What TV/Netflix show are you currently watching? (Megathread)

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Watched the first four episodes of Poker Face.  Very fun murder mystery show in the vein of Columbo.  Helps that I love Natasha Lyonne.

Don't know if there will be a better episode of television this year than The Last of Us episode 3.

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Don't know if there will be a better episode of television this year than The Last of Us episode 3.

It might be one of my favorite episodes of TV that I've every watched. Spectacular.

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Don't know if there will be a better episode of television this year than The Last of Us episode 3.

It might be one of my favorite episodes of TV that I've every watched. Spectacular.

I hesitate to say this just because of potential recency bias, and because I watch a lot of TV, but it really was so, so great.

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Finished Episode 1 of TLOU. It's the second coming, it's digital poetry, it's a felt tip pen scratching accross papyrus to give us independence from tyranny but in media form. It's velvet. I didn't expect in a million years it would follow the game so closely. Most game spinoffs go their own direction. Alter the plot. It borders on a live action version of the game itself. So far anyway. The dialogue. Pretty blown away. It's a ode to gamers with depth to keep non gamers involved. At first I was unsure about the Ellie casting but she nails the angst, sass and vibe of Ellie. Sarah was a gem. She gold the depravity of the early moments of apocalypse. Loving this.

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Paul T. Goldman is a fascinating project that is part documentary, part failed TV pilot, all based on the supposed real life of the titular Goldman.  It has tinges of Nathan Fielder's work (the director did a few episodes of Nathan for You) alongside a darkly comic and vaguely sinister true crime doc, like Tickled.

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Ep 3 of TLOU is harrowing, it's so infectiously pretty in ways an apocolypse has no right to be. The love story unraveling on screen, the ambiance, the pacing. The pure power. Offerman ia a poised actor beyond what he is given credit for. Druckman yet again showing why love is love. It is a flower in a desolate land of rotting walker flesh. Homosexuality in zombie films was so sparse before, you'd almost believe the diseases were eliminating of the ability to be homosexual. Having a man who has been alone for years find purpose in the solace of another. Gender becomes irrelevant. Plot takes the wheel. And you just be. The show just rolls like a Nascar tire made of velvet. In a zombie setting. You would find societal psuedo religious constructs dwindle, bonds would form within smaller intergender dominated groups. Horror erases stigma. Pain unites. Love encompasses. People wouod accept themselves. It was awesomely written. I know many are angered by it. But honestly homophobia isn't my cup of lipton. TLOU 2 now this. Druckman knows how to tell love with no fear of fitting boundaries and anyone it offends are worth losing. Congrats and massive chefs kiss.  The romanticism of it all. The speed but also depth. I am wow'd. 100/100

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All Of Us Are Dead - Finally finished this, did it in two large chunks.  I still think South Korean media does some of the best zombies out there.  I don't know if this comes from Train of Busan specifically (I don't know about South Korean zombie media before that), but the zombies are fucked up when a person transforms into one.  Where in Walking Dead the virus you can sorta imagine casually lifting the corpse and putting it back to work, but in this show, it's like the virus is trying to capture the body, control it, so it contorts and there's bone and joints snapping and cracking, it's gross and intense and it never once stops feeling that way.  It's always unsettling and definitely a South Korean zombie trademark.

The show itself is very decent, it's fairly messed up, like some horrid stuff happens to these kids and people, but it almost borders on being a little too depressing, like the tragic story stuff almost feels too forced to draw out a sad reaction at points.  It doesn't ruin anything, but maybe it could've been written better or even not need.  It also doesn't help that the bouts of humor and levity to try and perk things up come off very clunky too in a show like this.  I also think the show would be better if it was cut down like an episode to kinda quicken up the pacing a tad, I'm sure at least two of these episodes could've been condensed down to one as I was starting to skim through the character moments of kids talking about stuff.

As a zombie show, it's really good, there is always an abundance of zombies, there's never a situation where the zombies are not plentiful and therefore a threat, especially as they are all fast and aggressive.  It's also not a gorefest, I don't mind gore in a zombie flick, but it's definitely on the lighter side, plenty of blood, biting, violence for sure, but it's rarely gratuitous like some other zombie media can be where it's like the gore is the focus more than the story or characters.

If you are into zombie media, I do recommend this.  Train to Busan, Kingdom, and this are all great South Korean zombie media.  And to make note, if you watch Train to Busan, do not watch Peninsula.  It's a super garbage and very embarrassing sequel to Busan lol

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Velma - It's not nearly as awful as all the review aggregates would have you believe.  I laughed out loud at least once per episode, but it's incredibly scattershot and often too mean-spirited.   Also, there was no reason for it to be Scooby-Doo characters.

Murder, She Wrote - So I made it to the second intended ending of the show at Season 7, and through the last of the bookend episodes (which were way better this season).  Only 5 more seasons to go!

Poker Face had a very solid first season.  Sometimes not quite as clever as it tried to be, but solid direction across the board and killer (puns!) guest stars every week.

The Last of Us is far and away the best live action video game adaptation, but aside from one or two episodes it is missing the emotional core of the game.  It is a faithful adaptation of nearly all of the cutscenes but without the gameplay sections the pacing feels very choppy and Joel and Ellie's relationship isn't as developed.

M.O.D.O.K. - This was fine.  The doofy supervillain stuff is generally solid, but the family drama didn't work all that well.

The first two seasons of Line of Duty are a pretty brilliant crime procedural.  Best one I've seen in a while.  Eager to watch the remaining seasons.

Cunk on Earth - Well this was just funny as hell, and just the right length to not wear out its welcome.