TV Tuesdays Free Talk

Since about October of 2020 I’ve been binging movies. And I’ve only recently decided to take a break from movies and watch TV shows.

I already talked about how much I liked Ghosts from the BBC. Which is on HBOMax for anyone in America.

I saw The Boys, I haven’t finished season 2 and I don’t know if I will pick it back up. I really enjoyed the first season, but I’ve just really been annoyed by the main character lately.

I watched The Kominsky Method’s third season. And I had almost completely forgotten about it since I binged the first two seasons back in late 2019. I love it, it’s such a good show. It’s Chuck Lorre’s masterpiece, and it’s so personal and heartfelt.

I also watched Succession, finally. Which was hilarious, I absolutely love the writing and I can’t wait for season 3. The chemistry between Tom and Greg is such a pleasure to watch. “You can’t make a Tomelette without breaking some Greggs.”

I also tried watching series 12 of Doctor Who but after about 20 minutes of the first episode I turned it off since I remembered why I stopped watching it. It’s a shame really, that the quality of the writing sunk really low during this iteration of the Doctor. I think Jodie Whittaker could have been great. As of right now, in my opinion, the show ended with Twice Upon a Christmas.

Two shows we like started up again this week: Lupin and Home Before Dark.

Lupin is a French show on Netflix about a "gentleman thief" based off of the old French Arsène Lupin novels. The main character read the books as a kid and became fascinated with him. His father was framed for a crime he didn't commit and now he's out to avenge his father's name. It's sometimes absurd and not at all believable, but it's quite fun. The season was split in 2 with the first 5 episodes first streaming about 6-9 months ago. The remaining 5 just dropped in the last week or two.

Home Before Dark is a fictionalization of the story of Hilde Lysiak. The second season just started and they're dropping 1 episode per week. The first episode was pretty good. She investigates why a mysterious company is trying to buy a family farm from someone who doesn't want to sell.