Foyle's War. A British drama about a detective in England during World War 2.
Excellent acting, and the period backdrop is very well-written. Gives you a bit of a sense of what it was like to live during that period.
I recommend “Severance” on AppleTV. Also recommend “Shining Girls”. AppleTV is free this weekend.
Modern Family slaps so hard
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The mick
I've been doing Doom Patrol lately, switching between it and What we do in the Shadows.
I can recommend them both with the caveat that I'm not very far into either.
I loved doom patrol. I'm sad there's no more.
Seconding From. Son of a bitch, the next season is WHEN??!? 2026?
Season 2 of Shrinking has been a very emotional ride, but has a good mix of comedy & drama, while addressing some difficult topics.
Sopranos is a classic. Depends if you like long character development.
Severance is a great dystopian show about people essentially hating to work. Season 2 should be out shortly.
SAS is an expensive BBC production following the formation of the SAS during WWII. Has a Band of Brothers type feel to it, with a British twist. They're all madmen. Cinematography is amazing, and the history, while dramatized, is still impressive. It's based on the book of the same name by Ben McIntyre (non-fiction).
Arcane
I just watched the pilot episode of "Servant" and it looks promising. M. Night Shyamalan.
Frazer Cain recommended Dr. Stone, an anime series that features the scientific method prominently in a scenario about rebuilding civilization. I haven't watched it though. I don't agree to the Netflix terms of service with stalkerware and exploitation.
Dr Stone
The scientific method for the various inventions are shown quite well. But that's it. The character art is strange, the main characters are all unlikeable/arrogant tyrants, the storyline is barely coherent. It really seems like the hastily put together premise is just there to enable one character to demonstrate his skill.
Plenty of anime's out there where the world revolves around a single person, but they usually make an effort with their other characters. I dont feel that's the case here.
If you're into something different, a weird Canadian comedy kind of thing: Shoresy It's different, and I like different.
Landman would be good if it weren't pushing so much fucking propaganda.
My kids love Gravity Falls, which as an adult I still love.
Someone else mentioned Silo, I agree.
My wife loves Great British Bakeoff. It's an easy background show.
I also enjoyed Bad Monkey. It's kind of a B- show, but easy to watch.
Shortesy is a spin off of Letterkenny. Great show, so long as you’re comfortable with some blue comedy.
The Traitors has just started in the UK. It's essentially a game of Werewolf with tasks.
The first season of this was good, they used regular people. You cared if they lived or died.
The second season is full of your typical big brother wannabe narcissists. You don't care if they die, you just care which ones die first.
It's watcheable. There's also a weird obsession by the production to play shitty emo covers of popular pop songs in tense moments. Baffling choice, but I guess originality is too hard
Marvelous Miss Maisle is solid from om beginning to end. Not a minute, scene or note is wasted. The writers know how to pack every scene with as much energy and storytelling as possible. Just perfect.
Person of Interest.
And becoming incredibly relevant.
You can almost tell when the Snowden revelation dropped because the story becomes cartoonish.
Like the writers felt the need to outdo reality. Like you say, perhaps the show will be superseded by reality once more.
Landman.
I'm usually not crazy about BBT, but in this case, he really carries the show IMHO.
One Hundred Years of Solitude available in Netflix https://m.filmaffinity.com/en/film463641.html
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