I need a new TV series to get into (old or new) v2

[Jbo]

The bear was fantastic TV. Watched the entire season in two sittings.

Starting 1883 now, before 1923

[FanIn80]

Just finished season 3 of Jack Ryan and it was much, much better than season 2.

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by jayswin

I was probaby a little too tipsy on my rant in the gear grinding thread last night after Christmas dinner, lol. But my sentiment hasn't changed. I really loved season one and was super excited for season two, but unfortunately that spoiler by DowninFlames in this thread kind of ruined the whole season for me. It's sooooo depressing as I don't get into a lot of shows.

As Jimmy Kimmel put it "it's a show where you know someone died and then the premise is to figure out who died and who killed them, and it's crazy cause you think it could be anyone!". Well take that away and the show is kind of ruined.

Spoiler!

Once I knew who was dying I went from innocent watching to "okay, what's going to happen to her" watching. But as anyone knows when watching a show, it's all about the unknowing and anticipation of what could happen, what might the big plot twist ben etc.

With all that gone it was a totally different feel and sucked the life out of the anticipation and unknowing. To find out that her dying and the plot to kill her was literally the main premise and finale of the whole season just made that spoiler even more catastrophic.

It was like, dude I can’t believe at the end of Empire Strikes Back you find out that Luke Skywalker’s father is Darth

Spoiler!

Vader

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack

It was like, dude I can’t believe at the end of Empire Strikes Back you find out that Luke Skywalker’s father is Darth

Spoiler!

Vader

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

Just finished season 3 of Jack Ryan and it was much, much better than season 2.

Liked it a lot as well

Making it more of an ensemble with Greer and mike was a smart move

I googled about season 4 and was surprised to see Krasinski said they filmed season 4 already, back to back with season 3

So hopefully not too long of a wait

Sloe horses on apple did the same thing and aired twice in the same year

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack

It was like, dude I can’t believe at the end of Empire Strikes Back you find out that Luke Skywalker’s father is Darth

Spoiler!

Vader

Yep, pretty much haha. Oh well, hopefully they make a season 3.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack

It was like, dude I can’t believe at the end of Empire Strikes Back you find out that Luke Skywalker’s father is Darth

Spoiler!

Vader

[White Out 403]

there should be a vikings thread

[Locke]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

there should be a vikings thread

What year is this??

[White Out 403]

Originally Posted by Locke

What year is this??

I'm catching up. Is it over? I have no idea what year it came out I dont want to google anythign about it. Outside of what I already know from ck3 and history lol/

[White Out 403]

my god these vikigns are ####ing savages

[accord1999]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

I'm catching up. Is it over? I have no idea what year it came out I dont want to google anythign about it. Outside of what I already know from ck3 and history lol/

The series ended in early 2020 after 6 seasons. But I agree with trying to be spoiler-free for at least the first couple of seasons. A lot of unique episodes and some of the best small-scale battles I've seen on TV.

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

there should be a vikings thread

There is one.

But if you’re avoiding spoilers, don’t visit it. It’s a great show. Meanders a bit at the end but still satisfying.

[bdubbs]

Originally Posted by KTrain

There is one.

But if you’re avoiding spoilers, don’t visit it. It’s a great show. Meanders a bit at the end but still satisfying.

Agreed! A lot of people I know stopped watching after a certain character's fate but I kept on and enjoyed it.

[D as in David]

As long as Lagertha is around, it's worth watching.

[Zulu29]

Anyone watch Tulsa King yet? I’m totally hooked! My new favourite show for sure.

[OutOfTheCube]

We're halfway through 'The Recruit' on Netflix and enjoying it. Very brisk pacing and good performances, good action every episode. Kind of one of those "the main character is kind of a POS but every other character is really a POS so you end up rooting for him" types.

[Swift]

Originally Posted by Flabbibulin

Ok so Willow is out of this world bad... probably the worst show I've encountered in 2022. And it is 85% on RT by critics- although the audience seems to agree on its awfulness.

Not watching Willow, but I think I'm watching my worst show of 2022 at the moment - National Treasure: Edge of History. I'm a sucker for the original movies. Absolutely goofy of course but I love a good secret history story. This show though is awful. In the episode I watched last night, the group of YA CW type protagonists linked the ancient Mayan/Incan/Aztec treasure they're hunting to Elvis and then broke into Graceland to steal a vinyl record in which he had recorded a secret backwards message about the treasure. WTF?

And of course, every clue is immediately solved in seconds by these idiots. ("Sun King? But Louis XIV had no dealings in South America. Who else is a king? LeBron? No, Elvis, and he was signed to Sun records! And did you know that there's supposedly a secret room built under Graceland?") That kind of thing is easy to overlook when it's crazy Nicolas Cage doing it. Here, the group are annoying morons though. Ok, the lead character is a nice, likeable easy on the eyes person. The others include a sassy black chick constantly spouting quips about mansplaining, patriarchy, gender stereotypes etc, and a blithering idiot who when someone mentions a spy, says "Oh like Brian from Fast and the Furious!" It's material written for 13 year old tiktok users. The other two members of the group are just bland, blocks of wood.

I was only really watching in the hope that Cage might show up at some point (Keitel and Bartha have) but I almost died when I looked up how many episodes there are of this and realised I've got 7 more to go (family viewing, so I'm kind of committed now)

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

We're halfway through 'The Recruit' on Netflix and enjoying it. Very brisk pacing and good performances, good action every episode. Kind of one of those "the main character is kind of a POS but every other character is really a POS so you end up rooting for him" types.

Thought I might check that one out. Treason looks interesting too.

[Locke]

Need a show to get into?

Slow Horses.

Just finished season 2.