Netflix/Prime/Hulu/BritBox Binge Watching: Coronavirus Edition

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I binged Yellowjackets earlier this month, on a Showtime trial. It’s kind of a cross between a female Lord of the Flies and Lost. It goes back and forth in time between the crash in 1996 and the present day. It’s absolutely fantastic and I’m obsessed. The characters are very complex and not entirely likeable, but I’m very invested. Christina Ricci is awesome and unrecognizable. I love how Juliette Lewis and Melanie Lyskey look “real” - the former as someone who clearly has lead a rough life and the latter as a normal looking middle aged woman. They also did a great job casting the younger and older version of the characters.

Plus, the music is fabulous.
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I love the opening credits.

I cannot wait for the second season and if fan conventions return, this is the show I will be lining up for. I wish this was on a bigger platform because I have a ton of theories:

I think Lottie is the girl in the pit and Allie is somehow involved with that group who kidnapped Nat
 
@Yehudi I can't say I had considered those as possibilities!

I think there's no supernatural element, just trauma? I wonder if Misty is still involved with the cult in the woods and is playing both sides
 
Yehudi said:
I think Lottie is the girl in the pit and Allie is somehow involved with that group who kidnapped Nat
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I don't think the first part is possible, as
Lottie is seemingly alive in the present.
As always, Reddit had lots of great theories!
 
Just started Severance, am really enjoying it. Something with the atmosphere, or maybe the visuals, reminds me of Counterpart. Great sci-fi!

I also recommend Frayed if you need a good laugh. That show is hysterical!
 
We just finished watching an older series—Patriot, with Michael Dornan. It was made around 2016-18. We tried it out because I enjoyed Michael Dornan in For All Mankind, and read a column about how he was also good in Patriot. The show is really like nothing else I’ve seen. Dornan plays an intelligence agent/spy, but it’s not a thriller. It’s more like an absurd black comedy/drama about the soul-crushing and also ridiculous aspects of being a spy. Dornan is indeed great in the main role, and there’s a great cast around him too, including Terry O’Quinn (Lost) and Debra Winger, who play his parents. Odd but interesting.
 
Finally got around to watching "Wheel of Time" on Prime. I thought it was quite enjoyable, although the final battle left me somewhat... underwhelmed? I was hoping for something a bit more satisfying.
 
clairecloutier said:
We just finished watching an older series—Patriot, with Michael Dornan. It was made around 2016-18. We tried it out because I enjoyed Michael Dornan in For All Mankind, and read a column about how he was also good in Patriot. The show is really like nothing else I’ve seen. Dornan plays an intelligence agent/spy, but it’s not a thriller. It’s more like an absurd black comedy/drama about the soul-crushing and also ridiculous aspects of being a spy. Dornan is indeed great in the main role, and there’s a great cast around him too, including Terry O’Quinn (Lost) and Debra Winger, who play his parents. Odd but interesting.
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Interesting. I listen to interviews to guys who are retired SEALS or Green Berets who then worked for the CIA and swear there cannot be a deep state because the secretive agencies that we have are already so inept that they couldn't produce a deep state.
 
Cachoo said:
Interesting. I listen to interviews to guys who are retired SEALS or Green Berets who then worked for the CIA and swear there cannot be a deep state because the secretive agencies that we have are already so inept that they couldn't produce a deep state.
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There are some jokes along this line in the show! Terry O'Quinn (the father) is a desk agent/supervisor with an unnamed U.S. security agency, and Dornan (his son) is a field agent. The central plotline has O'Quinn clandestinely running a scheme to provide financial backing to a political candidate in Iran who stands against the Iranian nuclear weapons program. Dornan is charged with getting a bag of money to the Iranian. Instead the bag of money gets lost, and chaos and absurdity ensue.
 
Cachoo said:
Interesting. I listen to interviews to guys who are retired SEALS or Green Berets who then worked for the CIA and swear there cannot be a deep state because the secretive agencies that we have are already so inept that they couldn't produce a deep state.
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That's my response to most conspiracy theories. :D
 
I never watched Fresh Prince, but I’m really enjoying the gritty reboot Bel-Air on Peacock. Between this and the Saved by the Bell reboot, Peacock is definitely winning in that category.
 
We watched the first 4 episodes of season 4 of Mrs. Maisel. So far, the plot hasn't really gone anywhere this season. I am still entertained, even if some of the dialogue/jokes are a bit repetitive. The show is starting to remind me of Amy Sherman Palladino's previous series Gilmore Girls, though, in the sense that in 4 seasons, they still seem unable to introduce any serious love interest for Midge except Joel. It's just like Gilmore Girls, where they could never move beyond Luke and Christopher as love interests for Lorelei. And in neither case is it plausible.

After Mrs. Maisel, we went back to watching 1883. What a contrast! This show seems to get worse as it goes on. The plot moves so slowly, the dialogue is minimal (especially compared to Mrs. Maisel, LOL) and rather clumsy, the accents are thick, the main character's teen romances are increasingly silly and unbelievable, and the voiceover dialogue hard to take seriously. I've found it difficult to stay awake through the last few episodes. Overall, this series feels like a concept that never came to life, as opposed to a real story.
 
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@clairecloutier I agree with you regarding Mrs. Maisel. I fear this show may be going through the same trajectory most Amy Sherman Palldino shows go through when they last too long. Nothing of interest is happening, and before the characters were full characters with quirks but now their quirks are their characters. The jokes aren't funny this time around, and the usually snappy zingers are, as you said, repetitive and don't really have any impact.
 
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We watched the first 4 episodes of season 4 of Mrs. Maisel. So far, the plot hasn't really gone anywhere this season. I am still entertained, even if some of the dialogue/jokes are a bit repetitive. The show is starting to remind me of Amy Sherman Palladino's previous series Gilmore Girls, though, in the sense that in 4 seasons, they still seem unable to introduce any serious love interest for Midge except Joel. It's just like Gilmore Girls, where they could never move beyond Luke and Christopher as love interests for Lorelei. And in neither case is it plausible.

After Mrs. Maisel, we went back to watching 1883. What a contrast! This show seem to get worse as it goes on. The plot moves so slowly, the dialogue is minimal (especially compared to Mrs. Maisel, LOL) and rather clumsy, the accents are thick, the main character's teen romances are increasingly silly and unbelievable, and the voiceover dialogue hard to take seriously. I've found it difficult to stay awake through the last few episodes. Overall, this series feels like a concept that never came to life, as opposed to a real story.
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It's so funny because I have the complete opposite feelings about 1883. I was so enthralled by every episode. I got very attached to all the characters and was an emotional mess during the finale. I loved the cinematic beauty of it and I thought the acting was so strong across the board. Tim McGraw slayed, especially when it came to portraying his emotions as a father. I'm hoping we get a few more episodes as advertised to bridge the gap between this series and 1932, the next series in the Dutton saga.
 
@TanithandBenFan I agree with you about Tim McGraw. He is my favorite actor in the cast. Understated, yet conveys emotions well and with little posturing.

I do have to admit that Westerns in general aren't my favorite genre. So that could be affecting my view of the show. I can get into Westerns, but only if they're really good.
 
clairecloutier said:
@TanithandBenFan I agree with you about Tim McGraw. He is my favorite actor in the cast. Understated, yet conveys emotions well and with little posturing.

I do have to admit that Westerns in general aren't my favorite genre. So that could be affecting my view of the show. I can get into Westerns, but only if they're really good.
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I’m generally not a fan of Westerns either. Neither are my sister and my mom and we all got sucked into this one. I think it was how the storytelling was done.
 
VGThuy said:
@clairecloutier I agree with you regarding Mrs. Maisel. I fear this show may be going through the same trajectory most Amy Sherman Palldino shows go through when they last too long. Nothing of interest is happening, and before the characters were full characters with quirks but now their quirks are their characters. The jokes aren't funny this time around, and the usually snappy zingers are, as you said, repetitive and don't really have any impact.
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And all the characters are So quirky. It's exhausting.

I do think Mrs. Maisel's routines continue to be funny though.
 
I'm enjoying the return of Mrs. Maisel, but it may be because I'm just happy to have it back and to have another viewing option. I especially liked eps 2 and 3. The plotline concerning Joel and his nightclub, however, seems forced and it wouldn't surprise me if that disappears, and maybe Joel along with it.
 
The funeral scene in episode 3 of Mrs. Maisel has been my favorite part of S4 so far. I love anytime Susie is on screen because almost everything she says makes me laugh. I’ve grown SO tired of Abe and wish he wouldn’t have such a big part of the story.
 
I haven't watched this season's episodes of Mrs. Maisel yet, but Season 3 would be hard for any show to beat.

I've been poking around BritBox, and since I often watch when I'm tired, and dip my toes in here and there, the murder-centric shows all start to blend together, but after not liking the first two episodes of Sister Boniface, the Father Brown spin-off, Knitgirllls gave it a positive review, and I've really liked the newer episodes so far. I also love Marine's and Helene's characters in Murder in Provence, and Marine has the freaking best dresses.
 
Alex Borstein really does steal every scene she's in.

On the other side of things, the guest stars are just floating in and out of episodes so randomly, not really sticking around (Luke Kirby, Jason Alexander, Jane Lynch, etc.... ). Looks like we'll have to wait until the second four episodes to see anything substantial (Sophie and Susie appear to have a "showdown" in Ep. 6).
 
TanithandBenFan said:
The funeral scene in episode 3 of Mrs. Maisel has been my favorite part of S4 so far. I love anytime Susie is on screen because almost everything she says makes me laugh. I’ve grown SO tired of Abe and wish he wouldn’t have such a big part of the story.
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They definitely need to showcase Susie more. And less of the walking Jewish stereotypes. I loved the funeral scene. I believe they were going for the same thing with the bar mitzvah scene but it was another OTT completely unrealistic bombastic scene that made my head hurt.
 
I’ve also watched the first 4 episodes of Mrs. Maisel and agree it’s not as good as previous seasons.

The best thing so far for me was the return of Lenny. Hope he sticks around.

I did enjoy the Ferris wheel scene though. That was hilarious.
 
I’m still overall enjoying Mrs. Maisel. The Coney Island scene and the Wonder Wheel was hilarious.

Alex Borstein just knocks every scene she is in out of the park.
I loved the funeral scene, I wondered how they were going to deal with the death of Brian Tarantina (Jackie). They handled it so well, Jackie was one of my favorite supporting characters.

I love how Abe is changing and finding something he really loves. The scene at the end of episode 2 was so sweet and well done between Abe and Midge. I can watch Tony Shalhoub in anything, he’s such a fine actor.
 
clairecloutier said:
After Mrs. Maisel, we went back to watching 1883. What a contrast! This show seems to get worse as it goes on. The plot moves so slowly, the dialogue is minimal (especially compared to Mrs. Maisel, LOL) and rather clumsy, the accents are thick, the main character's teen romances are increasingly silly and unbelievable, and the voiceover dialogue hard to take seriously. I've found it difficult to stay awake through the last few episodes. Overall, this series feels like a concept that never came to life, as opposed to a real story.
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Not just me then. I've only watched 2 episodes, but am having difficulty motivating myself to watch more. I haven't really become attached to any of the characters, which I really need to do in order to keep watching a show. The random use of voiceovers annoys me almost as much as it does in skating programmes. :lol:
 
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