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TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
Traitors US just capped off a phenomenal run. I know a lot of people roll their eyes at competition/reality tv, but it's genuinely a good show that I would recommend to just about anyone. It's self-aware and over the top in all the best ways, but under all the silliness there is an interesting game of strategy and social engineering. Of all the reality tv that I was "forced" to watch with my ex, this is the one show that I went back to and watched on my own. During the finale, I was actually pacing around the living room like it was the final two minutes of a tight playoff game.
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Rob is the GOAT. He knew when to jump ship on LFR, he allowed Candice to hang herself when she was coming after him as part of some weird housewife vengeance quest, he killed all the right people at the right time, he dominated the challenges, he took the dagger from the one person who would've used it against him, and with everything on the line, he betrayed the one person he knew he could trust so he could keep all the money to himself like a cold blooded mfer. It was a perfect run. And to top it off, he's really really really ridiculously good looking. Well done. I can't believe it's the same guy who cried in the pool on Love Island USA.
I also loved this season and I agree with everything you said. I didn’t watch the traitors until this season because I saw a bunch of edits of Rob Rausch, including a clip of him correcting Michael Rappaport on “commiserating.” I was intrigued cause I knew he was a Love Island contestant but I’ve never seen that show and I didn’t know they cast smart people as well (apparently they do this to add some tension?).
I love him. We’re about the same age but he’s kind of my idol. There’s a Love Island clip of him where he goes “I don’t owe you an explanation, I don’t even know you, I don’t even like you that much.” And I was like damn… that sounds like some shit that I’d say.
Ngl, if you're getting clips like that in your feed, you might want to consider Love Island this summer. It is debauchery in its highest form. It's The Truman Show if Truman spent his summers in Sodom and Gomorrah. If The Bachelor is a cup of coffee, Love Island is crack cocaine. And to top it all off, the discourse has everything from deeply insightful commentary on love and relationships, to the mad ramblings of the most parasocial freaks on the internet. If nothing else, it's a very unique viewing experience.
have you watched UK (normal and celeb) m, Australia S01, and Ireland? the format for the show is so simple but great.
I watched a few of the UK regulars but I didn't know they have a celeb version. I'll definitely check it out. IIRC, I've also heard good things about the Australia season.
Tbh, I'm not sure if I'll be able to understand the Irish one lol. The last Irish show I watched was Love/Hate (an insane show) and I missed about 20% of it despite the fact that half the people in my friend group and my closest colleagues were Irish.
Australia S01 was great but I heard S02 was an absolute gong show in all the wrong ways. For Ireland, the accents are pretty tame.
The best part about the Australian season is that they were all treating it like a game and having fun with it instead of the others who are all 'I'm a good person who pays my taxes, so I could never be a traitor', which doesn't make any sense at all.
The UK celeb one is really great with lots of fun twists and stuff. The last season of the UK one was also exceptional.
Just finished watching A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the new Game of Thrones spinoff show. I'd rate it a 7.5/10. Not a bad watch, would recommend giving it a try. It starts off a bit more lighthearted than I expected for something in the GoT world but things quickly get serious and it had my full attention.
I was actually unaware of this show until a friend mentioned it to me last week. I stopped watching Game of Thrones after season 6 and I never finished 7 or 8. I was finishing up season 6 as season 8 finished airing and once I'd heard about what season 8 does with the story lines, I'd lost all interest. While I did want to watch the other spinoffs, I never got around to them. This is my first piece of GoT media I've seen since then and I really enjoyed it.