The thing with Banshee is (and I love Banshee), if you don't love it in the first 5 minutes, you won't like it all. The entire tone is set up in those first few minutes and the rest of the show does not deviate from it.
The thing with Banshee is (and I love Banshee), if you don't love it in the first 5 minutes, you won't like it all. The entire tone is set up in those first few minutes and the rest of the show does not deviate from it.
I guess I'm one of the lucky ones then, because I love it.
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If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
I guess I'm one of the lucky ones then, because I love it.
Oh it's such a great show. Job, the Amish crime lord, the fight between Burton and Nola, they way Hood just goes nuts on everyone and everything, that random episode where he gets kidnapped by a guy who is driven around in a tractor-trailer, Chayton Littlestone... so much awesomeness.
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Finished Presumed Innocent. It was very well paced, well acted and very suspenseful.
But
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The swerve from the ending in the book/movie was telegraphed and rather disappointing IMO. Certainly didn't have the same shock value as the first time around.
And they're making another season? I guess there are some unused characters from the book like Sandy Stern so maybe they go that direction. Turow kind of has his own little universe.
Really enjoyed it until the end. As I said, I am not familiar with the book or the film, but this ending was disappointing and not believable.
If you haven’t watched it, check out Still Standing for a fascinating look at Canadiana. Jonny Harris also stars in Murdoch Mysteries (another great Canadian show; check it out) where he’s my favourite character. Jonny is a comedian who travels to small Canadian towns that are struggling. He interviews residents, sees the sights and gets to know the town, the people their uniqueness and their struggles.
We’re in season 1 where he’s been to Coleman, Alberta, and Lytton, B.C., which was later wiped out in a wild fire. I see that in a few seasons he’ll visit Dawson City, Yukon. We were there recently and I imagine he’ll sample the famous sour-toe cocktail. (I’m one of the 115,000 club members.)
Jonny puts together a stand-up comedy show for the locals. I won’t give it away but I love how he ends each show with the same theme. Solid 9/10.
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I have never heard of this programme and have now watched the Coleman episode, because we regularly visited Coleman back in the late 70s because my parents had good friends there.
I watched that episode of Still Standing, thinking it would be a one and done viewing, just to see what Coleman is like now (or relatively recently). But that programme was so good, so well done, that I want to watch more - ant there are nine full seasons!?!?!?
Thank-you!!!!!!!!
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I have never heard of this programme and have now watched the Coleman episode, because we regularly visited Coleman back in the late 70s because my parents had good friends there.
I watched that episode of Still Standing, thinking it would be a one and done viewing, just to see what Coleman is like now (or relatively recently). But that programme was so good, so well done, that I want to watch more - ant there are nine full seasons!?!?!?
Thank-you!!!!!!!!
It’s one of our very favourite things on TV and there are nine seasons. I’ve scanned the upcoming topics and have to resist the urge to skip ahead to ones I’m most interested in, such as Churchill, Fort McMurray, Dawson City, Lac La Biche. Vulcan, Gander, Slave Lake and Okanagan Falls. Not that it’d matter if we did as you don’t have to watch them in order. Jonny Harris is a gem.
I'm nearing the end of my rewatch of Battlestar Galactica. I know the ending was pretty controversial and unsatisfying to many...but man, the filler episodes towards the last half of S3 and in S4 are what really drag it down.
You've got some momentum with four of the final five revealed, a Cylin civil war, resolution to the search for Earth. Big arcs, big stories.
But instead of keeping that momentum, we get all these sudetracks. Boxing tournament...in space! Black market...in space! Religious cults...in space! Courtroom drama...in space! Politics 101...in space! I'm surprised there wasn't an entire wedding episode or three, instead of simply marriages being announced or occurring off screen.
I've decided that when you see Richard Hatch's name in the credits, you know you're in for a tedious snooze fest
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In Season 2 of FX’s The Old Man, former CIA agent “Dan Chase” (Jeff Bridges) and former FBI Assistant Director “Harold Harper” (John Lithgow) set off on their most important mission to date -- to recover “Emily Chase” (Alia Shawkat) after she is kidnapped by “Faraz Hamzad” (Navid Negahban), a powerful Afghan tribal leader. With all three men claiming her as their daughter, Emily finds herself in an identity crisis that has dire implications.
As Chase and Harper fight their way to get to Emily, Hamzad is forced to make decisions that could endanger his family and the village he has led faithfully for a lifetime. “Khadija” (Jacqueline Antaramian), Hamzad’s sister and trusted advisor, is concerned about the path her brother has taken and what it will cost them. As the stakes get higher and more secrets are uncovered, “Zoe McDonald” (Amy Brenneman) makes surprising moves after having been drawn into a new world by Chase. Meanwhile, “Julian Carson” (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is disillusioned by his former role and finds himself at a crossroads with a path he hadn’t imagined for himself.
FX’s The Old Man is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry. Teleplay and created for television by Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robert Levine, The Old Man is executive produced by Steinberg, Dan Shotz, Warren Littlefield, Levine, Bridges, David Schiff, Craig Silverstein and Jon Watts. The series is produced by 20th Television in association with The Littlefield Company.
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Watched the first episode of Bad Monkey last night and enjoyed it quite a bit. I think I'll be keeping up with this one for sure, along with Presumed Innocent.
