Line of duty

The Boys - not on Netflix but pretty good.
Vikings- Netflix?
Barbarians - Netflix
Wormwood- Netflix
True detective
Ozark

I'm rewatching LOST

Presently: Fargo, Warrior, S.U.V, Chicago PD, The Goldbergs, Blackish, and Young Sheldon.
Waiting for the new season: Snowfall, Billions, Ozark, Yellowstone, and the last part of Vikings.
Finished but wished they hadn't: S.O.A, Homeland, Justified, Banshee, Longmire, and Deadwood.

# Edit.  How could I have forgotten 'Bosch'.

I liked Bosch, and I've read most of the books and the guy who played Bosch fit the book's character pretty well.  It's also a show that keeps a good pace.  I've been disappointed by a lot of shows that are on the streaming services these days.  I can't stay interested, even if I've enjoyed them at the beginning.  Shows that I've just lost interest in at various points in their run include Money Heist, The Man in the High Castle, and the latest season of The Crown.

 I'm not interested in The Charles and Diana story as they've been in the news most of my life and I don't care if the monarchy survives.  Also, watching Scully do Margaret Thatcher has been absolutely painful.  It's like she based her character on watching a Splitting Heirs caricature instead of the real thing.   The voice is just comical/annoying.  I get it that Thatcher actually altered her voice so it may be accurate, but man, is it grating in every scene she's in.  And apparently this season, as is de rigeur this year, they've taken a left of centre stance and allowed themselves to alter history to knock Thatcher. The only reason I enjoyed the previous seasons was because of learning some interesting history.  If they're going to take a political angle and make up stuff it loses a big part of its appeal for me. 

As for Fargo, season four, I am greatly disappointed.  It's trying to be so clever and profound with its dialogue that the action is moving at a snail's pace.  Each episode is mostly characters profoundly grandstanding and forgetting to move the story forward.  And some of the cast choices don't work.  Chris Rock and Jason Schwartzman as gang leaders are just amusing or unconvincing.  The guy who plays the over the top psycho brother of the mafia boss reminds me of John Candy in SCTV's version of the Godfather with a bit of Dr. Tongue in 3D thrown in.  And I guess because it's Fargo the characters have to have quirky annoying idiosyncratic habits for the sake of nothing.  Why does the nurse walk like no one on the planet has ever walked? 

American Gods is good.  Some good characters, dialogue, acting and action in this series.  Just started season 2. 

Good suggestions. I saw most of Vikings but I'll start again. It was awesome.

Line of Duty sounds promising. Military or cops?

Police corruption unit

Why can't Netflix or Amazon do travel shows that don't have another overriding angle, instead of just a show about travelling?  Youtube has some good ones, and Rick Steve's, although a bit cheesy at first glance, is just about travelling and the destination.  But almost every show on Netflix is about eating while travelling.  Didn't Bourdain cover that?  There's this crappy Somebody Feed Phil out now in season 2 or 3.  Another "funny" guy (he created Everybody Loves Raymond) travelling around the world and eating.  It gets old.  Just focus on the destination the way Rick Steve's does or the old Lonely Planet/Pilot Guide series.  Travels With My Father isn't bad but the focus is the dynamic between father and son.  Cool destinations, though.  Dark Tourist was good, but perhaps a second season was put off with Covid. 

For travel shows, I'll take free Youtube over the paid services.  They need to get involved with guys like Joolzguides (make me want to go back to London and I've been there a couple of times) or even guys like Wingin' It.  This guy focuses on train and plane rides all over the world.  Easy budget and simple and entertaining videos. 

There's this crappy Somebody Feed Phil out now in season 2 or 3. (It's 4, BTW)

Jesus Christ. My GF said she's watching it and we watched one last weekend.

*Gets bagel with cheese. * "Wow, this is a bagel and it has cheese on it." *mugs for camera*



That's the show. It's like a meokbang, almost.

He's not even annoying,  I don't even hate the show, per se, it's just that he has NOTHING to add to the situation at hand. Nothing.

Christ, I miss Bourdain. He was a cook and he could write eloquently and he was truly curious and respectful. Huge loss for food tourism.

Watching/Recently Watched: FBIs, NCISs, Raised by Wolves, The Mandalorian, Hanna, His Dark Materials

Waiting/Needing time to watch: Britannia, Departure, Vikings (new), The Expanse (new), The Queen's Gambit

Yup, bug eyes is his go to move.  He was in Seoul and Montreal so I watched them.  Nice guy.  Doesn't condescend or anything, but it really is just him travelling around and saying "I'm hungry." 

That guy looks like a creepy morph of Rodney Dangerfield and Marty Feldman.

Just finished Season 1 of Mindhunter.

10/10

Show's creator, David Fincher, has his newest film coming out on Netflix tonight; Mank.