2013 TV Thread: Winter, Spring, definitely Summer - pimp your new finds/threadless wonders here!

http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/netflix-bbc-set-start-dates-for-gillian-anderson-series-the-fall-video/

gillian anderson and archie panjabi, in a crime thriller on nextflix soon!

thats on bbc at the moment, its p good so far

Gillian is excellent in The Fall and speaks perfect brit, decent series so far.

she sort of is a brit

I didn't realise she had been living in London, it shows.

Orphan Black finished up S1 tonight. WHAT A FUCKIN SHOW. Now I have to wait a year for it to come back.

has anyone watched Defiance? I watched the pilot, it's....hmmm...okay sort of maybe idk but kinda bad

It looked bad from the commercial.

it starts out like bargain basement whedon/firefly, with a bit of non-muppet farscape, and I mostly feel kinda ambivalent but they added an interesting wrinkle to the end of the pilot that piqued my interest

i tend to give sci-fi a longer leash, since it's nice when you have a good scifi show on yr dvr

So try orphan black then

Is the message I'm getting here

I will try that too!

Yes! Same actress has played at least 8 different and distinct characters on the show, many of them regularly and sharing scenes with one or more of her clones and you rarely realize when it's happening that it's all the same person. She's fucking amazing.

defiance is so bad.

the opening of the third episode of Family Tree finally got to me. That shit was great.

Did anyone follow Rectify? I've read/heard good things, and I think I'm gonna try to watch that soon.

How bad is Magic City? I like the idea of a 50's crime series, but this does look terrible.

Rectify is fantastic. Aden Young is something else.

Magic City was not bad, if a little flat, but i fell off keeping up with it a little before the end of the first season and probably won't get back on.

I need to see rectify. I've had a crush on Aden Young since forever

Rectify IS great. I watched all six episodes in a single go last weekend. Loved it.

I watched the first episode of Rectify and wasn't impressed but it was on the back of a shitty day from hell and I was in a terrible mood. I keep reading positive reports so it must be worth another try. Thanks for that dude, doesn't sound worthy of my time. It is a shame because because it would be nice to see some Ellroy type action on the the TV.

Rectify peaks around eps 4 and 5. It's been renewed for a 2nd season of 10 episodes next year.

How bad is Magic City? I like the idea of a 50's crime series, but this does look terrible.

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, June 16, 2013 1:44 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's watchable. im sorta hesitantly looking fwd to new ones

I am really liking Rectify. Also Aden Young is fiiiiiiiine

and miss farrell!

otm!

That Adelaide Spencer girl, the wife of the stepbrother, man up close her face & smile remind me of a young Sally Field. She's v lovely

She reminds me an awful lot of Michelle Williams.

definitely

Spookily so.

that encounter with the hairdresser was p sweet

ORPHAN BLACK. dodgy accents and all. SO GOOD.

"vick's a dick"

I spent most of Saturday watching Orphan Black. It's the best thing I've seen in ages.

Anybody have opinions about this Crossing Lines thing with FICHTNER!! and Donald Sutherland?

I know the first thing people usually talk about when they talk about Orphan Black is the greatness of Tatiana Maslany, but it amazes me the way she makes each character she plays on the show totally a separate person that might as well be another actor altogether. And then the time she played Alison pretending to be Sarah? And NAILED IT? Fuck, I don't even know how you do that.

Love that show. Love it!

she is fucking unreal

still haven't seen the final two episodes of the season

It's also incredibly novel to see Canadians playing Brits.

okay okay fiiiiiiiine I'll check it out jeez

Do or don't.

But seriously, do.

eh someday, someday. i'm surprised because the commercials made it look kind of doofy

yeah I was kinda giving it the side-eye, i'll admit

It IS kind of doofy! But also completely awesome! I'm totally biased though. Uncanny shit like this is just sooo in my wheelhouse

Yet you willingly watched Defiance.

d'okay

xp

hmph. if you had devoted your Friday nights to Farscape you would understand the eternal 'living in deluded hope that one day maybe there'll be another awesome new sci-fi series' and when you see extras in face-paint you think ooh maybe this one will be good

;_;

BUT I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO UNDERSTAND *sob*

i did not watch Farscape, but i feel your pain

i need some kind of 12-step program

step 1. babylon 5

*side-eye*

dude, please