Let's have a TV shows thread.

[BKLFox]

The Diplomat on Netflix is pony 

[Unabomber]

On 29/04/2023 at 23:38, Tommy G said:

Watched about 10 episodes on a flight and I’m hooked. Superb stuff 

Not a classic like the uk office but it’s very very good and an easy watch. From season 3 it gets really good.

[Tommy G]

2 hours ago, Unabomber said:

Not a classic like the uk office but it’s very very good and an easy watch. From season 3 it gets really good.

Looking forward to it Una - not sure why it took me so long to tuck in 

[Daggers]

6 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

I'd watch a few taster episodes to see if it's your thing or not, then start from the beginning. I'd personally recommend:

 

Season 7 Episode 1 - Frank's Pretty Woman

Season 6 Episode 3 - The Gang Buys A Boat

Season 9 Episode 3 - The Gang Tries Desperately To Win An Award

Season 5 Episode 12 - The Gang Reignites The Rivalry

Season 7 Episode 9 - The Gang Gets Trapped

 

Everyone will have their favourites but the above five are a good way to introduce you to the characters, their flaws, their awful behaviour, their ridiculous schemes and the utterly hilarious nature of the show. 

And what would you say to someone who tried some episodes from series one and found them to veer from painful to monotonously dull and so gave up bothering with anything else?

[Tuna]

3 hours ago, BKLFox said:

The Diplomat on Netflix is pony 

Watched the first 10 minutes of the first episode and turned it off, boring.

[ozleicester]

13 hours ago, BKLFox said:

The Diplomat on Netflix is pony 

Im not sure what that means... is pony good or bad... on the beach at Balckpool good?.... in a M&S Sandwich bad?

[The Bear]

3 hours ago, ozleicester said:

Im not sure what that means... is pony good or bad... on the beach at Balckpool good?.... in a M&S Sandwich bad?

It's rhyming slang. 

 

Pony & Trap = Crap

[BKLFox]

That drinking trial lastnight between Joe Swash & Dean Gaffney was 1 of the funniest things i have watched on tv in years, #sick fountain comedy gold.
 

[Parafox]

On 03/05/2023 at 03:38, ozleicester said:

I keep thinking about starting, but there are so many season now.. i wonder if its all too late and the early seasons will be so dated that i wont get it.

Seems to me that you can start maybe a couple of seasons back and the comedic references will be current now. IDK. I never knew about this series until now but, looking at the trailers it seems it'll be good  and I'll start watching from 2 seasons ago.

 

It's a bit like Fawlty Towers or Only fools... each episode is a follow on but at the same time, newly funny. Down to the writing.

[Countryfox]

Malpractice ..  on now but I’ve done the lot on ITV X  ..  great stuff ..  great cast .. well acted ..  and a gripping tale.  @Raj ..  just as good as Blue Lights ..  highly recommended. 

[Raj]

31 minutes ago, Countryfox said:

Malpractice ..  on now but I’ve done the lot on ITV X  ..  great stuff ..  great cast .. well acted ..  and a gripping tale.  @Raj ..  just as good as Blue Lights ..  highly recommended. 

Thanks pal.

Will check.it out next.

[lcfc old boy]

currently watching From was wondering if anybody else has watched, on episode 5 at the moment finding it very good

[marbles]

1 hour ago, lcfc old boy said:

currently watching From was wondering if anybody else has watched, on episode 5 at the moment finding it very good

Enjoyed the first season.

Waiting for the second to finish before I binge it

[Finnegan]

On 03/05/2023 at 15:52, urban.spaceman said:

I'd watch a few taster episodes to see if it's your thing or not, then start from the beginning. I'd personally recommend:

 

Season 7 Episode 1 - Frank's Pretty Woman

Season 6 Episode 3 - The Gang Buys A Boat

Season 9 Episode 3 - The Gang Tries Desperately To Win An Award

Season 5 Episode 12 - The Gang Reignites The Rivalry

Season 7 Episode 9 - The Gang Gets Trapped

 

Everyone will have their favourites but the above five are a good way to introduce you to the characters, their flaws, their awful behaviour, their ridiculous schemes and the utterly hilarious nature of the show. 

 

IMO some of these, especially Win An Award, hit harder because you've actually watched some of the background to begin with.

 

Honestly @ozleicesterI'd just start at the beginning. I think it's better. I think when you've watched IASIP as many times as some of us have it's probably easy to underestimate the value of watching them roughly in sequence. Because it's not REALLY a continuous story we look back at particular episodes and we think they'll be great in isolation and recommend them but a lot of the gags work because of seasons of slowly building up the dynamics between the gang.

 

I wouldn't personally say any of it is that dated. America moves so slowly that a lot of what they were riffing about back then is still relevant, if not more so. As an example, the first two episodes are about racism and abortion so

 

It definitely gets better from season 2 onwards but S1 is still good. I mean it'll only take a couple hours viewing anyway, you'll find you've watched all 15 pretty fvcking quickly honestly it's ridiculously easy to watch.

[Finnegan]

On 03/05/2023 at 22:14, Daggers said:

And what would you say to someone who tried some episodes from series one and found them to veer from painful to monotonously dull and so gave up bothering with anything else?

 

Stick with it honestly. S1 is really rough and they're very much finding their way. It gets a lot smarter as the seasons go on and you watch them grow and learn as show-runners. I probably watched, quit, re-watched, quit and re-watched the first couple of episodes of S1 three or four times over the course of a couple of years because people I trusted kept recommending it to me and I kept trying it and thinking it was shit.

 

Now I'd say it's up there with Archer as one of my most-watched shows of all time. I've rewatched both of them about a million times when I want something on in the background and I think they're pretty much two of the funniest shows to ever come out of the States.

[Parafox]

On 30/04/2023 at 14:49, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Totally agree, made the mistake first time around of starting with the Netflix series 1 when instead I needed to start with Top Boy Summerhouse. 

The new series is for all intense and purposes series 5, not 3, the first 2 series had more or less the same cast and were just as good, giving the viewer to see how Deshane ane Sulley started their life as drug dealers.

So anyone who’s not watched Top Boy yet, start with Top Boy Summerhouse and not Top Boy season 1. 
 

I hope this makes sense 😂 

 

On 30/04/2023 at 18:53, Parafox said:

 

Sounds good.

 

I'll give this a go after Antiques Roadshow. 

 

I started watching this (not after Antiques Roadshow BTW). I found the patois dialogue quite hard to follow. I started from season 1 and got a bit fed up trying to make sense of it as it switched rapidly between characters and location and timelines. 

 

I'll give it another go but from Summerhouse.

[Daggers]

Netflix: Wanted

 

Australian excellence. On Episode 3 and it’s been fantastic. Superbly scripted, brilliantly acted, sublime humour juxtaposed against the plot. 
 

It could go all tits up like some Netflix series do - but it’s been blinding so far. 

[Daggers]

15 hours ago, Daggers said:

Netflix: Wanted

 

Australian excellence. On Episode 3 and it’s been fantastic. Superbly scripted, brilliantly acted, sublime humour juxtaposed against the plot. 
 

It could go all tits up like some Netflix series do - but it’s been blinding so far. 

Ignore this. Season 2 has gone all Prison Break levels of shit. 

[FoyleFox]

You were all right about The Diplomat. Watched over the last 2 evenings. It wasn't remarkable. 

Have Blue Lights and a few others mentioned still stacked up, hope these are as good as you're saying. 

[grth2004]

11 hours ago, FoyleFox said:

You were all right about The Diplomat. Watched over the last 2 evenings. It wasn't remarkable. 

Have Blue Lights and a few others mentioned still stacked up, hope these are as good as you're saying. 

Finished Blue Lights today, started off thinking it was run of the mill but ended up being great , learned a lot about N. Ireland but it also had great characters I want to see again. 

[RumbleFox]

On 03/05/2023 at 19:04, BKLFox said:

The Diplomat on Netflix is pony 

No idea if pony is good or bad. 

[BKLFox]

1 hour ago, RumbleFox said:

No idea if pony is good or bad. 

Bad 

[Bordersfox]

Apologies if this has been posted before on here but Blackbird on Apple TV is really very good.  

[Raj]

On 07/05/2023 at 21:42, Countryfox said:

Malpractice ..  on now but I’ve done the lot on ITV X  ..  great stuff ..  great cast .. well acted ..  and a gripping tale.  @Raj ..  just as good as Blue Lights ..  highly recommended. 

Echo the above recommendation from mr countryfox.

Very good.

 

Now need another crime thriller please...

[rico]

5 hours ago, Raj said:

Echo the above recommendation from mr countryfox.

Very good.

 

Now need another crime thriller please...

Steeltown Murders on BBC1 looks decent