Overall that’s true, but the ridiculous saved by the UFO thing really dragged season 2 down for me, which was disappointing, because the rest of it was pretty damn excellent television.
I thought the characters in S3 fargo were much more interesting, especially V.M Varga
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Watched Big Little Lies, not bad. Only 7 episodes, but there are discussions of a second season. Recommended.
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How was that performance and cinema when he was on screen.
I had squirmy physical reactions to watching him.
I’d actually forgotten the spoiler-protected bit. I’m thinking 'what the absolute f…?"
I got tired of it in Series 2 as well, and remembering the British series it’s derived from, sometimes less is more.
I was a big fan, particularly seasons 2 and 3, but the last two have been dragging it out.
And the thing that annoyed me about the ending to 5, is that they clearly aren’t winding down at all, they are resetting the series so it goes on and on and on. And it’s showing.
Been binge watching sons of anarchy. Why did it take so long. Currently in season 2
It drops in quality in the last few seasons but overall was a good series imo.
Yeah, I lost it about S04 I think.
I’m pretty sure they’ve stated they are only doing one more.
Very few shows are still going good past season 5, most don’t even make it that far.
They do one of those random things each season, the fish raining in the first, the UFO in the second and the bowling alley in the third. All of those scenarios have a deeper meaning to them, but they were not needed most of the time.
This latest series was the weakest no doubt, & what was the bloke from Twin Peaks supposed to represent? What happened to the Russian bloke that lost his ear? What was the opening scene in the first episode set in East Berlin supposed to add to the story? Looked completely irrelevant to me. And the episode where we it goes back to the 70’s in Hollywood was just a filler, & added nothing to the main story. Was like they just needed something to ensure it went to 10 full episodes.
I like Carrie C.o.o.n, but I have now seen her in 2 WTF series in a row, Fargo & The Leftovers & think her acting ability deserves better.
The myth of the wandering Jew. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew
But I had to go online and research that, there was no real way of knowing that from just watching the show, unless you were already familiar with the myth. (Even then, you’d have to be very familiar with it.) there was a lot of this through Fargo, and it happens a bit in other shows I really like (Leftovers, Mr Robot), but it’s a bit of a pretentious way to make TV. It’s all well and good having background themes that require some study, but not things that directly affect plot, like the Wandering Jew did.
I know you didn’t like the leftovers, but she acted her friggin face off on that show. Very real chance of an Emmy.
I know she’s a good actress, (I thought her acting was by far better in the first series of the Leftovers) but I’d prefer to see her in a more mainstream show where I don’t have to refer to wikipedia to find out wtf is going on.
Fargo Season 3 finished. Pretty good but nowhere near season 2 IMO.
Different styles though which i liked.
Finally got The Handmaid’s Tale started and boy is it bleak. Excellent acting from former mad men cast member Elisabeth Moss. Set in a totalitarian society, in a not too distant future, former USA. It’s a hulu exclusive, so for those without hulu, will need to torrent or wait till sbs runs it (so I’ve heard it’ll be on sbs).
If you can get your hands on it, give it a go. Perfectly disturbing.
It hit SBS On Demand a day or two ago.
I wish SBS would hurry up with the new series of Bosch. It’s been out for a couple of months, and not available to Amazon Prime Video subscribers in Australia…which I reckon is a rort.
Bosch? A series about washing machines doesn’t sound that exciting
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I read about The Handmaid’s Tale, that was disturbing enough. 
Am waiting for S2 of Versailles on SBS