Random TV Thread

posted by SportsAndLady

Dark is one of my favorite shows ever. I cannot wait for S2. 

TD S3 is great so far. Can’t wait to watch last night’s episodes. 

posted by justincredible

Dark was awesome. Have we heard when season 2 is coming out?

 

Yeah, it was on my watch list for a while and finally over the weekend was able to watch almost all of it. I have two episodes left. I thought it was interesting at first and then when they dropped the Mikkel/ Michael thing I was all in. 

I also heard S2 sometime this year. 

posted by ptown_trojans_1

I'm most of the way through Dark on Netflix. I love it

posted by SportsAndLady

Dark is one of my favorite shows ever.

posted by justincredible

Dark was awesome. Have we heard when season 2 is coming out?

 

Agree on its awesomeness.  If you like time travel stuff, Gut suggested 12 Monkeys to me.  I was hesitant at first, but it really grew on me.  I still prefer Dark, but 12 Monkeys will help you pass the time.

Dark is a top 5 for me.  I've watched it 2x, and will probably watch a 3rd before watching season 2.

posted by Automatik

Seasonal for me. I watch a lot in the winter. Also, just recently discovered the download to you phone feature for Netflix. I spent a ton of time on the train for work so it's been a godsend.

I watch the seasons of AHS every year and I also watch football (college and pro) when I can, but other than that I don't really watch shows or sitcoms and the like.

We don't have cable, so we just watch stuff that is interesting to us on netflix/hulu/amazon. Mostly we just watch The Office, Parks and Rec, or Seinfeld on loop. We do have a few runnings series we watch when a new season is dumped, but they're typically just 10 hour long episodes, so it's easy to binge.

posted by Automatik

Fyre documentary on Netflix. Fucking LOLOLOL.

Just watched this, holy crap. 

I am in the air 5+ hours a week. Downloading Prime/Netflix/Showtime is how I spend my flights. I watch a lot of crap between when the good shows are out lol. 

Finished Dark last night. Fantastic. I figured out who was who by the end, but the reveals were still pretty nice. 

I am excited to see where they take the 2nd season. 

As for me, I usually watch the Sunday Night dramas on HBO etc. But, I also have an exercise bike and in the evenings usually knock out a episode or two of various shows. 

I travel a lot for work, so like said above, Netflix download is a Godsend.

I never watched Parks and Rec and someone told me if I liked The Office that much that I would like it. I am only 1 episode in, so far its not that funny. If it doesn't get better I will be switching to either finishing the new season of Travelers or trying Dark.

posted by jmog

I never watched Parks and Rec and someone told me if I liked The Office that much that I would like it. I am only 1 episode in, so far its not that funny. If it doesn't get better I will be switching to either finishing the new season of Travelers or trying Dark.

Season 1 is okay (short season), it gets a lot better starting in season 2.

posted by jmog

I never watched Parks and Rec and someone told me if I liked The Office that much that I would like it. I am only 1 episode in, so far its not that funny. If it doesn't get better I will be switching to either finishing the new season of Travelers or trying Dark.

You’re watching the fucking pilot dude. Keep watching, it’s funny. And a great show. 

posted by jmog

I never watched Parks and Rec and someone told me if I liked The Office that much that I would like it. I am only 1 episode in, so far its not that funny. If it doesn't get better I will be switching to either finishing the new season of Travelers or trying Dark.

The absurdity of the characters, and how the writers don't falter from it, is why I like the shows.  Andy's pure stupidity and Ron's pure awesomeness have me rolling.

posted by ernest_t_bass

The absurdity of the characters, and how the writers don't falter from it, is why I like the shows.  Andy's pure stupidity and Ron's pure awesomeness have me rolling.

The Office was the same, absurd characters that stayed that way (Michael, Dwight, Angela, Creed, Kelly, Andy, Erin, Kevin, Toby, etc). I mean the only "normal" characters were Jim, Pam, Stanley, Phyllis, and Oscar. 

Toby was relatively normal. Darryl was also normal.

posted by justincredible

Toby was relatively normal. Darryl was also normal.

Darryl was normal, I found Toby to be a caricature of an over the top depressed/whiner type, not really "normal". Maybe I am wrong.

I did read the other day that the actor that played Toby actually wrote the funniest episode in The Office history (one of the funniest episodes in TV history). Stress Relief 1, with Dwight's "fire drill", Stanley's heart attack, and the CPR training. With all of that inside of the first 10 minutes of that episode one could say there was more laughter packed in that 10 minutes than in most comedy shows whole series.

Yeah, Toby wasn't normal.

Ok, I guess I was wrong. I still say if it were a spectrum, he'd be the least absurd character of the absurd characters.

If any of you Office fans like good people who are also good writers, you should buy this: 

https://gumroad.com/l/cr-fm

True Detective S3 just got a whole lot more interesting...

...The laptop of Elisa while Hays is being interviewed as an old man.

I definitely think they’ll tie this into the plot line of S1 with the pedophile rings. 

I do not like Hays’ wife. I think she is involved somehow. Maybe not involved in the sense that she kidnapped the kids or did anything to the kids, but I think she helps cover something up. Just a hunch.