What Are You Bingeing?

Two Banana cream pies and a big bag of Doritos

I'm bingeing The Expanse again, as well as Stranger Things and, for some inane reason, Good Morning Kiss on Netflix. GMK's a Japanese teen show, very weird and very "Eh!?" inducing. For even more bonkers Japanese Netflix shows, try "Atelier". It's about making women's undies.

Yes. Really.

I binge watched UNFORGOTTEN series 1. I only binge watch British shows because they go for 6 episodes or so.

I just watched the pilot of Z, the Amazon series about Zelda Fitzgerald with Christina Ricci. It was shot in 2015, and a couple of days ago the whole series was finally uploaded. So'll start bingeing on that soon.

Sherlock on Netflix. The best tv I've seen.

R1 = The Donald

R5 - don't watch the most recent episodes then. Quality has *really* suffered this year.

I binged a show with my closest friend on Netflix called Spotless about two brothers involved in crime scene cleanup. We loved it. Cannot believe it has not had more attention.

Just watched "Call Your Agent." It was good. Now, watching Dicte, a Norwegian detective show which I enjoy. Really LOVED "Merli" about a French teacher and his gay son. "Rita" is great TV.

Parmesan!

Penny Dreadful on Netflix streaming. Just finished the second season. It's incredibly dark and intense, so I watch King of the Hill on DVD as a palate cleanser in between seasons.

I just binged on 'Eyewitness' (USA Network series), good for the gay storyline at the center of it. In a similar vein, I plan to binge watch 'American Crime' season 2 next.

"Marcella" on Netflix. I love Anna Friel.

Just watched 6 seasons of Oz. Moving on to Dexter.

Great suggestions all-- thank you.

How did Oz hold up R14? Been thinking about watching it.

I've been watching The Path. Aaron Paul has been quite good in it. He's really doing a nice acting job. So is Hugh Dancy who looks great and plays the creep too well. The bi side of me has fallen in love with Michelle Monaghan. She is really a good actress and an underrated beauty. I would top her anally in a second.

Miranda. Fucking hilarious Please Like Me Fleabag

Inspector Morse, Inspector Lewis, Endeavour, Inspector George Gently.

Inspector Lewis is worth the watch for no other reason than Laurence Fox.

oh yes, Fleabag was good. And the girl who created and stars in it is funny and stunning.

I loved Fleabag. Anyone know if there'll be more?

R15, I wasn't sure I'd like it at first, but it was really interesting once I became familiar with the main characters. The show is well written and filmed, and you learn a lot about the characters' psychology. We binged a 2-3 episodes a night over a couple of weeks, and since the story lines continue from one episode to the next, I found myself really wanting to immediately move on to each new episode. There's some frontal male nudity, but not porn-level sex. Some graphic scenes - stabbings, medical issues, etc. If you find the first few episodes interesting, keep going with the series. You won't be bored.

Versailles.

Watched the first two episodes of Dark Matter last night. Still on the fence about it.

is that a series about shit, R23?

Black Mirror on Netflix. An anthology series like Twilight Zone for the future.

The Night Manager

Schist's Creek on Netflix. Great cast.

Grace and Frankie. Stellar cast.

I wasn't going to watch The Night Manager but I ended up thoroughly enjoying it. The places where it was filmed-- Mallorca, Spain-- was utterly beautiful. TH did a pretty good job (too bad he ruined his career with HiddleSwift).

Where do you find Miranda R17? And R22, I similarly binged Versailles. Not perfect by any means (do all the women look the same? Or might I perhaps be a homsexualist?) but very watchable somehow.

The Man in the High Castle.

Very relevant for today. What the USA would be if Hitler won but now we're really living it.

(based on a story by Philip K. Dick who seems to have written almost every sci-fi movie around, lol).

"Messy Marcella" was a train wreck I just couldn't take my eyes off of! I would think Dataloungers would be all over her husband.

These days I'm watching a Netflix series called CASE - who knew Iceland was so fucked up? Police show up to interview the villain in a later episode, who happens to be nekkid; pulls on his penis while answering their questions.

For those of you with Amazon Prime, I caught the first (of three) episodes of a French courtroom drama/mystery called Barbara's Law. So good I'm saving the other episodes as treats later!

Love Fleabag!

Just finished the latest season of "A Place to Call Home" LOVED IT. Such a great soapy Downtonesque show. If anyone knows anything like it let me know. Thinking about Justified or Homeland or Atelier.

R33. Try Grand Hotel, Velvet, The Time In Between, Paradise. They are all great period dramas. I also like El Secretario which is a Colombian soap opera. MANY episodes but it is really addicting. Happy viewing!!!!

I'm watching Stranger Things and Californication, while anxiously awaiting new episodes of House of Cards and Shameless. House of Cards is the best television I've ever watched.

What do you like about House of Cards, R35? I haven't seen any episodes yet. Worth trying?

The Beeb's fascinating, humourous nature series Spy in the Wild and Wild New Zealand.

Watched Dirk Gently Holistic Detective...was fun

Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Agency takes a while to grow on you. I'm not a huge fan of Sci Fi but enjoyed it as well.

Xanax.

[quote] House of Cards is the best television I've ever watched.

As excellent as Spacey's remake is, I think the original BBC programs were superior. And the BEEB didn't waste an entire season focused on the wife's (ie - Hillary ) own thirst for power.

R22, How timely! I wish I could enjoy contemporary historical fiction shows like that, but I can't. I have issues suspending disbelief, as it is history.

On Netflix - VERSAILLES and WENTWORTH.

r43, Wentworth is a far cry better than Orange is the New Black, No?

The Night Of. I loved it.

The Night Of is timely and so brilliantly cast & acted.

Watching A PLACE TO CALL HOME, too. Pleased to see that Season 5 starts filming soon. Cute gay characters to boot.

Since I haven't seen it, I will watch American Crime Story The People vs OJ Simpson available Feb 2nd on Netflix streaming.

The original English Shameless is SO MUCH better than the American version. R30, Miranda is Hulu or Netflix, I don't remember.

Just started "Detectorists" (on Acorn). Hooved down the short seasons of "W1A "and "Crashing" (both are on Netflix streaming). The latter was created and written by "Fleabag"'s Phoebe Waller-Bridge and the adorable Jonathan Bailey is in both.

Love the British comedies with short seasons. Except that I want more.

Yes R44. It is very good. Certainly not a comedy.

I wish Barracuda, an Aussie miniseries about young competitive swimmers, would end up on Netflix or Amazon Prime. There's a gay angle to it which is very good.

All I watch is Netflix and Amazon Prime. I cancelled HBO because there isn't any show worth watching (except when GOT returns). Netflix and Amazon are great deals compared to HBO's rate ($15).

Happy Valley, superb drama....with the beautiful James Norton.

thanks R14!

R41, you might very well think that, but I could not possibly comment.

These are my recent Netflix binges that I enjoyed:

The Crown (excellent!)

Sensitive Skin - Canadian series starring Kim Catrall

Spiral

Witnesses

The Returned (Original French version)

Rita

A Young Doctor's Notebook

Dicte

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

Hostages (Original Israeli version)

The Crown started boring me in the last half of the season.

Just binged 4 episodes of the Tom Hardy mini series Taboo. I am loving it.

I can't get into foreign language comedies with subtitles. Any other genre I'm fine with but when it comes to comedy, I feel like I'm missing nuances or something by having to "focus" on the subtitles. Is that weird.?

Yes, R60,

R57 You have good tastes. Check out Merli and Dirk Gently on Netflix and A Place to Call Home on Acorn.

Scandal. Love political drama. This one is erratic, but still fun enough to watch.

R62, A Place to Call Home would be much better if the lead actress knew how to do anything but strike a pose instead of emoting.

Unforgotten - where do i find that? Netlix?

PLACE TO CALL HOME has three gorgeous men playing gay. The rest is fun, too. And who can resist an actress named Noni Hazlehurst?

Thank you R62! I love Dirk Gently (the previous version and the new one with Elijah Wood). Will check out the other two. I subscribe to Acorn TV and MHZ through my Roku. They're great channels if you like international TV shows

Started the Welsh detective series Hinterland on Netflix after finishing Case (talk about twisted!); the detective is cute, while the show is OK but but not great.

i've been listening to the History of English podcast, which is ridiculous because the guy is a lawyer, not a historian or linguist, he gets stuff wrong all the time, is not that great or interesting a speaker, and drags everything out interminably. I wish somebody qualified would do one, but it is just an interesting subject. Plus I'm kind of miffed because I knew some of this stuff already and I would have done a better job if I had done one.

r68 I thought the same thing about 'Hinterland.' I got halfway through S.2 and couldn't stay awake.

Juana Ines, about an intellectually brilliant Mexican lesbian nun during the Inquisition.

I just started Four Seasons in Havana, it's really good! I also recommend Case.

They're not a TV show but I highly recommend the "Department Q" film and it's 2 sequels. The first one was the top grossing film in Denmark in 2013. They're all on Netflix.

Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes Department Q: The Absent One Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith (my favorite, very intense)

Sorry, I messed up the spacing

Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes

Department Q: The Absent One

Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith (my favorite, very intense)

I agree, R73. I enjoyed the Department Q movies. Maybe I'll re-binge this weekend.

Just finished up Beyond which a bit lacking on storyline but has some good scenery. Started on Travelers, which has turned out to be an interesting show.

A Series of Unfortunate Events on Netflix

Person of Interest.

For a CBS show, it's actually really good. And that Christian weasel in the lead manages to pull off being a silent, Dirty Harry type hero very convincingly.

He could show more skin. I know he's a little older these days but still....

Try watching The Story of English with Robert MacNeil at YouTube instead. Dead brilliant!

Wentworth, an Australian series on Netflix. It's about a women's prison. The actress who plays the prison warden ( governor) in second season is a hoot. So evil! This series is very addictive.

Still enjoying White Collar reruns

Rectify. So good!

THE FALL (Series 3); Netflix/BBC. Will hot serial killer Jamie Dornan live or die? Will Gillian Anderson's "posh" accent slip?

the third season of the fall is a bore, the last episode is great, the previous 5, ugh

but I'll miss the show, Stella the maneater and her twisted obsession with Paul and his with her

I'm finding the Witches of East End lots of fun in spite of ropey acting and Charmed-level production values.

Third season of The Fall is awful. 80% of the times it looks like a very special episode of ER and then BOOM, a mess of action and drama. The second season was shitty too. Gillian Anderson gives the campest performance of this century: she plays her detective like she's Marlene Dietrich. It's hilarious.

I binged and loved Raised by Wolves (Acorn), Please Like Me, The Detectorists, Fleabag, Happy Valley, Broadchurch, and Last Tango in Halifax.

I just rewatched the entire "Cold Feet". I hadn't realized that last year they did a reboot of the series, so I watched everything to remind me of what happened. There was a 13 year gap between the last episode of Season 5 and the first episode of Season 6.

[quote]Sensitive Skin - Canadian series starring Kim Catrall

Have you watched the original starring Joanna Lumley?

I'm watching movies I've DVR'd on AMC of Oscar winners. I'm on Citizen Kane. They're on the letter C or D now.

Amazon Prime! Z is fantastic!!!!!!

A fun series to binge is "Slings and Arrows." It stars Paul Gross (the original Brian in Tales of the City) as the Artistic Director of a theater.

Damn, I want Paul Gross to sit on my face.

The MTM marathon that was on this past weekend.

The West Wing on Netflix.

PLEASE LIKE ME aired its final episode. So sad, but I can see that they had gone as far as they could.

I just binged The Path on HULU and The Santa Clarita Diet on Netflix. I enjoyed both, but I'm looking for a series that has me glued to my seat.

Try the Icelandic series CASE, which is plenty twisted once you become familiar with the characters, some of whom are quite good looking.

Oh, yeah, one episode features gratuitous male nudity, but I'm sure you can cope . . .

Taboo = it's pretty good. It keeps my attention, especially with Tom Hardy on the screen.

Westworld = it's okay, but I don't feel like I've missed anything if I skip an episode or 2.

Westworld meanders.

Sneaky Pete

Goliath

Black Mirror

Westworld

Red Oaks

Man In The High Castle

Narcos

Peaky Blinders

The Getdown

The Americans

High Maintenance

Just finished watching The Fall on Netflix. Older show but loved it.

Santa Clarita Diet. Really enjoying Timothy Olyphant in a black comedy. Drew Barrymore, not so much. Watched whole 1st season.

No Tomorrow. Hunky stud leading man, with a great Aussie accent, but the story meanders & has a few too many sub plots.

Just finished Happy Valley. I've gone through Doc Martin and Last Tango in Halifax twice. I started Santa Clarita Diet and think it'll be pretty good. And I stick in an episode or two of The Vicar of Dibley once in a while. I must have seen every episode three or four times.

CSI Miami, Louis CK and South Park. Oh and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I'm caught up on all but the former.

Another vote for High Maintenance. I'd advise watching the original web shorts first (HBO Go has them) and then watching the more fleshed-out episodes made for HBO.

Season Four of Bates Motel. I've been hooked since the very first episode. This year is the final 😭 season.

Catastrophe, 2 seasons so far, waiting on the 3rd. Carrie Fisher was flying home from filming this in the U.K. When she had her heart attack.

It's always sunny and happy endings

Santa Clarita was OK. Thought Drew Barrymore was quite good and unfortunately Timothy Olyphant was disappointing with all his silly mugging for the camera. I recently saw an Argentine series on Netflix which was very watchable called The Marginals.

A Place to Call Home--Acorn and some PBS stations and of course on dvd...FIND this and watch it; very gay and 3 hot guys playing gay. Great overall storyline and acting. This is probably the BEST current television series of all.

ORPHAN BLACK Phenomenal drama with lots of comedy relief and the amazing actress Tatiana Maslany--watch the first ep and you will be hooked. It keeps getting better. A fun gay character and Tatiana's unparalleled acting at playing 12 characters...we love us some Cosima and the great Russian character whose name I forget

Taboo for Tom although it is photographed very dark and hard to figure out

London Spy is a very good gay mystery

also Outlander although the episodes are uneven, some drag on and on and I didn't like the France eps much.

The opening credits/theme are incredibly beautiful.

I must have something chocolate today or I will lose my shit.

Norman Lear's "One Day at a Time" remake is excellent.

Retro, funny, effervescent and poignant.

R15 "Oz" is still amazing. Recently binged the series (last fall). It's still as fresh, unique, sexy and topical as it ever was.

Orphan Black goes off the rails in the later seasons, but Maslany is never less than fantastic.

I'm trying to get into Buffy. Never followed it while it aired. It has it's moments but I have to be in the mood. I'm coasting through season 2.

Louis C.K.'s "Horace and Pete" is a fucking masterpiece. It's finally on Hulu, though I got my physical copies from an Emmy voter who was sent the entire series on DVD.

The cast alone - Alan Alda, Jessica Lange, Steve Buscemi, Edie Falco, Laurie Metcalf - is worth it.

I adored London Spy. I hope they have a season 2. I am totally into Taboo right now. Very Gothic romance.

I loved London Spy until the last episode when it went all WTF? I don't see how they could make a second season.

Last night I finished the second season of Dark Matter on Netflix. Very Firefly'ish. It's been renewed for a third season as well.

Nothing! I CAN'T EAT!

Caramel Apple Pecan Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream.

"The Leftovers" on HBO. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" on Hulu.

Dexter, house of cards , peep show, sherlock, goliath, mississippi one, man in the high castle, the bridge 12 and 3 (scandi at its best) stranger things, hannibal, line of duty, happy valley (both excellent UK series)

I hate to admit it, but I'm now on season six of GILMORE GIRLS. I kept putting it off for fear it would be a man hating, estrogen fest, but I've enjoyed it. I love the town and its eccentric folk, Kelly Bishop(of course), and much of the cast. Next up is the PEOPLE VS. OJ or whatever it's called. Can't wait for that one!

I think I'm going to start watching Sleepy Hollow.

There will NOT be a second season of London Spy.

The Missing -season 1. It's BBC on Stars. Season 2 starts next week.

Glad to see Happy Valley getting some love here. Because James Norton is my TV Boyfriend, even when he's playing a psychopath. Oh, and also because the show is terrific.

Agree 100% ^^^

Netflix's first French venture, MARSEILLE. Enormous Gerard Depardieu and formerly hot, now fatter, Benoit Magimel. Francophiles rejoice!

The original Swedish/Danish "The Bridge." First season was very good, second season went silly, didn't bother with the third. I agree with the actor who played the original male detective -- his character would never have done what he did in season two. It made no sense at all.

Watched the the Swedish "Sandhamn Murders." Three short seasons. Lovely location filming in the Stockholm archipelago and lovely blond men.

Watched the final season of Scott & Bailey. Only 3 episodes

[quote] 'Hinterland.' I got halfway through S.2 and couldn't stay awake.

I commend you. I couldn't get through the first series. Not only was it boring and unoriginal in its plot, but the show was risably grim. After a while, I couldn't stop laughing at the deliberately morose facial expressions of everyone. It was like, "OK. These grim, gritty, crime dramas are all the rage on cable tv. Let's have everyone dress in dark colors and look unhappy and nihilistic. Let's make sure we get plenty of shots of crumbling infrastructure and old houses. Let's make it gray, Really gray. And....rain. Let's have it rain. Let's have our characters sadly stare off at nothing. At the void. Because death. Because the senselessness of it all."

The Missing...somehow I didn't catch this when S1 was on Starz last year, but now that S2 has just started I'm binging S1 over the next few days to catch up. Seems very well done, good acting and story.

I'm a few episodes into Hinterland now. Rather than caring about the dishy detective's implied mess of a personal life, l'm bored. His assistant seems like a right bitch. Feel sorry for the fat kid and the nice other woman. Still, it fills time.

The Killing because Joel Kinnaman, before he became an action film star.

The Magicians.

I just ate a whole wheat flax seed sandwich with avacado and organic turkey with a glass of all natural OJ. Pretty darn GOOD!

Are the second seasons of 'The Missing' and 'Secrets and Lies' worth watching?

I just finished watching all of "Turn: Washington's Spies" and loved it. LOTS of VPL too!

Getting On so real (exactly like my mothers nursing home)feels like a documentary. Hulu has the U.K. Version.

Glitch. I want more!

Yes r144, I was just about to post about Glitch. What a cliffhanger.

Z: The Beginning of Everything. Made me look up The Fitzgeralds.

Spiral has been so good, I've been reluctant to finish season 5

Trying to get into Taboo...it's so slow.

I am starting Peaky Blinders tonight. I hope it's as good as the hype.

I adored Peaky Blinders. I cannot wait until next season.

Tonight the second season of The Missing starts on Starz. It is amazing and better than the first.

All 8 episodes will be available after the premiere for your bingeing pleasure.

Just finished Unforgotten series 2. Excellent show. I am planning on watching Apple Tree Yard soon but Mark Bonnar appears in both of the series and I want to wait a week or two so I don't compare the two characters he plays too much.

Also watched the Swedish show Modus a few weeks back and also River which was originally a BBC show. They were both extremely good but River was outstanding.

Finally, if you're up for a bit of period drama then The Halcyon is very good and its run will finish in a couple of weeks.

Everything Tom Hughes is in. Currently, Silk and Victoria. I finished The Game last week. I'm in love with Tom Hughes.

More Tom Hughes.

He looks liek Colin Morgan's prettier brother.

Hughes has ONE expression. At least on "Victoria."

And what is that "ONE expression," R153?

Pouty boredom

Giving Maigret (2016, starring Rowan Atkinson) a test run this week before 'bingeing': only two episodes, but if I run through the whole series, that counts as a binge, right?

The Missing season 2 ep 1 was wonderful!

The Crown on Netflix, Atlanta on Amazon video (paid for), Enlightened seasons 1 and 2 on Amazon

Getting On was so wonderful. Niecy Nash killed on the American version.

I just binged The Detour as I like Jason Jones and Samantha Bee. Fun and good cliffhanger.

I tried to watch Search Party. Couldn't get through an episode. Millennials.

[quote]Getting On was so wonderful. Niecy Nash killed on the American version.

It really was, so such a sadly slept on show. It was great.

[quote]I am starting Peaky Blinders tonight. I hope it's as good as the hype.

It is...until it isn't Season 3 was a nosedive in quality.

[quote]Niecy Nash killed on the American version.

It is hard to imagine a more annoying-sounding human being, but I have only seen her on whichever ET-type show she was on. Every time she opened her mouth, I changed the channel.

Please Like Me. Quirky, funny, sad.

Another vote for Niecy Nash in the US version of Getting On. She's fanTAStic.

The Magicians----kind of silly at times but entertaining.

I'm watching The People vs OJ Simpson. The actors who play Johnny Cochran and Christopher Darden are excellent as well as Sarah Paulson but they really should have gotten unknowns to play the rest of the Dream Team. Travolta is great at being campy as Robert Shapiro but the eyebrows bothered me and seeing Nathan Lane as F. Lee Bailey? I kept seeing Nathan, the Drag Queen from The Birdcage and Ross from Friends as Robert Kardashian.

Watch the "OJ: Made In America" documentary next, R165. None of those pesky actor distractions -- you get the real people. And the entire eight hours is *excellent* and worth every minute.

Lately, chocolate.

R150 - one of the things I like about my favorite British shows is the actors are hired because they are hot. They actually can act.

Is Hughes just another pretty face?

r168, I would not presume to tell you whether or not you will like Tom Hughes' acting, but I will recommend looking at The Game. I don't think Victoria is a good means of judging, as Prince Albert thus far has played such a restrained role in Victoria's life. But I enjoyed The Game, and he is its star.

Watching The Missing on Amazon Prime . So far I like it a lot . The acting is excellent.

I'm binging on Kentucky Fried Chicken with extra skin and plenty of ranch dressing!

Oh, you said "Shows." Ummm... old "Moesha" re-runs.

Madam Secretary. Finished off S1 and halfway thru S2 - love the writing on this show.

Netflix-

Wentworth

Versailles

Medici

Schitt's Creek

Happy Valley

Rectify

Is "Billions" worth bingeing?

I think so, R174.

Thanks R175! Saw part of the first S2 ep yesterday and it looked good.

Oh, start at the beginning, R176.

Finished Crownies last night, no onto something new.

Has anyone watched The Fall ? Looks interesting.

[quote]Has anyone watched The Fall?

Too much Gillian Anderson. Not enough Jamie Dornan. I stopped watching halfway through season 2, and never went back to it.

The first two seasons of The Fall are fantastic, with sexy Jamie Dornan and long in the tooth femme fatale Gillian.

Breaking Bad

I agree R166, the "OJ Made in America" documentary was much better than the TV dramatization. Every time I looked at Travolta I wanted to burst out laughing. The documentary was very well done and as you say the entire 8 hrs was worth watching.

The Tudors. JRM was hilarious.

But the similarities between Trump and Henry are disturbing. (I know it's an old show)

I am bingeing Billions kind of loving it.

Z was short and Christina Ricci was fun to watch.

Elementary

Why does the classy Australian soap "As Place to Call Home" get so little mention on DL? It has ongoing gay storyline and the three young men who play the gay characters (James, Henry, and Harry) are gorgeous.

[quote]Why does the classy Australian soap "As Place to Call Home" get so little mention on DL?

Maybe because it's broadcast in Australia and the majority of DL members are US eldergays who can barely don a caftan and earrings and get to the corner store, much less Australia.

R189: A Place to Call Home is broadcast in the U.S. on PBS stations and on one of the cable networks.

Am working my way through the early seasons of Scandal. Norm Lewis looks so damn fine in season 2!!

A Place to Call Home is broadcast on the PBS stations that choose to air it. As far as I know, it is not shown on any of the Bay Area PBS stations, although I will be happy to be proved wrong.

Most recent binge: Rectify. Still have S4 to go and wish Netflix would release it, either on disk or streaming.

Where can I watch The Americans? Ive wanted to binge that show for a long time now.

I've been streaming A Place to Call Home on Acorn. I don't know when Acorn added the show, but it's been on their site for some time.

R193 The Americans is on Amazon Prime and some others.

Thanks, R194. I'm about to start season 4 of The Americans.

Ughhh Amazon Prime is the only thing I DON'T have!

The Magicians- Harry Potter on dope. I think the male lead is very cute.

I have Amazon Prime and watch The Americans. Very relevant for today. Excellent show, great writing and acting.

The Expanse, Season 2 is much better than Season 1. Adapted from a Sci-Fi-FI novel series (which makes for better tv). It's more like The Martian, more scientific and plausible than you usually Sci-Fi crap. Plus Stephen Strait is hot.

I tried to watch Legion but I couldn't, it's too over the top and silly.

I just finished with Fear the Walking Dead. What a mess of a series. Disappointing characters and story line. It's too bad since I'm a big fan of the original The Walking Dead.

Another vote for "The Missing," series 1.

Seems to have been based on the Madeleine McCann case, but then goes off in some really surprising directions. The ending is unexpected and fantastic.

I have binge-watched a lot of TV in the last year, and for my money, the best show of all has been "The Bureau," the French spy show which has had two seasons so far, both available on Sundance Now streaming. Second season is even better than first. You can get it as an add-on on Amazon Prime. I got it free for 2 weeks I think and was able to watch the whole show in that time (it's so addicting you can't stop). Much better than similar shows--Homeland, MI-5. Great drama but much more realistic than Homeland (which has been been mostly bad since season 2). Subtitles are in yellow and very easy to see. Also recommend the French version of The Returned (Les Revenants) but it's not nearly as good as The Bureau.

Santa Clarita Diet on Netflix. Just have a couple of more episodes left.

R192 the final season of Rectify was just added to Netflix on Friday.

Casey Affleck movies.

Carl Pilkington's new travel series, 'The Moaning of Life' on Netfli.x The one about death customs in other countries was fascinating. The guy bitches and moans in a Cockney accent about every single adventure he goes on. He makes me feel quite optimistic and upbeat by comparison!!! He throws shade on his girlfriend, Suzanne, all the time, too. Wonder how she feels, being an internationally known celebrity by default.

Does anyone feel that there is just too much tv nowadays? It's exhausting to filter out what is good to watch.

I'm glad tv is getting better, though. Lots of working actors and employment. The entertainment industry is fueling California economy. England is producing good tv also.

btw, You're the Worst is a great dark comedy about love and relationships-- the first 2 seasons are excellent and funny but it relapses in Season 3. On Hulu and FXX.

My library has Hoopla for videos, which is overall a bit lame, but I'm bingeing on a three-season Swedish series from the late 90s called BECK. Very grim and dark if you like ScandiNoir.

I'm just about done with the original Twin Peaks. Sure it turns into something different after they find Laura Palmer's killer but the visuals, set design, acting, dialogue and music all collectively keep my attention. It's just the plot.

sense8 but I don't understand it.

Started watching "Billions" based on recommendations on this thread and really enjoying it.

Not a show that would have wide appeal for DLers, it's sort of a bro-soap opera. Strong performances from Damian Lewis and Paul Giacamatti (sp) with lots of great guest star spots.

The Doctors episodes on YouTube. Not a fan of Elizabeth Hubbard on ATWT but damn, she was good on this.

Carl Pilkington is hilarious! Binge "Idiot Abroad."

Foyle's War

I love Foyle's War. A hot sexy daddy detective. The Brits know how to do it right.

The Australian show "Off Spring." It's Bridget Jones meets "Grey's Anatomy" with a little "Modern Family" thrown into the mix. It's a bit soap-like as there are five (soon to be six) seasons on Netflix. Some hot Australian guys. There are a couple of gay storylines - mainly through secondary characters. Supposedly, straight actor, Ido Drent, plays a young psychologist in season four and supposedly is featured more prominently in upcoming episodes.

R212 and R213, if you like Michael Kitchen in Foyle's War, Acorn has a couple of other shows of his. In one, he murders his wife with dandelion poison and in the other he marries women and tries to kill them for their money.

r215, do you have the titles of the other Michael Kitchen shows? I'll see if I can locate them via IMDB.

R215, the first is Dandelion Dead. I'll have to find the other for you. I liked him as an interesting villain.

R215, the second is Falling, with Penelope Wilton.

Just binged the show Underground last night. A good to great show with excellent acting. Very emotional, fast paced, edge of your seat, heartbreaking, heart warming etc.

Loved it. Season two starts next month.

Thanks r217/218, I'll check them out.

Michael Kitchen is one of those that go hotter as he got older.

Episodes of Looking - I really miss it

Emerald City - it's taking up too much space on my DVR so it's try to catch up or delete time.

West World - It's so plodding and uneven that I'm having difficulty concentrating and remaining focused.

I thought Emerald City was largely a mess. I really only watched it for Oliver Jackson-Cohen and his chest. Thanks, show, for getting his shirt off a lot!

Nurse Jackie, Baskets and Getting On

Ditto Nurse Jackie. Such a good show and great to binge. The relationship between Jackie and that British doctor was so special.

If you have Hulu, Scott and Bailey is a great English cop show (set in Leeds I think--anyway in the north of England somewhere) with a pair of women cops as the leads, and they are both magnificent. It was created by Sally Wainright, who also created Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax. It has (IIRC) 5 shortish seasons. Really terrific show. Their boss is also a woman who is a fabulous, very forceful character (and the actress who plays her wrote a lot of the episodes.) It's a little less dark than Happy Valley but just as good.

I agree about Scott and Baily, R225. Our local PBS affiliate used to air it late on Saturday nights, and I tried to remember to watch every week. I took advantage of a free month offer from Hulu recently just to watch from the beginning.

Is Last Tango in Halifax more than just a remake (ripoff) of As Time Goes By?

Yes, R227.

Last Tango in Halifax is a lovely show with a *terrible* name.

A Place to Call Home has Tim Draxl in the cast. He was something of a cabaret phenom years ago when he was a teenager, singing standards in a lot of the clubs. Then he kind of disappeared, so it's good to see he found gainful employment as a gay doctor with an incredible body.

I could never get into Last Tango In Halifax. I watched maybe the first four episodes and it seemed boring (even though I love Sarah Lancashire, Nicola Walker and Anne Reid). Should I go back and give it a second chance?

R231 - I've watched the entire series twice. Great characters and story line. One of my favorites on Netflix.

"Les Révenants" (The Returned) on Netflix- the original dead come back life series. Really good. Look for the 2 season series, not the 1 season, which is the American version.

Rewatching the excellent S1 of True Detective.

Just finished S1 of Fargo and about to start S2.

I could not get into The Crown. Didn't even make it to the end of the first episode. Booooring.

S2 of The Missing has been great so far. I can't wait to see where it's going.

The Kettering Incident (an Australian crime drama) on BBC Canada was surprisingly good. It reminds me a lot of Top of the Lake.

I binged The Missing seasons 1 & 2 on Starz and just got done binging Shades of blue season 1 as season 2 started last Sunday. Ray Liotta plays a married crooked cop who had a gay lover on the side.

Just finished Season 3 of Nurse Jackie. Loved it up to this point, but the bullshit Cooper wedding nonsense is just too much. So fucking ridiculous. Is this where the series officially jumps the shark? Is it all downhill from here?

r237: Is season 2 of the Missing as good as season 1? I watched season 1 two years ago and found it quite gripping. I know this is a whole different cast of characters and plot (except for Tcheky Karyo).

Not r237 but I liked Season 2 of the Missing more than the first - some superb acting if a few dodgy plot holes!

Not sure if it has been mentioned already but U.K. Broadchurch. I watched Season 1 of the American version which was called Gracepoint and was terrible. The UK series is really good - two short seasons of 8 eps available now and Season 3 has started airing in the U.K.

The Good Wife - all seven seasons. I'm watching the last episode right now.

Walter Presents is a new streaming service featuring a lot of foreign language TV shows. I'm sure quite a few are bingeworthy.

Sounds interesting r242

Mr Robot season two.

Fauda, Isreali series focused on anti-terrorism, west bank settlement issues...

BLACK MIRROR! So great

Cheese balls and hatred for all mankind.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Very funny show although the lead actress can get annoying at times.

What makes it funnier is that the dreamboat guy is a short Filipino guy and gay in real life.

Patriot on Amazon. It's a weird show, a little slow but interesting. But I can't get over how the lead is just a murderer. He murders his coworkers when they get in the way. That poor guy he pushed in front of a 🚌 just because he was up for the same job he was.

Iron Fist, Marvel show on Netflix.

A Place to Call Home has one of the best casts ever assembled, gorgeous scenery and production values and attention to detail...and an amazing, compelling storyline. I think the creator is gay. He is a genius. Everyone I know who has seen this show, straight or gay, loves it. The plight of gays in the early 50s; women's changing roles; marriages of convenience, ethnic Italians vs. the gentry; the horrible treatment of Jews in WW II and how even the survivors of that still are faced with prejudice; marital jealousy; love blooming at young/middle/elderly stages of life; the meanest bitch to ever grace your television!; some very, very hot gay male characters--the farmhand and the Sydney doctor are fapworthy; a hilarious gossippy woman who knows everything about everyone; handsome men also in straigh roles--and two of the strongest, most independent female characters to ever grace your screen. I love this show and can't wait for season five, which is now filming. Rarely if ever has an American tv drama been this fantastic.

also loving Orphan Black, some great gays, hunks, and the amazing Tatiana Maslany playing a dozen characters.

I just started season one of A Place To Call Home and am enjoying it.

Schitts Creek

Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Sense8.

Old Survivor seasons I never saw like Heroes vs Villains on Hulu

Went through Welsh HINTERLAND a while back, so moved on to the Scottish drama SHETLAND. Slightly better, though the detective gets a bit . . . noble for me at times. Unlike Hinterland, I like the female cop.

R212 and R213 -- big Foyle's War fan too. The son is super hot but the main reason to watch the series is the plotting and (what I take to be) authentic period details.

Braquo, Season 4. Very gritty French crime series. Bring a strong stomach.

Vera. Gave it away after Season 4, when Paul Ritter (Billy the pathologist) left the series. His interaction with Vera was hilarious.

gave the first four seasons of Orphan Black to a couple who usually does not like genre shows...they are now rabid fans...telling everyone they know about it.

Tatiana just might be the best under 40 actress today.

"S Town" -- free NPR podcast

Sucks you in very quickly. Perfect commuting listen.

A Place to Call Home. Gorgeously produced Australian soap (now with gays!). But, man, the actress playing the rigid, class-obsessed grandmother needs to dial it down and stop playing to the back of the balcony at the opera house.

Bosch on Amazon. A little cliched but the actual murder mystery storyline is good.

I just watched Shetland. Pretty good series, but it falls apart in the final episode with some downright silly writing.

Love a Scots brogue.

Bosch is very well done. Not so keen on his daughter and ex subplots though.

Recently watched the first season of The Code on Netflix. It's a very good Australian political thriller that really holds your attention. Hoping Netflix gets season 2 soon.

Others on Netflix

London Spy

Travelers

Sense8

Jessica Jones

Currently watching Marcella

There's a reason the critics refer to the series as Messy Marcella.

Loved Bosch S3, but can't stand his daughter

Just binged Hung which had 3 seasons . I decided to watch it because I have always found Thomas Jane super hot and sexy. I also binged the first season of The Expanse. I was not that crazy about either still think Thomas Jane is sexy AF.

Cheetos.

I really loved binging on Night Manager...very sexy.

I thought Night Manager was a snoozefest. I guess the BAFTA nominating committee agrees which is why it's been snubbed.

Fentanyl

No one else watched the Icelandic series CASE with the gratuitous male nudity? (Thor's hammer, indeed!)

Wentworth. Almost half way through series 5. I was uncommitted to this latest series, because of the death of a major character last season, but it has revitalized the show and made it fun to watch again... Loving Sigrid Thornton as the creepy Sonia.

The Tunnel

13 Reasons Why -- the lead actor is really cute Chewing Gum -- don't waste your time with season 2, but season 1 is hilarious

DYNASTY. I wanted to watch the last ep of the first season and the first few of the second to see the cliffhanger and Alexis' courtroom appearance. I got hooked and am now midway through the final, reinvigorated season. I'll go back and watch the first which I've always found dull. Maybe my opinion will change, maybe not.

One question--did Linda Evans have a nose job after the first couple of seasons? Her nose appears to have shrunk. And it no longer matches her face.

^ I don't know about the nose job but there is a huge difference in the shows lighting (which gets progressively more harsh) from season two onwards. I found her to be truly breathtaking in season 1, but is noticeably harder looking during the court scene in 2. I think she had some kind of dermal resurfacing treatment done in between seasons.

Just finished S3 of Bosch on Amazon Prime. Titus Welliver (and everyone else in the cast) is fabulous.

Another vote for "Merlí."

No Offence. Fast-paced, hilarious, excellently-written Brit police dramedy. Subtitles available for the regional accent (Mancunian) challenged.

Bates Motel, watched all 5 season over the past few weeks (4 of them are on Netflix) - it's so good!

Exactly, R278! I remember how incredibly beautiful she looked in season one and two. Then it began to change and I don't think it's just normal aging.

Tony Robinson walking tour documentaries.

SPOILERS

I just binged Season 3 of Catastrophe, which is pretty easy since it's just six 24-28 minute episodes. It's supposed to be "darker" this season with Rob's drinking and Sharon's dad's death, but I still found it breezy and fun.

Dazzle the 1995 movie based off the Judith Krantz novel, starring Lisa Hartman Black.

The Sally Fields Programme.

Andi Mack. It's so good. I watched it to check out what Lauren Tom is doing and got hooked. It's so dramatic and I cry every episode.

Bellevue with Anna Paquin. Very weird.

And for the transphobes here - spoiler alert, it's a very small part of the narrative.

Awesome, r13. Marcella was GREAT!

Fortitude on Amazon.

Very weird but compelling.

How is Hand of God on Amazon?

I don't know. Because Amazon bought it?

Ray Donovan

Very late to this show but I've binged s1-2 already. Liev Schneider is fantastic.

Line of Duty is a Brit cop show you have to buy on Amazon, but it is so worth it---especially from Season 2 on.

Original surprising stories and one of the most fascinating villains I have ever seen (a female ex-cop) in Seasons 2 and 3.

The best thing I have seen in years.

I'm loving Gogglebox episodes on dailymotion. I can't believe I'm tearing up watching people tear up watching TV shows. It's also hilarious. The People's Couch on Bravo doesn't come anywhere near to being as good as this.

My library has all three seasons of Line of Duty. So, I have requested those in the reserve queue, and when they come in I plan on ripping them to computer files. Thanks!

I also recently started Ray Donovan. On the surface it seems like a show I'd like, but I couldn't get into it. I gave it one season. I recently binge watched the final season of Girls, and it was pretty fucking bad.

In the US Line of Duty is on Hulu. I think I watched the first season on Amazon Prime or Netflix and seasons 2 and 3 (or whatever was available) on Hulu. It's a pretty good show. I assume there is another season 2 over in the UK. I'll have to check.

I keep reading about the ITV (or BBC?) show "The Unforgotten" with the great Nicola Walker, but for some reason it has never been available in the US. Can't figure out why--it's been in Australia and I think Canada, just not here. It looks like my thing (love British cop shows).

Season 1 of "The Unforgotten" was really good - still haven't seen S2 even though it's on BBC Canada but I am unfamiliar with their schedule. It is on iTunes Canada so you might be able to find it on the American iTunes.

SHETLAND is pretty good.

The original Twin Peaks since I've never seen it and I keep hearing about the reboot. If I ever want to watch that, I should probably watch the original first.

On Netflix, just finished "Master of None." Very funny. I'm now three episodes into "The Keepers." It's really compelling.

Last show I binged was S3 of Kimmy Schmidt.

Last week, I watched the first season of a Finnish show called Bordertown. I liked it. I tried The Sniffer (Ukrainian), but I couldn't even make it through the first episode.

I LOVE DICK (Amazon). You haven't lived until you've seen nude 60 year-old Griffin Dunne.

I liked Bordertown, R305. The story was a little weak at points, but the acting was good enough to make it work.

A co-worker was forever sniffing around like a dog. It was so irritating I never want to be around anyone like that again, especially when she was a heavy enough smoker she couldn't taste a damn thing so I doubt she could smell either. I looked at that series and decided no.

House of Cards is really gay now, right? Spacey and his bodyguard or something?

I watched Case, R273. I thought it was interesting. I also watched Lava Field recently (also Icelandic). It sort of reminded me of Hinterland.

Anyone watch Dicte? Rita? They are Danish. Rita was really good. They tried to redo it here, but it flopped.

Netflix is telling me I should watch this new (to them) Turkish police show, so I'll probably try it soon.

I enjoy the youth-oriented Korean shows on Netflix. They're a lot of fun.

"Boys Over Flowers" is great.

bump

R308, more please. Did his character turn gay?

Why would you bump an active thread, R311? Weird.

R312, he fucked his bodyguard or something. Nathan Darrow - thread link attached.

I've been watching the Turkish police show, R309. It's interesting, but at times it's heavy going so I don't watch very long at one time. The love story is clumsy, awkward and unnecessary. At times I've had trouble keeping track of the characters.

I enjoyed Lava Fields and Case and enjoyed both of them.

Dicte was far more interesting than Rita. Nothing wrong with Rita, but I admit I got tired of her flippancy and fucking every man she met for no discernible reason.

On HULU; CSI, CSI: MIAMI, SEINFELD, ITS ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA.

It's evident to me that the original CSI deteriorated with each major casting change. And SEINFELD had as many bad episodes as it had good, and the series finale was majorly disappointing. And the acting on ITS ALWAYS SUNNY sucks.

I watched the last couple of Fleabag episodes recently; unfortunately, they left it at a perfect place to end the series without continuing.

We have the same taste, R315. Did you watch Nobel? I thought that was intense. Reminded me very much of a movie I saw... the Danish film A War. Similar plots.

I also liked the original Wallander much more than Branagh's. Branagh was too moody and depressive. The original Wallander was obsessive but functional.

Just finished S2 of "Unforgotten." Outstanding - probably the best British crime drama this year.

Just started Goliath. So far so good. Also, Paranoid on Netflix. Love the Bosch series and the English Luther.

R310, if you like Boys Over Flowers watch In Time With You.

I cannot stand that actress from Unforgotten

My mom, who has limited TV channels have been watching Doc Martin on PBS and said she liked it. I found it on Netflix and have watched several episodes of the first season.

I've also started in on the third season of Grace & frankie which isn't as bad as some have been saying.

I finally got to the third season of Master of None.

I picked up on Atelier based on some of the recommendations here & did like it.

Are there any drama recommendations that doesn't require subtitles?

Cocaine. I'm BINGING Cocaine.

The Keepers on Netflix. Like Spotlight with a murder thrown in for kicks. It's chilling and so far seems extremely well made.

LOVE Fleabag.

[quote]I watched the last couple of Fleabag episodes recently; unfortunately, they left it at a perfect place to end the series without continuing.

She never planned on a second season (she said, "What would I do, say 'so, let me tell you about this other friend I had?") but I just read that she's come up with an idea and the series is on for another season.

Anyone else find Billy Bob Thornton in GOLIATH hot?

Yesssssss^^^^

R325 back to report that The Keepers was [bold]damn[/bold] good. Among the best things I've watched this year. The rare instance of a compelling, laudable doc subjects AND crew.

Spotless was entertaining.

I'm most of the way through season 3 of Rectify. One of the best programs I've ever seen. But it needs to end soon. I know there's a fourth season. I hope it doesn't stretch the story into unbelievability.

Pop Tarts...

It doesn't, r332. It ends beautifully.

Wentworth, the other women in prison series. Season Three now on Netflix

Twin peaks

Started Downton Abby for the first time on Amazon. Never watched it before but people made such a fuss about it thought I'd check it out. Didn't even finish the first episode. May take up again later but so far not bingeable

One day, R337, will watch Citizen Kane too.

Thanx to the posters who recommended The Keeper. Well-made, compelling documentary and very bingeable.

R335 I just finished season 5 of Wentworth. It's probably been best of the series so far slightly more comedic in tone than season 4, with PLENTY of dark and outrageous drama.... Season 6 is currently being filmed.

I know, I know, I'm very late to the game but just finished "London Spy" and loved it. One of the only shows where being gay just isn't a character description but being gay is integral to the story, as is gay relationships, being in the closet and even gay anal sex is pivotal to the story arch.

And it doesn't hurt that both leads are very hot and best of all, Charlotte Rampling is in it.

I am bingeing Gypsy on Netflix with Naomi Watts I am really sorry I started it but now that I started I have to follow through to the end.

I was with you, R341, until your "best of all." Ben Whishaw was best of all.

It's a shame that "London Spy" comes undone storywise as it progresses, through schlocky twists and turns. It's really too bad since everything else about it is great.

Super late but Looking

I started binging shows years ago - I got one of the original ReplayTV devices when they first came out in 1999.

I used to tell people about binging some show, and they would look at me like I was insane.

There is just something both addictive and indulgent about lying on the couch and watching some show.

Shetland on Netflix. It's a crime procedural series set in, well, Shetland. Not as dark as Scandinavian crime stories but stunning, isolated, water logged landscapes and isolation. Ideal to watch in the summer heat because all the characters are tromping around the bogs in wool sweaters and you can imagine the chill. The Scottish lilt is heavy but not so much that I've had to resort to captions.

Three's Company episodes.

Red Oaks

I enjoyed Goliath. There is only 8 episodes and I went through them in 3 days. Tried watching Hannibal but can't get into it and the background music is louder than the actors.

I've recently just finished binge watching Catastrophe which is the story of this kind of gross American & British Irish couple. Carrie Fisher had a few funny moments playing the nasty mother of main guy in the show. I watched it on Amazon. it doesn't have much gay content although there was the one episode when Rob's friend Chris expressed a desire to have sex with a woman with a cock and eventually hires a transgender prostitute.

Another vote for "The Kettering Incident", based on a recommendation in this thread. It sort of reminded me of "Twin Peaks" but much darker, without any quirky Lynchian comic relief whatsoever. A seriously good piece of gothic sci-fi mixed with a murder mystery.

Season 5 of Major Crimes. I love Rusty's new haircut. I love Rusty.

Aerial America on the Smithsonian channel. Not very historically accurate but very entertaining with some new snippers (Ferguson made it into the Missouri show, for instance). And of course the aerial shots are breathtaking.

Shrimp

Just binged Chewing Gum on Netflix. It's brilliant.

Just binged the first season of American Crime on Netflix. The highlight was the acting, especially by felicity Hoffman playing a racist mother whose son was killed by one of 'those' people. All the time I was watching it I kept thinking there's your typical Trump voter and that season came out in 2015 right before our National nightmare of a Trump presidency began.

r300, Season 2 of Unforgotten is far superior to Season 1. I highly recommend it.

Season 4 of Line of Duty was great - as suspenseful and gripping as the previous seasons. Thandie Newton is fantastic...between this and Westworld she should be bringing in heaps of awards this year.

For lighter fare, I recommend Casual, Rosehaven (Australia) and Season 3 of The Syndicate (a show about lottery winners in the U.K...each season is inclusive so you don't have to have watched the previous seasons. Season has hot-as-fuck British actor Richard Rankin.)

Are Ozark and I love Dick any good?

I loved Ozark and hope there will be a season 2. I love Dick was fun.

A Place Called Home Australian series set in the 50's on Acorn TV

Rake withRichard Roxburgh on Netflix

Just binged James Martin's French Adventure. Martin cooks his way around France. The venues are far more interesting than his cooking, which seems to consist of drowning everything in butter and double cream. I binged mainly for the travelogue and because I've always had a thing for pudgy Loiners.

Binged first season of The Last Tycoon with Matt Bomer and Kelsey Grammer on Amazon. It's good, but ends the season with a cliffhanger. A year seems like a long time to wait for the resolution - if they make a Season 2. Apparently they have 5 seasons planned.

GAME of Thrones. I just completed the Red Wedding episode. I gasped out loud. My lord.

R362 Where do I find the French adventure show? Sounds like something I'd like. Is it Netflix?

Just finished binging The Tunnel on Amazon. It's an interesting thriller, a French/British production based on a Swedish series called The Bridge. In this case this one features French & British detectives working together to try to catch a serial killer.

I've also recently finished the first season of Queen of the South on Netflix.

Another vote for Shetland on Netflix.

Love 'Shetland', especially Season 3 in which there was an ongoing story arc, as opposed to the episodic mysteries in Seasons 1 and 2. I have a crush on the lead, Douglas Henshall, who is one sexy daddy. I wish there were more scenes with Mark Bonnar- the two of them almost come across as estranged domestic partners (Bonnar plays his ex-wife's hubby).

Adapted from the mystery novels of Ann Cleaves. So is 'Vera', but I like 'Shetland' a lot more.

At one point on Shetland the "dads" joke about being a couple.

Watched the first episode of Brokenwood, where I developed an odd "fag-crush" on the detective's female sidekick.

I love 12 MONKEYS, the underrated Sy-Fy series based on Terry Gilliam's movie.

It came out almost three years ago and is currently racing through Season 3 (all seasons are available on Netflix). I came for my straight-crush Aaron Stanford (he looks like a cute andro-lesbian in it) and stayed for the surprisingly complex and pacey plot (think Walking Dead meets 24 meets Quantum Leap).

Trust me that even if the pilot episodes put you off, you will not regret sticking with it - it is cheaply produced and a little hokey in places, but the series is surprisingly original, entertaining & charming.

I'm rewatching The Sopranos. Third time for seasons 1-3, second for the rest. I never tire of this show.

So we have a television series based on a short film from the early 60s?

R369, is Brokenwood any good? Looking for a new series like Shetland/Vera, preferably where at least one of the detectives is an attractive male...

Insecure

The Missing

The Brokenwood detective is not at all good looking. Then again, I find Billy Thornton smoking hot in Goliath.

How is the show itself, r369?

The detectives are a good team in the pilot. Looking forward to the rest of the episodes. Recommended.

Thx, r369!

Little House on the Prairie - Up to season 5 now

[quote]Little House on the Prairie - Up to season 5 now

What season do they introduce "Manly" and his weird ass sister?

Just started binging The Last Tycoon. Not bad ,.love the clothing.

I'm bingeing every British show I can find. Some are well known and some are not. Some are great, some are stupid. But since the British only do about 6 episodes per season, you can blow through a series very quickly.

I've watched a few episodes of Orphan Black series 1 with the clones. Thought it was a British show even though the accent of the lead seemed slurry but it turns out it's Canadian. It's interesting so far but has the potential to fall completely apart.

Also on Amazon Prime I watched something called "Facing The Fat" about a guy who decided to fast for 40 days subsisting on vitamin water. There was something about how ridiculous this was ( like the fact that he chose 40 days because of some biblical reference, that he had some crucifix to help him through, that he couldn't find a doctor to agree to monitor him until he ended up at some weird spa that had him doing colonics, that he had very unhelpful friends who made him barbecue the hot dogs he couldn't eat & that the names of Bill Clinton & Al Gore was invoked as politicians who avoided talking to him about American's being fat. Not sure if he was implying that Democrats make you fat but it's possible) that I had to complete it.

In the end he fasted for 55 days to try to break a world's record but Guinness refused to put him in their books as they didn't want to encourage people. He started at 315 pounds and lost 44 pounds. But they didn't do follow up so I googled the guy who had actually regained the weight and then some. The movie actually took place 10 years ago and at the beginning of this year he was 475 pounds but he's now on a healthier diet & excercise program that he documents on youtube and has lost about 100 pounds so far.

Lesson learned--there's a lot of weird documentaries out there that should have disclaimers like don't ever try this and fasting is not a good diet option.

R380, that happens in season 6. His sister is the new school teacher.

When Manly comes to pick her up after school, Half Pint becomes dickmatized.

Just Breaking Bad on AMC.

I finished all of "Father Brown," "Inspector George Gently," and "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries;" now I'm on to "Midsomer Murders."

r386, I hope you enjoy Midsomer Murders. A lot of people don't like it, but I really enjoyed them. I liked the scenery and the small town scenery. Yes, they can get a bit long, but I didn't mind. I'm currently bingeing Father Brown and then I'll be on to George Gently.

I find Midsomer Murders rather enjoyable and since the episodes are very long, if I watch before bed, they are better than a sleeping pill. There is no real need to get involved with the plot since nothing happens except random murders of people you have no interest in, so you can just let them lull you to sleep. And I don't mean this in a completely negative way. They are archetypal binge material, especially since there are so many seasons.

I've started recently on Doc Martin, but it is less sleep-inducing than MM, maybe because it's occasionally funny and Clunes has a lot of energy as a performer, still...there are a lot of seasons and nothing really exciting happens....so maybe take it with your sleeping pill rather than instead of.

As far as great TV that does the opposite of put you to sleep, The Bureau (Le Bureau des Legendes) is absolutely the best TV series in any language that I've watched in the last 3 years (and I watch a lot of TV these days). Just an incredibly written, acted and directed show and worth the money to subscribe to Sundance Now streaming. There are only two more episodes left in Season 3, so wait 'til it's over and then binge all three seasons. Don't worry about the subtitles. They're well done and easy to see. And if you have trouble with the first episode, don't give up--you'll be hooked soon if you have any interest in spy stories at all. It's been the most awarded series in French TV history by the way. If you become addicted as I have, come back here and say so.

Just binged Insecure because I am in a binging dryspell and I was surprised how watchable it was.

Fleabag lovers are shit! I couldn't stand the main actress and her lame attempt to copy Miranda and Olivia Coleman (brilliant int the show even tho she's a bitch)

I'm a big Olivia Colman fan. Right now I'm making my way through Peep Show.

I had mixed feelings about Fleabag. I sort of liked the character's quirky nature, but at the same time the story really didn't seem to go anywhere. The main actress was also in "The Cafe" playing a ditzy hairdresser. I like "The Cafe" better because it created a really nice mood. Even though there's not a lot of plot in the show, the characters are all people I'd like to meet.

I binged Broadchurch Season 3 and Apple Tree Yard - both disappointing. Apple Tree Yard was slow and not very involving.

Mindhunter on Netflix. Fincher, sexy main actor and a 70s soundtrack that sounds super fresh.

Professor T, quirky, clever, Flemish Belgian series.

Portlandia

Last show I binge watched was Atypical on Netflix. Stories about autistic people seem to be the latest hot trend on TV.

I just binged "Prime Suspect." Dame Helen Mirren had a different lover in every season. 7 seasons, 6 different lovers (they didn't give her a lover in season 7 because she was menopausal by that time). Girlfriend was a slut.

Ralph Fiennes shows up in Season 1 as a suspect. And the guy who plays Bates on Downton Abbey shows up, sans gimp, in the last season as her boss.

Well, Helen was a slut so it figures. She ruined Harrison Ford’s marriage by getting banged by him on location on Mosquito Coast. And she did get banged by Liam Neeson on and off for many years.

Love the Great British Baking Show and finding your roots on PBS

Mind hunter

Portlandia

Merlin

Toast of London. (All on Netflix)

Now I want to see fleabag and sensitive skin (love Kim Cattrall)

Fleabag

'Last Tango in Halifax' for the second time.

Stranger Things 2

Just started binging this Canadian show from over a decade ago called Intelligence, that I found on Netflix. It only had 2 seasons and I have always liked Ian Tracey the lead who I have always thought really sexy in a Jolie Laide kind of way. I will probably binge Stranger Things 2 this weekend.

Must have spent around 20 hours over the last week watching HATFIELDS & McCOYS (3 or 4x over).

I came for Matt Barr's lusciousness, then stayed for that & everything else. I'm not even a fan of Costner but I have to take my hat (hah) off to the man, he has impressed me with this. Under Kevin's hand a soapy backwoods 'Dallas'-esque tale becomes something haunting & engrossing, and he has the wisdom to leave room for his crew & co-actors give their best while he takes a side role (for the most part).

Can Powers Boothe run for President? He has the perfect name & voice, plus all that gravitas.

The Harvey Weinstein Horror Story

Pretty Little Liars

Loved London spy . I found it very good . For the moment i downloaded Origin from Dan Brown on I_ books . Catching as always . I Loved The Bletchey circle and the Maria Lang series if you like detective series . I’ m from Europe .

Thanx to posters upthread for the Sensitive Skin recommendation. However, 15 min in, Don McKellar's Canadian accent (aboat, pro-cesses) made me want to toss my laptop out the window, so I gave it away.

Coke

"Thirteen", with Aneurin Barnard. It's really good.

As I wait for each new weekly episode of ‘Peaky Blinders’ Season Four, I’m going back and bingeing on the first two Seasons again to refresh my memory of past plot lines & characterisation. It’s still so good.

Perry Mason. The TV show, not the TV movies. Started with season one. I like mysteries. Not a fan of shows with a lot of back story on the characters. For example I like the original Law and Order, but not so found of the others.

One thing I noticed is product placement. Not during the actual show, but the credits. Bottom right side of screen will be an image for product while the credits roll by. Dutch cleanser for example.

Classic Ranch Fritos. I bought a bag as a gag gift for a friend, so I thought I'd try them. I had to wash my hands to type this.

Le Bureau des Legendes. Brilliant, superbly-written/directed French espionage drama, showing far more reality about French (and US) meddling in the Middle East, as well as Muslim culture and mentality than you'll ever read in the media or in history books. Available for streaming online free with subtitles.

Currently watching The Good Place. I almost stopped watching after E5, but heard there was a turn in the plot. OMG, then it really started to get fun. Loved Stranger Things!

Recently finished Sensitive Skin ( we want more of Kim Cattrall) and Merlin--both on Netflix. Great casts and photography on both. Storylines on both generally great. Shows were cancelled too soon.

Started Sneaky Pete on Amazon. It seems like an interesting show. Finished Fleabag on Amazon. It was amusing but it started very engaging and funny, finishing with a desperate, "sweaty", dramatic storyline. Next season is due in 2019...not sure if I want to move on with it or not. I want to laugh...

Toast of London is highly recommended for bingeing if you like British comedy.

I watched two reruns of the Good Doctor tonight. And I continue to watch That '70s Show in syndication.

I tried to watch Kate Winslet as Mildred Pierce. I gave up after two eps.

I just finished The Punisher. It was really good.

Finished Ozark and really liked it.

Dark on Netflix. Compared to Stranger Things a lot. Liked them both.

Ellery Queen DVD box set with David Wayne and Jim Hutton, and occasionally John Hillerman.

The Bridge (the Swedish/Danish version.) Why can't North America produce crime dramas as good as those made in Nordic countries? S1 of "True Detective" was the closest comparison I can come up with.

r94 Gross!

In the middle of Mindhunter, just finished The Five - both from Netflix.

I’m really enjoying Norskov (Denmark) on Walter Presents.

Watching Schitt's Creek on Netflix and finding it quite amusing. Also zoomed through an Australian reality show called Zumbo's Just Dessert on Netflix. It had lots of bright colors, references to Charlie & the Chocolate factory and crazy dessert designs.

The Crown (Season 2)

Elementary

Peaky Blinders, netflix. excellent.

Those of you watching the Canadian version of Sensitive Skin--go back to the original. Joanna Lumley is a lot better in the role and the scripts are less tidy and sit-commy.

The original is moving. The Canadian remake is sort of amusing.

The Tudors -- Harry Cavill, RRRRRRRR-rrrrrrrrrrr! Yeah, I know I'm hideously late to this party, but I am enjoying lots of good eye candy. Was Thomas Tallis really a skinny, homely, hangdog, chinless schmo with bad hair!?

I too am bingeing Schitt's Creek on Netflix and enjoying it.

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I discovered a lot of great TV thanks to the DL's recommendations, not only here but in other threads on this subject. Thanks, guys.

Dynasty on Netflix.

Graeter's Black Cherry Chocolate Chip

Fear the Walking Dead, Season 3 on Hulu

The Expanse, Season 2

Z Nation, Season 4

Just started watching The Frankenstein Chronicles.

One more. Altered Carbon: Season 1

Babylon Berlin. Excellent.

Alias Grace on Netflix.

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Stranger Things

Burning through Schitt's Creek. On the second season right now. Loving it and it reportedly gets even better.

Was weighing between The Handmaid's Tale and Sneaky Pete but then decided against both. I'll watch the former under a Democratic president and the latter when/if they introduce at least one gay character.

Occupied on Netflix. It’s okay.

r446 Heard Lorenzo of Tom&Lorenzo talking about it on their podcast. Norway occupied by Russia. Is there anything more depressing in the world than that scenario? You'd need to pay me to watch it.

Lost in Space. It is spectacular and looks amazing.

The first 10 epidoes of THE LEGACY on Amazon Prime. Starring Trine Dyrholm, styled as the Danish Robin Wright Penn in HOUSE OF CARDS. Artsy Danish family explodes in conflict over a the disposition of a fabulously shabby chic mansion.

The actors are just phenomenal.

At Home With Amy Sedaris. Halfway through and it's getting more and more surreal. I feel like watching this stoned would make it even better.

Black Mirror on Netflix is dark and amazing. Just finished/lost my weekend to Lost in Space and Parker Posey is an amazing Dr. Smith.

Schitt's Creek

[447] Occupied isn’t that depressing but it tends to drag a bit. I like the moral ambiguity of the characters.

Dominican cock. I just do downstair and walk to the bodega and can get it whenever I want. Pricey, but satisfying.

TRUST! Can’t wait for tonight’s episode.

Just finished Versace, which had the most boring finale ever.

DataLounge, bitches!

Thanks for all the suggestions. Bookmarking this thread.

Occupied is great. The scary thing is that the scenario is really not as farfetched as it may seem.

Engrenages, Season 6. 12 episodes, each one hour long. Binged them in a day and a half.

Just finished bingeing a French dark crime drama "The Chalet." Only 6 episodes and highly recommended.

Most recent was season 4 of Bosch, which came out on April 13.

I'm quitting Netflix as soon as I watch John Mulaney's May 1 show.

Started Lost in Space but I lost interest by episode 3. Robot needs flailing arms.

Midnight Sun

S4 Broen

Monster (Norwegian)

Babylon Berlin (I hope to fuck Twyker does get funding structured properly to adapt the remaining novels - Weimar Berlin period stuff is fascinating, fabukous and perverse.)

Jordskott

Spring Tide

About to binge:

Mammon

Farang (Ola Rapace = *drool*)

Gomorrah

Marseille

Dark (on Netflix). Really loving it.

Where did you manage to watch S4 of Broen, R463 (assuming you live in North America)?

Not in Nth America R465

So, on a legit site free-to-air in that instance.

But, FYI, without getting myself in trouble here though DL is anon, I've just checked for you and S4 Bron is certainly now also on one of the more well known streaming sites if you have half a mind to Googke for it :)

I can only binge French and English language series the only 2 languages I can understand without visuals. 5 years ago I had the patience to actually watch series from Scandinavia, Germany, etc, and enjoyed them. Now I just multitask around series being on a screen that I need to glance at every couple minutes to keep up.

Dynasty on the CW.

I have been bingeing on Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce with Butter and Onion. I only cook 2 oz. of pasta at a time, though.

The Magicians

r470 Lucky you. I've been watching the show from the beginning and the weekly wait was always the worst thing about it.

I’m watching Schitt’s Creek season 1 because I’ve heard it’s a great show but I’m finding it pretty boring. does it get better in later seasons?

It does get better but it's still rarely laugh-out-loud funny, if that's what you're looking for.

R473 I don’t care about laugh out loud funny, but I’m just finding season 1 boring. I like shows like parks and red, and Brooklyn nine nine—quirky stuff. I’ll keep watching but I hope schitts creek gets better.

The British show “Durrells in Corfu.” Very well written and funny. On Amazon Prime

13 Reasons Why (Season 2)

Seasons 1 & 2 Of “Mum” starring the wonderful Lesley Manville. It’s a half hour British comedy but often quite touching, and the last episode of Season 2 actually made me cry. I’ve also developed a small crush on Sam Swainsbury who plays Lesley’s dim but sweet son.

The Expanse on Amazon Prime

[quote]Alias Grace on Netflix.

I just watched that a few days ago. I would love to hear people's thoughts about it if anyone else has seen it.

I have to get some stuff on Netflix DVD due to bandwidth caps on my crappy internet. So I was delighted to see Handmaid's Tale season one come up recently on the old school service.

It's pretty horrific. Depressing to contemplate where G̶i̶l̶e̶a̶d̶ America is going right now.

Just finished Series 1 Of “Upper Middle Bogan” an Australian comedy. Reminds me a bit of “Modern Family” but not as one-note and much funnier.

I binged on a blueberry cheesecake. Fresh blueberries and some raspberries and the cheese was light and the there was also a cake layer.

Fauda on Netflix, Israeli spy thriller.

Trial & Error, Season 1. Sherri Shepherd is so great in this.

Goliath on Amazon Prime. Billy Bob Thornton is pretty good in this.

I tried to watch 13 Reasons Why, Season 2 again. I didn't fall asleep this, but I couldn't get past episode 3. No more. I've quit Netflix.

I'm bookmarking this thread. My nights of insomnia just got tolerable.

On Netflix

Rita

The Keepers

Mindhunter

The Returned (French version)

I enjoyed ‘Rita’ though things got a bit silly in Season 3. Loved her friend and fellow teacher, Hjordis!

Did anyone mention EVIL GENIUS from Netflix yet? It’s only four hour long episodes, does that count as a binge?

Wacky story about a bank robbery/bombing in Erie, PA in the early 2000s, and the bipolar hag who may have orchestrated it all. Lots of twists and turns and fun characters, and a verité moment of shocking violence.

Why did they need a second season of 13 Reasons Why? The girl committed suicide and they showed why in the first season. They're milking the cow dry. I couldn't get past the 2nd episode, it was tedious.

Aint ribisi a s tologist? I don't watch nufiin wid no s tologist in it. like handmaids tail or anyfing wid j Travolta or obese Kirsti, etc

On Amazon, I just finished the five season series Scott and Bailey which is about two women detectives in England. The cases are interesting as well as their personal lives. Recommended.

Scott & Bailey is great, as is most everything Sally Wainwright has done in the past several years.

Grace & Frankie. They just need to dial back on the kids. Theyre not interesting. And Tomlin outshines Fonda by a mile. Love the gay storyline, but I think Sheen & Waterston are miscast & have no chemistry.

Santa Clarita Diet. Laugh out loud funny black comedy about the undead. Doesnt hurt that Timothy Olyphant is in it.

Episodes. Matt LeBlanc is really good in this. The actress who plays Carol steals the show, whenever she appears. Funny, scathing send up of Hollywood.

I tried Girlfriends Guide to Divorce. After one episode, I wanted the whole cast to die, by flamethrower. Esp Lisa Edelstein. Shes horrendous.

Season 4 of Kimmy Schmidt. Disappointing.

Happy Valley. Gritty police drama set in Yorkshire. Excellent acting & dialogue. Sarah Lancashire & James Norton are outstanding.

Ozark. Terrific performances by Jason Bateman & Laura Linney. Dark crime drama set in Missouri Ozarks.

I’m mid-episode 3 of 13RW. Does the new gay boy have much of a story?

Darks Shadows, the original series. I'm at episode 623...

Killing Eve. First 5 min got me hooked. Villanelle is hot and psychot as fuck.

DL recommendations led me to SAFE, which I loved, and that led me to THE FALL which I liked even more. Gillian Anderson is amazing.

I just can't get into BROADCHURCH. Considering HINTERLAND next.

Netflix! Sat - Mon I binged on "Lost In Space". Tue & Wed I binged on "Glitch". Today I'm binging on "The Returned".

I have watched a lot of streaming TV in the last year or so due to knee arthritis and then recovery from knee replacement. My favorite series in all that time has been "The Bureau," which was worth subscribing to Sundance Now for. It's a French spy series (their version of MI6 or the CIA) and extremely well-written and very authentic (unlike the ridiculous Homeland). I think the first 2 seasons are on Netflix (or Amazon Prime). There has been a third season which might require subscribing to Sundance Now--you can probably get a month or two weeks free and watch it all for free though. The subtitles are in yellow and very easy to read BTW.

You could wait til it comes to HULU, but KILLING EVE is available on Amazon and is EXCELLENT.

Yes, it's coming to Hulu towards the end of the year.

I recently binged on "Stranger Things" on Netflix. It was great.

Bingeing the Anthony Bourdain is Dead to Me threads on DL.

Right now I'm binging the Danish series "The Rain" on Netflix.

Speaking of Danish series, Rita, which had a fourth season earlier this year, is really funny and addicting. I think the episodes are short IIRC, so you'll go through this in less than a week. A good antidote to all the depressing and stressful news out there. Also, "Catastrophe" on Amazon Prime (where Carrie Fisher plays the American husband's mother) is a hoot and also way to short (half-hour episodes and 6 episode seasons). Also another anti-depressant.

Marcella S2 on Netflix

I find Marcella an off putting character.

r508: I watched Marcella Season 1 but sort of had to drag through it--I agree, she is not an appealing character nor was anyone else in the series (and I got really sick of her fur collared jacket). Is Season 2 any better?

Yes r490, Evil Genius! Quite shocking in that first episode.

Everyone must watch, "Killing Eve". Much better than that "Fleabag" series that Phoebe wrote. Pure campy thrilling fun.

"La Mante" is sort of the French version of "Silence of the Lambs", but with a female antagonist.

"Call my Agent" (Dix Pour Cent) is a very funny take on the entertainment world in Paris, "A Very Secret Service" (Au Service de la France) is a farce in the classic 60's spy bureau theme.

There is the very under appreciated and unfortunately titled "Frankenstein Chronicles" staring Sean Bean, who has a very clever jab at the Sean Bean trope/meme. It runs in the "Penny Dreadful" vein, but a tad more realistic.

And the excellent, "Tabula Rasa" and "Hotel Beau Sejour", both slightly supernatural thrillers.

The only good thing about Marcella was that Jamie Bamber was in it.

Babylon Berlin.

It was slow at first and took me a while to get interested but after the 3rd episode, it's pretty addicting. It's fascinating how they recreated that period so well, it looks so much like a late 1920 movie. It helps that Europe still has really old buildings. They would use CGI in regular Hollywood movies.

Today I've been binging on "The Mist" on Netflix. Loving it.

Damn, Frances Conroy just stripped butt naked and her 64 year old body is better than most 35 year olds.

Today I shall binge watch "The 4400" on Netflix.

Interestingly enough, “The Mist” (which got terrible reviews) was brought to the screen by the same guy who created “Rita”, which was critically praised and has been often mentioned in this thread.

Rita's lead actress, Mille Diinesen (from memory so not completely sure of spelling) is a treasure--funny, sexy and a terrific actress. Rita is a mostly comic "dramedy." Isn't the Mist sci-fi/horror? Two completely different genres, no. Maybe the guy is better at comedy.

Thanks! Totaling enjoyed Rectify. I was sad, frustrated, relieved, laughed and cried throughout 4 seasons.

Heard Wynonna Earp was a nice summer binge from two very trusted critics now. If you manage to survive the first couple of very bad episodes, which I'm now trying to do. But I'm sticking with it, come what may.

r519 I heard good things about Rectify but is there any homo stuff in it?

I watched Fauda and really got into it. I’m glad it was recommended.

I also recommend Rectify. No homosex. No humor even, but incredibly profound and moving. The lead actor is incredible--all the acting really. I've never seen another show like it.

I wish I could take back having watched Season 2 of Marcella. That is one miserable character.

After watching season 1 of Marcella wouldn’t watch season 2

Just finished S2 of Marcella. It was good. What were you expecting, you sad old cunts, "Father Brown"?

r522 I was going to recommend Rectify as well. Like reading a good book. Love this show, one of a kind.

Dix Pour Cent (Call My Agent). One lesbian main character, one stereotypical queen character, mildly interesting, but not enough to keep me watching.

I just finished watching S1 of Stranger Things and don't understand all of the hoopla. Such a derivative series that unashamedly steals from much better shows and movies! And so many of the actors were so downright irritating, you wanted to punch them out. Add in a storyline that makes no sense whatsoever. I can't imagine watching S2.

Does anyone recommend Sons of Anarchy on Netflix?

r529 Yes if you're straight.

im watching all the older Lawrence O'Donnell shows on you tube I can find. gr8 history lessons , his shows are brilliant. they should fire Rachel and give him 2 hrs...

[quote] Two Banana cream pies and a big bag of Doritos

You're supposed to sign that "Constance McCashin"

Most of mine have been mentioned here.

Loved One Day at a Time. As a 70s/80s kid thought I would hate it, but actually like it more than the original.

Loved the Crown.

Loved the Durrells.

Tried to catch a web show called After Forever about a gay couple. Stuck midseason on that (on Amazon).

Sounds like I need to watch Rita.

Just got into Borderliner. Love that a masculine gay cop is no big deal as a role too.

Thanx for mentioning Grenseland R534. Series so-so, but Santelmann is easy on the eyes.

Just started bingeing (does it count if I only watch 2 episodes per night?) The Staircase on Netflix. Good, but a bit ponderous. Michael Petersen, the closeted bisexual writer whose two wives were found dead at the bottoms of staircases in their homes.

I didn’t realize this case warranted a 13-episode series.

I just binged watch colony. It has that sexy beast Josh Holloway.

Finished Rectify, The Principal and The Keepers what’s next?

Anything to watch like downtown abbey/ upstairs downstairs

‘The Haves and The Have Nots’, r539!

[quote]Anything to watch like downtown abbey/ upstairs downstairs

Home Fires - 2 seasons (Samantha Bond, who plays the aunt in DA has a leading role in this)

"Thirteen", a UK crime drama about a girl who manages to escape a basement in which she was kept for 13 years after being abducted as a 13 year old. Needless to say, things are not quite what they seem...

[quote]Just started bingeing (does it count if I only watch 2 episodes per night?)

Bingeing, at its purest, means watching an entire season without watching anything else.

I found Billy Bob Thornton sexy AF as Goliath, and now there's a second season!

I'm going to finish Season 2 of Animal Kingdom, R544, and then it's Goliath.

I tried the Brit crime drama, SHETLAND.

Well done, well acted, but tooooo dreary.

I love Shetland and wouldn’t say it was particularly dreary considering the genre. But if it wasn’t to your liking for that reason, you should definitely avoid the Swedish and Danish detective dramas.

Finally gave in and started One Day at a Time. Had no idea it was a sitcom with a laugh track, not that I'm bothered by that. The first episode was a bit cringy, trying to appeal to everyone, but I got hooked by the second episode. The writing is so tight and it's incredible to me that a sitcom is dealing with all these woke themes. I wish more people watched it because I can only imagine it's not getting anything near Roseanne's (eugh) ratings.

The Welsh series Hinterland is more dreary than Shetland, but the cop is hotter.

Binge watched "Happy Valley" and "Last Tango in Halifax" Sarah Lancashire is awesome. On season four of "Shameless." Very good. Anyone know if there are going to be any more episodes of "Doc Martin" or "Last Tango?" Also tore through the latest season of "Call the Midwife." Guess I'll try "Peaky Blinders" based on the reviews here.

I'm just about to finish The Deuce at HBO. I've liked it quite a lot. It's obviously not a perfect show by any means but the makers have managed to make everything quite believable.

I had to rush to finish the season because I just cancelled my HBO Now subscription due to Westworld season two being so unbelievably shitty.

Binged Queer Eye season 2 today. Not as good as the first one, I thought.

"Death in Paradise" on Netflix.

[quote] Anyone know if there are going to be any more episodes of "Doc Martin" or "Last Tango?"

2018 is a hiatus year for Doc Martin. They will film one more season in 2019 and then they will call it quits.

Last Tango finished with the two part Christmas episode. I haven't heard they were going to do anymore. But all the actors have plenty of work to do. Nicola Walker is playing a divorce lawyer on "The Split." Sarah Lancashire did a mini-series called "Kiri" and is expected to film Season 3 of "Happy Valley" in 2019 if they can get time on James Norton's busy filming schedule and get Sally Wainwright focused enough to write Season 3. Anne Reid was the best thing about Alison Steadman and John Cleese's snoozer sitcom "Hold The Sunset." They should have made Anne the lead character and Alison/John supporting. Derek Jacobi was just in the starry Branagh "Murder On The Orient Express" and has several projects in the hopper.

[543] Absolutely, that is what bingeing is all about.

R541 Loved that show, though the pacing was a bit of a mess. Ended way too soon.

Just started on season 2 of Goliath with Billy Bob Thornton. Second episode in there's a full frontal nude shot of some beautiful man with a swimmer's build so already this is a good watch.

[quote]Loved that show, though the pacing was a bit of a mess. Ended way too soon.

I agree, and it really had some moments of sloppy writing. It walked a fine line between drama and soap opera. And I always wondered who the farm woman was friends with because in Season 2 every episode opens with a shot of her. Ha! If I were Samantha Bond, I would have been really pissed about that.

But when it was good, it was great. Spoiler alert, do not read any more of this paragraph if you haven't seen Season 2. When the blonde telephone operator joined the women's army and she was communicating over the radio with the airline pilot who she suddenly lost contact with...that was one of the most brilliant moments on the show. It was so well played and it made me choke up which I rarely ever do.

Agreed R558.

I did love the Czech soldier. And the lesbian bit. And boy, that one Christopher Reeve looking guy.....swoon!

Loved THE GOOD FIGHT (both seasons) on CBS All Access. Only wish more of the original GOOD WIFE characters were there.

[quote] Only wish more of the original GOOD WIFE characters were there.

I'm actually happy that Alicia Florrick and her annoying extended family have been nonexistent on "The Good Fight."

Anyone who is enjoying either Ellen Dorrit Petersen or Tobias Santelmann in Netflix BORDERLINER/Grenseland might also want to check out another great Norwegian drama which features them both in key supporting roles: Frikjent/AQUITTED. It's two seasons across 16 episodes.

It's filmed in a stunning Norwegian hamlet/fjord town and locales. Has a hot looking pocket silver Daddy type (Norwegian actor Nicolai Cleve-Bloch whose character is midlife - has an Asian wife who is a piece of work!); several really interesting family dynamics; a wonderful Norman Bates type dynamic with a mentally troubled older mother character; political-financial intrigue around international (Chinese Malaysian) ownership of a local Tech industry; and the whole storyline is built around an unsolved crime from more than a decade previously, of which our main character hot pocket silver fox Daddy was prime ('acquiitted') key suspect. Tobias Santelmann plays his younger brother.

I'm bingeing S2 now - Another one for fans of top notch Nordic family/crime drama.

I am rewatching/binging on Ozark in anticipation of season 2 I think it was my favorite show of the past year.

I'm partway through the first episode of Last Tango in Halifax and not liking it much at all. Characters are pretty grim and nasty to me.

Same with me r564. I watched about 2 episodes and didn't find the show interesting. Many other people liked it.

Midway through Intelligence on Netflix’s. Thanks for the recommendation. There are only 2 seasons but it is very entertaining.

Is Son of the Anarchy worth watching?

Iyanla's Fix My Life

Midsomer Murders. It's very basic and I watch that late at night when I want to relax and fall asleep. Think "Murder She Wrote" but with old houses.

I've been lost in that Twin Peaks reboot. What a creepy weekend.

R567- it's good for a couple of years, then starts to go really downhill starting with S3. The last couple of seasons were terrible.

I'm watching Banshee; very OTT and like SONS and Peaky Blinders starts to decline in 3. My friend is watching Staircase right now.

Finished Luke Cage season 2 today. It's fine. Slightly better than the first season, I'd say.

Just finished a gay minstrel show-The reboot of will and grace

I just finished 2 seasons of GOLIATH. Billy Bob Thornton has always been sex on a stick for me, even old and frail and on a C-PAP machine.

He's on the machine on the show or in real life?

Agreed he's sexy AF.

Today I'm bingeing "The Messengers" on Netflix.

Season 2 of Animal Kingdom. Love it!

Silk (from the BBC) on Netflix. I can't get enough of good barristry.

Queer As Folk. I started tuning out with season 3, and I still have maybe 8 episodes before I get to season 4 but I think I'm tapped out. The writing is such shit.

R575, his character wears a C-PAP, I don't know if BBT does in real life.

GOLIATH is not a show for those who have recently quit smoking. Everyone's lighting up all the time.

Starting watching The Staircase. What a fucking closet case Michael Peterson is! The second episode he's confronted with the statement some gay guy had about having sex with him four or five times and his protestations of innocence are ludicrous. The question I had was, who would want to have sex with that weasel even once?

What a long, twisted case that turned out to be!

Knots Landing episodes from 1979-87...

And several bags Pirates Booty...

GLOW season 2.

Watching The Sinner on Netflix

Bag of sour twizzlers bites and a Nestle drumstick.

Cucumber and Banana are both VERY good. Very gay but also very non-stereotypical.

Enjoying Ordinary Lies, but the episodes are very uneven.

Just finished The Sinner. Actually it was rather depressing.

Dark, Season One - I thought it was completely enthralling. When the hell does S2 premiere?

Finished four seasons of Rita and now halfway through S1 of Merli. I like it but not as much as Rita. And how come Netflix only has one season?

Just finished binging The Sinner and now onto The Staircase. Both good, both on Netflix

I'm stuck at home with my arm in a cast for the next month. Anything amazing worth watching that hasn't been mentioned yet? I have Netflix and Prime. Into: docs, procedurals, dark Scandinavian thrillers, suspense, creepy and weird shit, Not into: comedy, romance.

Suits is on Prime.

Have you watched Bosch on Prime?

Shameless on Netflix? (I understand they just got season eight.)

I'm rewatching HBO stuff. Right now Boardwalk Empire. It's very well done.

Just started The Americans. Holy shit where I have been. Best show since Sopranos.

r590 - Dark on Netflix if you haven’t already seen it.

I'm watching Season 2 of Blind Date on YouTube. I always had a crush on Roger Lodge.

Series 4 of "Shetland."

[quote] Best show since Sopranos.

It gets boring

R597, we only have the first three seasons of Shetland on Netflix in the states. Where are you watching the fourth?

It's on iTunes Canada. In all likelihood, it should be on American iTunes as well.

[quote] "Death in Paradise" on Netflix.

Couldn’t watch it after Father Dougal took over. He’s just not right for it.

Black Mirror. Overrated. They reuse the same tropes over and over. The only one that surprised me was the one with Bronn from Game of Thrones and the teenager who were obeying texts from someone who hacked their computer cameras and videoed them doing things & then threatened to release the videos. I really didn’t see the ending to the teen’s story coming.