TV Programmes You'd Recommend To A Friend [Archive] - Page 15

DannyInvincible

26/03/2013, 8:44 AM

In true Lost fashion they had a potential corker of a story but when they got renewed they realised "shoite, we have to stretch this out for next season and beyond". Season two is just mental and ruins it in imo.

I've given the first few episodes a watch just to see and I see what you're saying. I've watched up to episode four, which does end on an interesting note, but I've found the plot just getting a tad silly. I feel guilty for going against your advice now! :p

Episode three was the worst of the entire series so far; a full episode of filler obviously designed to increase tension and suspense, but it just had me laughing the more ridiculous it got. I couldn't take it seriously at all. It was especially annoying after the episode two bombshell I'd naturally expected to be advanced in the following episode, but there was no mention of it at all until the final three minutes when Saul, just off the plane, showed up at Carrie's door.

DannyInvincible

29/03/2013, 1:50 PM

Watched a few more episodes of the second season of 'Homeland' after sticking with it and thought it improved after its initial spiral into madness. Decided to let my incredulity slide and particularly enjoyed episode ten for its chock-a-block action and drama, especially those final scenes involving Brody and Walden. Brody's revelation felt somewhat satisfying. The moral debate between Carrie and Nazir felt a bit clich�d, mind, if not verging on the comical, despite its philosophical pretences. Just have the season final� to go now, which I'll probably watch this afternoon at some point.

Edit to add: The season final�; absolutely ludicrous. :bulgy:

Macy

03/04/2013, 8:13 AM

I'm a bit behind the times with this one, but really enjoying Justified. Half way through Season 3, after a couple of weeks, and I believe that season 4 is just finishing up in the US. It's not mind blowing stories or plots, but very very entertaining.

Probably go Sons of Anarchy next, but we tend to wind down the "Box set" watching over the summer.

BonnieShels

04/04/2013, 1:23 AM

BonnieShels

04/04/2013, 1:58 PM

And the news a lot of us (me and Stu have been waiting for) Arrested Development Series 4 is back on May 26 on Netflix!

I just blue myself I'm so excited!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_Development_(season_4)

geysir

11/04/2013, 9:13 PM

I've been watching The Americans, a real walk on the wild side re a drama series. It's about active Soviet spies living in the US, apple pie, married, kids, baseball etc. It's a fascinating story about cold war/politics/spying in the US, surprisingly objective considering the usual mindless propaganda guff presented to an American audience.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2149175/

DannyInvincible

11/04/2013, 10:55 PM

I like the sound of that. I'm going to give it a go. A worthy successor to the first season of 'Homeland' perhaps?

geysir

12/04/2013, 9:47 AM

gustavo

16/04/2013, 11:49 AM

Watched all The Wire there for the first time ,Can see what all the hype is about it. Thoroughly enjoyable and has great rewatch value. Such depth to it too.

Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones are also very good of those that are currently running.

SkStu

16/04/2013, 5:51 PM

anyone watching Vikings?

Im about 3 episodes in and loving it so far.

Lionel Ritchie

16/04/2013, 6:50 PM

Watched the finale of Spartacus: War of the Damned last night. Like a Millwall cup run it was always going to end in a bloodbath.

Overall I thought it was a really enjoyable series once you accepted it's built in limitations. They rushed it to the finish line as well but there's probably only so many ways you can depict a blokes skull being split in half.

geysir

16/04/2013, 7:48 PM

I heard from some who followed Spartacus, they were well 'pleased' by the last episode.

Treme 3 was worth just for the music. I have to check out that soundtrack.
But most of the plots, the Chief, the Cook, the Cop and all their lovers, were already well played out in the earlier series.

I'm at a loose end now, is Broadchurch any good?

DannyInvincible

18/04/2013, 4:30 AM

I didn't watch Homeland at all, can't compare.
If Americans strikes your curiosity, just watch the pilot and you'll get the idea if it's for you.
Real commie spies spend more time in the bed than under the bed :)

The extent of Soviet espionage during the cold war is one fascinating story. There's another story made into film, L'affaire Farewell, set in Moscow about a French diplomat used as an in-between by a disillusioned KGB analyst to get info to the West. It just so happened that there was list of the KGB Line X agent network and a hundred or so of their snitches in high places.
wikipedia -Farewell Dossier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_Dossier)
CIA library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/publications/farewell.htm (https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/96unclass/farewell.htm)

Watched the pilot and am intrigued. Will continue with it. Obviously, the concept is derived in part from the story of the real-life "Americans"; a Russian spy-ring caught operating from within suburban America in 2010: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/29/russian-spies-suburban-america

The pertinent case of Richard (Vladimir) and Cynthia Murphy (Lidiya Guryev), a real-life "couple" who, it would appear, actually had two uninformed children and raised them as a family as part of their guise, is especially disquieting.

Treme 3 was worth just for the music. I have to check out that soundtrack.
But most of the plots, the Chief, the Cook, the Cop and all their lovers, were already well played out in the earlier series.

Treme is another I've been meaning to get round to.

geysir

18/04/2013, 12:27 PM

actually had two uninformed children and raised them as a family as part of their guise, is especially disquieting.

Who can tell what the crafty Russians have planned for the offspring of the Soviet sleeper spies or who can really tell the extent of top secret KGB sleeper networks that can possibly be activated by a mere tweet? as exposed in this 1970's 'prophetic' 'cult classic' Telefon.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Telefon_poster.jpg

BonnieShels

23/04/2013, 11:25 PM

Just started watching the West Wing tonight... What a bloody good show.
rats on missing out on that first time round.

Neish

06/05/2013, 9:31 AM

Person of Interest starts with a double bill on RTE2 tonight at 9pm. Looks decent anybody here seen it?

BonnieShels

08/05/2013, 12:30 AM

After 44 episodes I hit my first two difficult episodes of the West Wing.
Season 3 is not shaping up quite how season 2 did.

Neish

09/05/2013, 11:05 PM

True Blood season 5 starts on TG4 Thursday 16th of may. I think its taking the 11pm slot that breaking bad had as its now on break untill they film the 2nd half of the final season

tetsujin1979

21/05/2013, 10:48 PM

not strictly speaking a TV series, but Strip Search is well worth watching online: http://penny-arcade.com/strip-search/
It's from the makers of the Penny Arcade web strip (and PAX expo, Child's Play charity, etc) trying to find the next big web artist
Basically, it's reality TV for people who hate reality TV shows (like me)

SkStu

22/05/2013, 2:15 AM

The second season of Veep is majestic.

BonnieShels

22/05/2013, 4:14 PM

West Wing is back into its own? Savage watch! Nearly finished Season 3.

Also considering I have made everyone else I know, watch it, anyone else watching Archer?

BonnieShels

22/05/2013, 4:15 PM

The second season of Veep is majestic.

Without torrenting where can I get it? I watched a lot of the first season on planes last summer in your neck of the woods.

Neish

22/05/2013, 9:58 PM

Just finished Season 5 of Sons of Anarchy. Excellent Show

SkStu

23/05/2013, 12:15 AM

Without torrenting where can I get it? I watched a lot of the first season on planes last summer in your neck of the woods.

Not sure tbh Bonnie. I watch it on hbo...

BonnieShels

23/05/2013, 9:44 AM

Not sure tbh Bonnie. I watch it on hbo...

I'll scope with my vpn. :)

Cheers.

Macy

28/05/2013, 1:15 PM

Just finished Season 5 of Sons of Anarchy. Excellent Show
Coming towards the end of Season 2. Getting through them pretty quick as they're short enough, but really good so far.

bluemovie

12/06/2013, 2:17 PM

Really enjoyed the first episode of The Returned on Channel 4 on Sunday night. Just the right level of weirdness.

Spudulika

12/06/2013, 8:47 PM

Watched "Moone Boy" last week when I got back and was sleepless in Strogino. Laughed a lot, liked the main character and just thought it was a lovely little comedy.

Enjoyed the first series of Veep and caught 1 episode of The Americans when I was home, but it's a bit too stereotyped, plus they had a backdrop of the CS Cathedral in Moscow, which, at the time the series is set, was a public swimming pool. Best movie about sleeper agents starred one River Phoenix, Little Nikita.

BonnieShels

13/06/2013, 10:57 PM

Missus and I started watching Community at the weekend. Her pick. Almost done the first season. Very enjoyable, easy to watch comedy fare. Chevy Chase, Ken Jeong and Jim Rash are immense.

If you like that, give Parks and Recreation a look. The first series has only six episodes, and to be honest you can skip them and miss nothing. From the second series on, it's comedy gold.

season 2 is the high point, lot of season 3 is just treading water, although still miles ahead of most things on TV at the moment
Season 4 is about to start in a few weeks, with the show's creator and show runner, Dan Harmon, removed so a lot of the fans are worried about the quality dropping
Really good Q&A with him on Reddit here: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/yne9x/i_am_dan_harmon_creator_of_community_writer_of/?sort=old

Just finished Season 2 here. I thought Chase was the weak link in the first season actually. He's much more fun in Season 2 because he gets to play the villain in a number of episodes.

Pudi and Glover are the finds of the show for me.

and, as the show goes on, anything the Dean says and does is gold

ttttt

BonnieShels

13/06/2013, 11:01 PM

So finally, as anyone who regularly jaunts into the Celeb Totty thread may have realised, I have started Community. It's brilliant.

That Alison Brie is in it makes it better.

That she exists makes the world a glorious place.

I watched the first 10 episodes and they are very good. But after the talk of the Paintball episode back in the yonder of this thread I just had to skip to it. Classic TV. I haven't laughed at something like that in a long time.

nigel-harps1954

14/06/2013, 1:29 PM

Community is an absolutely fantastic show, but you just have to watch the paintball episodes. A lot of the rest doesn't make sense without it.

Beware season 3.

passinginterest

14/06/2013, 1:42 PM

Watched season 5 & 6 of skins over the last couple of weeks. A bit patchy at times but better than the previous generation overall I thought. Season 7 is going to be the last and it goes back to characters from the first two generations, Effy, Cook and Cassie and how their lives have moved on. It's due to start in July and should be worth catching.

Also up to date on Breaking Bad. What a great cliffhanger to leave it on, the last few episodes should be unmissable stuff.

Macy

18/06/2013, 11:00 AM

Into season 4 of Sons of Anarchy. Very good, although the Irish accents were hard work (even from some of the Irish actors!)!

mightaswell

02/07/2013, 1:56 PM

The Walking Dead Season 3 starts on RTE tonight I reccomend it quite highly!

Neish

02/07/2013, 6:14 PM

The new Season of Luther Starts on BBC1 tonight at 9pm

Lionel Ritchie

03/07/2013, 11:33 AM

The Walking Dead Season 3 starts on RTE tonight I reccomend it quite highly!

dammit. missed it

Lev Yashin

03/07/2013, 5:46 PM

dammit. missed it

Tis on the RTE player....

mightaswell

05/07/2013, 12:39 PM

Also many good places online to watch it if you want to follow the show in real-time :)

DannyInvincible

05/07/2013, 1:15 PM

Finished watching 'Band of Brothers' the other evening after a mid-series interruption caused by degree-work overload. It's a truly excellent series. Damian Lewis is fantastic in it. Might check out 'The Pacific', the follow-up, as well.

Also completed the first season of 'The Americans' a while back and definitely enjoyed it. I think I saw on the RT� website that they're showing it at the minute.

Macy

09/07/2013, 11:06 AM

Up to date with Sons of Anarchy. Definitely recommend it, although it is a little predictable imo.

gustavo

10/07/2013, 12:36 PM

Just got into Parks and Recreation. Very good comedy :)

DannyInvincible

11/07/2013, 7:58 AM

So, I've finally gotten round to watching The Sopranos and watched the first episode last night. Thoroughly looking forward to the long haul.

BonnieShels

06/08/2013, 2:58 PM

Just got into Parks and Recreation. Very good comedy :)

First season is tough but it comes inot it's own eventually.

The Gay Penguins episde is class.

Rallied through Orange is the New Black on Netflix over the weekend.
Absolutely brilliant show with some class characters. The addition of Taylor Schilling is an obvious bonus.
Episodes 11, 12 and 13 tonight and then I’ve nothing left to view. 

Back to Breaking Bad I guess.

shakermaker1982

07/08/2013, 11:34 AM

Halfway through series 2 of Love/Hate. What is up with Mayor Carcetti's accent?

I'm really looking forward to Breaking Bad next week.......predictions for the series?

passinginterest

07/08/2013, 1:28 PM

So hard to predict Breaking Bad. Just have to hope they can maintain the brilliance and provide a satisfactory conclusion. Have a feeling Walt will die alone, having been responsible, either directly or indirectly, for the death of his family, the very thing he set out to protect in the first place.

Oh and Hank to have an Elvis moment on the jax!

Spoiler tags don't seem to work. Don't think I'm giving too much away.

bennocelt

07/08/2013, 2:10 PM

Watched The Newsroom over christmas. Enjoyed it, and would recommend it. I'm generally a fan of Sorkin though.

Probably way behind the curve, but half way through season 2 of Hell on Wheels, after just finishing season 1. Pretty good fair too.

Really struggling with season 3 of Breaking Bad tbh. I assume it's worth persisting with, but it is a bit of struggle half way through S3.

Started looking at Breaking Bad due to some good recommendations from a few friends. Have to say the first two series were excellent, with great acting and really great TV, but just finished series 3 and like Macy am scratching my head at how silly it got. The Fly episode was a non story and there are way too many stupid coincidences. But many here told Macy to stick with it so i will soldier on - unlike Lost, The Walking Dead and Homeland where I gave up after a while. Better be right, as it takes a good while to go through a series!:D

passinginterest

07/08/2013, 2:37 PM

Definitely picks up in season 4 and carries on into season 5. Great that the new episodes will be on Netflix the Monday after they first air in the US.

born2bwild

13/08/2013, 8:38 PM

So, I've finally gotten round to watching The Sopranos and watched the first episode last night. Thoroughly looking forward to the long haul.
Holy ****...it's the best show ever...apart from The Wire.

DannyInvincible

15/08/2013, 9:52 AM

Holy ****...it's the best show ever...apart from The Wire.

Just finished the first season last night. It's utterly fantastic. Great show so far. I might even have found it more engaging than what I've watched of The Wire.[/sacrilege]

TonyD

23/09/2013, 8:22 PM

Started looking at Breaking Bad due to some good recommendations from a few friends. Have to say the first two series were excellent, with great acting and really great TV, but just finished series 3 and like Macy am scratching my head at how silly it got. The Fly episode was a non story and there are way too many stupid coincidences. But many here told Macy to stick with it so i will soldier on - unlike Lost, The Walking Dead and Homeland where I gave up after a while. Better be right, as it takes a good while to go through a series!:D

Really ? I thought the show came into it's own at the end of season 3. Superb last couple of episodes. Viewed over the whole 5 series it's been steadily building with a growing inevitability to the point we're at now, with two episodes left(for me - some might already have seen last nights). It's not the Wire, but it's damn good, and light years ahead of most of what's on the Box.

I've started watching House of Cards on Netflix, up to episode 6. It's good, almost the anti West Wing. (I did like the West Wing, don't get me wrong.)