I like dropping in and out of the Love Death + Robots series on Netflix.

They are nice 10-17 min shorts and pretty fun, but definitely all R/hard R rated.

 
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Maister said:
I really liked the original Leverage. I thought Redemption fell short. The absence of Timothy Hutton was felt, but even more notable was the absence of Hardison from most of the stories. Half the humor of the show was derived from the friction between Hardison and Elliot.

I understand the actor who portrays Hardison had a gig doing a Netflix original about the Revolutionary war that conflicted with much of the shooting schedule for Redemption..
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I liked Leverage, but haven't wanted to start Redemption for whatever reason. Somebody mentioned to me that Leverage was basically a modern reboot of the A-Team and I can definitely see the similarities. Leverage needed more RVs with machine gun mounts and water cannons.
 
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