Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

Love "fleabag" probably my fav show since stranger things

NB: one plotline Queen Sugar is doing appears to be a thinly veiled dramatization of the Derek Rose rape allegations.

d40 did you watch crashing too? created & starring the same actress, also came out this year i think, also very good!

Favorite shows lately: Fleabag, Better Things, Insecure, High Maintenance and Atlanta.

I think Better Things might be my favourite thing on TV right now (or at least tied with Atlanta). I love how it seems so aimless, so not plot-driven, but each vignette is so full of character. Its like Louie, but better.

I really enjoyed the first episode of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, possibly solely due to a combination of Elijah Wood and nostalgia for the books.

They remade that? There's a UK version from about 5 years back with Stephen Mangan as Dirk

Is Fleabag a stand alone series or just the first series of several?

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watched the first two episodes of season 3 Black Mirror last night. it's a good thing i like this short form sci fi format cos this show is painful. horrible writing, horrible leaden scripts, horrible pacing, horrible tendency to throw in twists right when things seem like they might be getting interesting, etc. got to give it to BDH, i'm sure it took a lot of guts to do that performance, but it was very cringey to watch, it was like a bad episode of Seinfeld where George just keeps getting shit on only not funny and full of EVERYONE IS ON CELL PHONE DO U SEEEEE???? commentary. lame. that ending...... yuuuuuck. as for the second ep, the VR horror ep was slightly better, but was full of twists that were just confusing rather than interesting. the show feels half written. there are good ideas in there but it's really unfocused.

watched some of Blacklist too. the show is silly but in all the right ways. James Spader is so fun to watch!

Looks like Fleabag was based on a stage play. I was wondering if it was the introduction to a longer term character. Hope there is more coming. Series was great.

black mirror episodes set in the uk seem more natural, maybe it's the whole thing where the british natural state of mind is existential dread

I really like You're the Worst but it bugs me sometimes how there's such a huge gap in the character realization. Gretchen is pretty fully realized, Lindsay and Edgar are basically cartoons but they have attempted to give them more depth. But Hint

Ugh... But Jimmy is just a pretentious asshole with no growth or depth. Only on s2 though.

I feel, sometimes, implicated by Lindsay's hatred of Paul.

lol I never do, Paul is just such a goober

I love the dedication that they've written into the character -- he has to know some shit but somehow never has a meltdown. It's either some amazing propping up of the fourth wall or the series ends with him murdering everyone

Edgar's PTSD storyline really got to me.

better things is great! the "period speech" made me feel weird. i wasn't sure if it was supposed to be cringeworthy or cool? maybe that was the point?

Almost gave up on "Better Things" because of the lackluster pilot, but this is a really enjoyable show. No love for "Insecure" around these parts? Great show.

Way behind on Atlanta and You're The Worst, haven't gotten to start 'Better Things' but I started Fleabag this afternoon and I think it could be up there. Some of the annoying quirks of BBC programming (bad music, why does all the cinematography look the same whether it's Sherlock or this?) but entertaining.

First two episodes of Insecure were great; required some googling to keep up with some plot points. The League and Hotep were new to me; explaining "brazy" to my gf took a minute

I like Better Things but there's been a lot of cringe scenes in the past few episodes - the stuff with the Mormon mom felt so artificial - and it feels really humblebraggy at times, like Louie did.

I do love how every male guest star has a crush on Pamela, and it's treated as unremarkable - that's so refreshing, even now. (Plus I guess it's a neat gender-swap on the whole "Jerry has a new girlfriend every week" cliche.)

Rectify. So great

Speechless has moments that are truly lovely. Minnie Driver is still wonderful, and the kids are great actors.

The Rectify season premiere made me tear up. I'm gonna miss that show.

Yeah, the monologue towards the end got me

Best ep of tv I've seen in a while

The whole premise of The Strain is pretty dark, but the most recent episode... jesus christ people

what are they doing now?

can't really delve into that without spoilers, we'll say "going full apocalyptic" and leave it at that

i managed the first season of the strain... wait, not even that; I think i quit about three episodes from the end. Can't imagine how they've been able to keep pushing the needle forward.

you just figure out which characters have hope, or give characters new sources of hope, and then snuff that out artistically over the course of seasons

I mean, the lowest the show could possibly go is 100% of the humans converted to vampire thingies, in cattle pens for the blood farms, or dead. And force every character you care about to go through horrible decision making processes where they have to choose friends, family, or humanity's survival. They're getting there!

also the monster effects are pretty good

i'm a few episodes behind - when (kinda spoilery?) samantha mathis offed the journo (kinda spoilery?) I was like "well this is taking a turn"

I lol'd.

Goddamn, Rectify...

"Better Things" using "O Superman" by Laurie Anderson was a brilliant touch in a mom centred comedy.

i loved that

I am pretty certain Dirk Gently is getting cancelled after this one season but so far it's been everything I wanted that Amazon Tick pilot to be wrapped in the convoluted narrative framework I was hoping for from a Dirk Gently story. It seems to be utterly baffling to people reviewing it and complete and total catnip to me; it's the only show I'm actively watching at the moment.

^ The Holistic Assassin is so wicked!

i said to mr veg "i have no idea what is happening but i like it"

Anyone know why so many characters in so many shows have bog standard stock ringtones on their mobiles instead of personalised ones (Marimba, I'm looking at you)?

Is it a licensing thing? Or is it just an easily recognisable audio cue for audiences?

Watching the Swedish version of The Bridge and liking it a lot more than the US remake.

I think Fleabag is probably my favourite show this year; enjoyed many series, but this one takes the cake.

I liked Fleabag a lot - is Phoebe Waller-Bridge's other series (Crashing) good?

xxxp - in the US, the only people I know with personalized ringtones now are my parents' age

Haven't seen it yet Milo, but meaning to check it out. Search Party premiered, it seems burning millenials and their ineffectuality and hollowness has become ample fodder for writers. Rightfully so (I'm one btw).

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Search Party is available On Demand if you have cable.

I got a bit too heavy into Gardener's World this year, just the sight of Monty Don and his big dog took my depression down a few notches, and now I'm wondering how to cope without them.

Looking forward to The Affair, which is obviously quite a bad show in some ways, but never fails to entertain.

Enjoyed the first episode of Insecure but didn't feel the need to keep watching - someone tell me I'm missing out. Issa Rae is incredible but the best friend's kinda dull - she seems like a great writer about herself but maybe not other people?