The best new and returning TV series thread

[FalseBayFC]

Episode 1 of Goliath S4 on Prime. Billy Bob is great and the start is even more trippy than S3 so far

Just finished S4, maybe the best one with S1

Oh awesome! Didn't know a new season was out. Brittany Gold and Patty Solis-Papagian make the show for me. Patty is such a perfect foil for Billy-Bob.

[Sandstorm]

Episode 1 of Goliath S4 on Prime. Billy Bob is great and the start is even more trippy than S3 so far

Just finished S4, maybe the best one with S1

Oh awesome! Didn't know a new season was out. Brittany Gold and Patty Solis-Papagian make the show for me. Patty is such a perfect foil for Billy-Bob.

Finished! It's great!!

[Sandstorm]

Second series has just started COBRA: Cyberwar

Just pulled after 3 episodes (out of 6) because....."out of respect for murdered MP DA"

Thanks for the massive spoiler, you cunts!!!

[weegie01]

Just discovered Endeavour about young Detective Morse. I'm enjoying it.

Endeavour is brilliant. The character arcs over the various series are excellent in the way they evolve slowly until you suddenly realise the character has evolved a long, long way without it being really obvious.

[Ymx]

Succession first episode has landed.

[sockwithaticket]

Currently just done series 3 of Sex Education and have started series 3 of Brassic which in bonkers

Sex education is awesome

I've been steadily going off it.

The first season which revolved around teenagers knowing fuck all about sex due to painfully deficient sex ed in schools was genuinely warm and funny with dialogue that felt authentic for the characters.

Season 2 felt increasingly like a series of badly written PSAs and the will they won't they with Maeve and Otis wasn't well done. The finale of the alien sex musical was absurd, they tried to act like the headmaster was awful for wanting to suppress it. Even the most progressive schools would baulk at putting on such a production.

Season 3 fell further into the deficiencies of 2. A particular low point was the conclusion of the Otis and Ruby storyline, very abrupt and under-written. The pantomime baddie new headmistresses was an awfully designed character. Ironically so given that they actually did a bang up job of adding extra dimensions to the previously 2D former headmaster. His son was one of the only other characters to get a worthwhile arc too.

2 and 3 have been pretty light on laughs as well.

I won't bother with the next one.

[Yr Alban]

Just discovered Endeavour about young Detective Morse. I'm enjoying it.

Endeavour is brilliant. The character arcs over the various series are excellent in the way they evolve slowly until you suddenly realise the character has evolved a long, long way without it being really obvious.

I didn’t even realise this was a thing until recently. Haven’t watched any as the early seasons don’t seem to be on iPlayer. Can they be found elsewhere?

[Yr Alban]

Currently just done series 3 of Sex Education and have started series 3 of Brassic which in bonkers

Sex education is awesome

I've been steadily going off it.

The first season which revolved around teenagers knowing fuck all about sex due to painfully deficient sex ed in schools was genuinely warm and funny with dialogue that felt authentic for the characters.

Season 2 felt increasingly like a series of badly written PSAs and the will they won't they with Maeve and Otis wasn't well done. The finale of the alien sex musical was absurd, they tried to act like the headmaster was awful for wanting to suppress it. Even the most progressive schools would baulk at putting on such a production.

Season 3 fell further into the deficiencies of 2. A particular low point was the conclusion of the Otis and Ruby storyline, very abrupt and under-written. The pantomime baddie new headmistresses was an awfully designed character. Ironically so given that they actually did a bang up job of adding extra dimensions to the previously 2D former headmaster. His son was one of the only other characters to get a worthwhile arc too.

2 and 3 have been pretty light on laughs as well.

I won't bother with the next one.

Currently half way through S3. Would have to agree it isn’t as good as it used to be. S1 was great, S2 was OK, S3 is a bit flat so far.

[Grandpa]

Didn’t see the release time but Bateman said that they are filming until mid October, so beginning 2022 ?

I hope they can keep themselves alive till then!

In 3 months we’ll see if anyone is missing , e1 January 21st.

I bet one of the two kids disappears...

[Dismal Pillock]

So Billions season finale
How does it feel?

Didnt mind the finale, at least something of consequence finally fuckign happened. Plus they werent ladling on the pretentiously obscure identikit pop-culture references every 10 fucking seconds.

The show is chasing its own tail to comical extremes though and needs to be taken out the back and Kevorkianed .

[Ymx]

So Billions season finale
How does it feel?

Didnt mind the finale, at least something of consequence finally fuckign happened. Plus they werent ladling on the pretentiously obscure identikit pop-culture references every 10 fucking seconds.

The show is chasing its own tail to comical extremes though and needs to be taken out the back and Kevorkianed .

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I think a more fitting end would have been if chuck would have died after auto-asphyxiation during prison rape for entrapment.

But either way, the series should have ended. But they feebly wove in this new character out of the blue. And to be the main character.

The ending was dreadful with Chuck walking in declaring war on that chair, ffs!

[fishfoodie]

I've given Foundation 5 episodes; & can now say that it's dog shit on a stick !

I don't know why they bothered paying the estate for rights to the story; to just fucking ignore it; & make a cross between the Borgias, & Waterworld.

[Grandpa]

So Billions season finale
How does it feel?

Didnt mind the finale, at least something of consequence finally fuckign happened. Plus they werent ladling on the pretentiously obscure identikit pop-culture references every 10 fucking seconds.

The show is chasing its own tail to comical extremes though and needs to be taken out the back and Kevorkianed .

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I think a more fitting end would have been if chuck would have died after auto-asphyxiation during prison rape for entrapment.

But either way, the series should have ended. But they feebly wove in this new character out of the blue. And to be the main character.

The ending was dreadful with Chuck walking in declaring war on that chair, ffs!

I prefer your version of the end,... especially for Chuck...

[Dismal Pillock]

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I think a more fitting end would have been if chuck would have died after auto-asphyxiation during prison rape for entrapment.

#chefs_kiss

Maybe with some prison-made ballgags etc. At least he would've died happy.

The devious machinations of Succession are almost getting too much. Women must LOVE this show, all the passive aggressive air-reading required in every supposedly diplomatic yet hatefully simmering conversation between the siblings. The deluded nature of their grandiose entitlement to just "take over from Amazon" despite being clueless, useless spoilt little shitheads is just so well done.

ep 2 Greg, superb how he

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managed to go an entire episode without understanding a single thing anyone said to him.

[fishfoodie]

Valley of Tears starting on More4 tonight; very good so far

[Uncle fester]

Opinions on Squid Game?

Not particularly deep and some of the stuff is pretty telegraphed but a decent watch all the same.

[Jock42]

Really enjoyed it. Didn't think my partner would enjoy but she was hooked after the first episode.

[Gumboot]

I also enjoyed Squid Game. Not sure it warrants another season, though. Much like Killing Eve in that regard. Curb Your Enthusiasm's as good as ever.

[Grandpa]

I also enjoyed Squid Game. Not sure it warrants another season, though. Much like Killing Eve in that regard. Curb Your Enthusiasm's as good as ever.

How can you like all three? I liked two of these... Curb Your Enthusiasm is as bad as Seinfeld... just not funny...

[Gumboot]

I also enjoyed Squid Game. Not sure it warrants another season, though. Much like Killing Eve in that regard. Curb Your Enthusiasm's as good as ever.

How can you like all three? I liked two of these... Curb Your Enthusiasm is as bad as Seinfeld... just not funny...

I like a lot of that CYE, The Office, Peep Show sort of cringe comedy.

[Grandpa]

I also enjoyed Squid Game. Not sure it warrants another season, though. Much like Killing Eve in that regard. Curb Your Enthusiasm's as good as ever.

How can you like all three? I liked two of these... Curb Your Enthusiasm is as bad as Seinfeld... just not funny...

I like a lot of that CYE, The Office, Peep Show sort of cringe comedy.

I like cringe comedy too... all those you mention... just CYE no matter how much I watch, I never find anything funny... wish I knew why,... it's just cringe without the humour... but then I don't find Seinfeld funny either and that was a big show.

Fleabag and Killing Eve I love... and MASH... I loved that...

[Gumboot]

I like cringe comedy too... all those you mention... just CYE no matter how much I watch, I never find anything funny... wish I knew why,... it's just cringe without the humour... but then I don't find Seinfeld funny either and that was a big show.

Fleabag and Killing Eve I love... and MASH... I loved that...

Fleabag was great...and importantly, it knew when to stop.

Wish I'd quit watching Killing Eve after season 1.

[Grandpa]

I like cringe comedy too... all those you mention... just CYE no matter how much I watch, I never find anything funny... wish I knew why,... it's just cringe without the humour... but then I don't find Seinfeld funny either and that was a big show.

Fleabag and Killing Eve I love... and MASH... I loved that...

Fleabag was great...and importantly, it knew when to stop.

Wish I'd quit watching Killing Eve after season 1.

Yeah season two of Killing Eve dragged on a bit...

[ScarfaceClaw]

How can you like all three? I liked two of these... Curb Your Enthusiasm is as bad as Seinfeld... just not funny...

I like a lot of that CYE, The Office, Peep Show sort of cringe comedy.

I like cringe comedy too... all those you mention... just CYE no matter how much I watch, I never find anything funny... wish I knew why,... it's just cringe without the humour... but then I don't find Seinfeld funny either and that was a big show.

Fleabag and Killing Eve I love... and MASH... I loved that... :lol:

I don’t get CYE either. I’ve watched half of an episode and have no interest in watching any more.

[Ymx]

Squid game.

At first I hated it until I moved to native language with English subtitles. It was entertaining.

But to be honest it was a bit of a load of bollocks, wafer thin characters, and it really shat the bed at the end.

[Tichtheid]

Because we got Prime for the AIs we watched Nine Perfect Strangers - Nicole Kidman is a Russian former CEO who runs a retreat to "cure" people of modern life stresses and particularly damaged people are her speciality.

It's light, funny in parts and filmed in a beautiful location (Byron Bay as California) but has enough weight to keep the interest going.

We enjoyed it.

[robmatic]

Because we got Prime for the AIs we watched Nine Perfect Strangers - Nicole Kidman is a Russian former CEO who runs a retreat to "cure" people of modern life stresses and particularly damaged people are her speciality.

It's light, funny in parts and filmed in a beautiful location (Byron Bay as California) but has enough weight to keep the interest going.

We enjoyed it.

My missus is watching that, looks a really strong cast.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Am currently midway through season 5 of the wire. McNulty has turned into (more of) an alcoholic douche bag, Bunk is a bit part and Lester’s role seems massively off what he started as. Nowhere near as strong as the other seasons.

[NeilOJism]

Would it be terribly infra dig to recommend a little gem from the wireless...?

Those of you familiar with Radio 4’s 18:30, er, ‘comedy’ slot will know it is largely a miss and really miss affair. The News Quiz used to be a giggle under Toksvig and then Jupp, but in its current incarnation it is vying with The Now Show for the title of unfunniest pile of sub-VIth Form ‘satirical’ shite to molest our airwaves.

John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme has, for 8 seasons, been a welcome rare gem in this slot – a sketch show which doesn’t rely either on characters/memes flogged to death, or indeed on painfully woke and agonisingly unfunny point scoring.

The 9th season is something different altogether. Each of the 6 episodes features a series of vignettes from a character’s life. It isn’t particularly funny and, at first, doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense. But if you give it a go and listen to each of the 6 episodes in order (and without too much delay between each: this defo rewards a binge) something quite wonderful emerges.

Not sure how to classify this, as it’s not really comedy. It is, however, utterly unique and in my view a rare work of genius. If Tarantino, Altman and PT Anderson had a (genetically unlikely) very British, self-deprecating love child, and he was forced to work in radio, he’d come up with something like this.

Easily the most creative radio programme I've ever heard - and I'm a huge Blue Jam fan, so my bar is pretty ferkin high...

Give it a go – if you’re not hooked by the 3rd episode I’ll eat my hat, and it’s one of those f@ck-off hairy Russian numbers, so this is no idle promise…

[assfly]

Opinions on Squid Game?

Not particularly deep and some of the stuff is pretty telegraphed but a decent watch all the same.

Almost finished with it. It's very different to the usual stuff on TV these days, so for that reason alone I am enjoying it.

Quite interesting as a social experiment.

[Uncle fester]

Am currently midway through season 5 of the wire. McNulty has turned into (more of) an alcoholic douche bag, Bunk is a bit part and Lester’s role seems massively off what he started as. Nowhere near as strong as the other seasons.

It's not as strong as previous seasons but stick with it till the end. The ending montage redeems a lot of it.

[Tichtheid]

Am currently midway through season 5 of the wire. McNulty has turned into (more of) an alcoholic douche bag, Bunk is a bit part and Lester’s role seems massively off what he started as. Nowhere near as strong as the other seasons.

It's not as strong as previous seasons but stick with it till the end. The ending montage redeems a lot of it.

I quite liked the last series, it was suitably bleak and the the gangsters even more ruthless and cold-blooded - it was the way the arc was going anyway. The newsroom is apparently realistic.

It's not perfect, but I still thought it was good

[Ymx]

Narcos Mexico has a new season. I think I liked it but was a long time ago. Might re watch a bit.

[Sandstorm]

Dexter: New Blood

He’s back after a decade and the new series is ace!

[Grandpa]

I'm three episodes into Succession. Does it get any better? So far it's pretty annoying...

[Sandstorm]

Dexter: New Blood

He’s back after a decade and the new series is ace!

Been a fan since the beginning, he hasn’t changed that much since the last season … 2013 beside the shirts and Harrison the Dexter feeling is the same.
I think they made it a bit too obvious who was going to be his first victim.

It’s always been obvious. Dexter is a slow burn without twists. You always know what you’re getting. Mostly.

[Gumboot]

I'm three episodes into Succession. Does it get any better? So far it's pretty annoying...

Think that's about when I dumped it... No idea what all the hype was for tbh.

[Ymx]

I'm three episodes into Succession. Does it get any better? So far it's pretty annoying...

Think that's about when I dumped it... No idea what all the hype was for tbh.

I loved it. The whole hideousness of the family and nepotism. The extremely entitled kids. The corporate politics. The fear Logan generates is brilliant. It all seems nearly credible.

The whole cousin Greg and Tom thing is also excellent.

[CM11]

John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme has, for 8 seasons, been a welcome rare gem in this slot – a sketch show which doesn’t rely either on characters/memes flogged to death, or indeed on painfully woke and agonisingly unfunny point scoring.

Thanks for pointing me towards this. I've always liked him on The Unbelievable Truth. It's good fun alright.

[Grandpa]

I'm three episodes into Succession. Does it get any better? So far it's pretty annoying...

Think that's about when I dumped it... No idea what all the hype was for tbh.

I loved it. The whole hideousness of the family and nepotism. The extremely entitled kids. The corporate politics. The fear Logan generates is brilliant. It all seems nearly credible.

The whole cousin Greg and Tom thing is also excellent.

Too many annoying characters.. I think only the father (Brian Cox) and his daughter stopped me from binning it earlier...