Yes. We watched the final season of Last Tango in Halifax and are watching the latest mini-season of Inspector Lewis now. And I watched a two-part series called Appropriate Adult with Emily Watson (creepy but fascinating, based on a real-life story of a woman who was a court-appointed volunteer aide to an accused serial murderer), and now I'm watching old movies available free with Amazon Prime. House by the River, a short, dramatic Fritz Lang noir, and No Man of Her Own with Barbara Stanwyck, my all-time favorite actress - it was a lot better than you'd expect from the title. Stanwyck being Stanwyck, when she doesn't have a man of her own, she DOES something about it! Yes, I am definitely indulging in a lot of escapism right now as I recover from my Christmas labors, not to mention a flood in the basement yesterday morning at 1:30 am. It took me two hours of backbreaking work to fix it. Reward: another movie, of course.
Love that one!! I think we had this conversation earlier this year, but no problem. She played such unconventional parts! Or if they were conventional (like Stella Dallas) she made the emotion so overwhelming -- I have never been able to rewatch Stella Dallas because it was so painful. Have you seen Fritz Lang's Clash by Night? I still haven't seen the whole thing, but it was my first glimpse of her, and just the second half was enough to make me a fan for life. She was middle-aged at that point and Marilyn Montroe was in it too (and I adore Marilyn) but it was the cigarette-voiced Stanwyck who bowled me over.
(now if I can only continue to afford my Comcast bill 
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