Topic: The TV Show Thread

Busy with binging through 1992 Season 17 of Saturday Night Live. the good old days when Phil Hartman was pretty much the leader along with the new young guys like Farley, Spade, Sandler and little bit of Al Franken along with the gals Melanie Hutsell and Julia Sweeney

pretty much sort of the 2nd rewatch of it. i kind of watched some episodes of the show when it was on TNT back then but missed out on alot of it

Chased Dept Q with the first season of Unforgotten. Had it been five episodes long, it would have been basically a perfect show. Maybe a little blandly constructed from like a physical sense. Had this very flat, plainly lit, TV feel. But that sixth episode…oh boy. Not sure I can think of a final episode that so utterly ruins a season of great telly like this episode did. Just a closing episode of nonsensical twists, rushed developments, plotholes and unresolved or just straight up forgotten threads. Seemingly going for some big emotional payoff over one that really makes any sense. I also don't really understand why the paedophile priest and the violent racist characters both get cleanly wrapped up redemption arcs at the end. Just left a really sour taste in my mouth. In fact, no one really faced any repercussions in the end.

my opinion, Kim in 24 was pretty much the damsel in distress where she was doing something stupid. that and being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Binged the whole season of The Waterfront yesterday and really quite liked it. It’s kinda like Bloodline meets Ozark and holds up pretty well in the comparison. I’d even go as far as to say it’s more enjoyable than the former while not quite up there with the latter.

Really solid cast too with Holt McCallany being the standout… love that guy in everything I see him in tbh and he gets great support by Maria Bello and Melissa Benoist. For a tense, crime-filled family drama, it’s actually quite an ‘easy’ watch, which is the opposite of Bloodline, which I felt was a quality show… but a real trudge to watch for some reason. Recommended.

@graymamba Wow, that one had completely passed me by. Awesome cast! Adding it to a very long list, thanks

@FuriousMachine hope you enjoy 🍻

Only now watched the first episode of The Last of Us season 2, and it was a hard watch. I really love the source material, so I didn't like them taking liberties with some of the things I though made the second game good. Dropping the non-linear narrative is one of them.

The writing seems to have taken a hit too. Many of the new characterizations and added dialogue lines were pretty bad. The story is dumbed down, and also way less elegant.

At least Pascal is still very good as Joel, every shot looks amazing and the gameplay is very well translated to the small screen.