|
Post by Miss Prudey on May 19, 2021 15:59:49 GMT -5
DH started watching Virgin River on Netflix. Yes, it was *his* idea, because I read the first book & didn’t really care for the main character. He usually chooses more action/crime based shows, so I was surprised he chose this one. Anyway, I got sucked in & now we’re halfway through season 2. Tim Matheson can still bring it...
|
|
|
Post by Peanut on May 25, 2021 12:38:45 GMT -5
My husband and I just started GoT over the weekend.I told my husband after the 1st episode that it was like medieval Flowers in the Attic. He didn’t know what I was talking about. PERFECT!
|
|
|
Post by Inky on May 25, 2021 19:55:03 GMT -5
GAHHHH! So we've been watching Foyles War on a free trial from Acorn TV. Then when that was running out, we added a months subscription. We're up to season 6 - and season 6 is "Not Available" but 7, 8 & 9 are! WTF is this all about?? We tried watching it with an app we have but our internet is too slow and it constantly stops to buffer.
It's my favorite show right now!
|
|
|
Post by Yogagirl on May 27, 2021 15:18:53 GMT -5
If you have HBO, Mare of Easttown. Worth watching. So Good!!!
|
|
|
Post by nansel on May 27, 2021 17:10:21 GMT -5
I finished Burden of Truth. Nice to have a series end well. Doesn't always get to happen. Turns out I know another actor in it - there was a scene where a young woman is waiting in a car and a big German Shepherd mix dog jumps up ferociously barking at the window. I recognized the dog (I know her owner). She has cancer now, poor thing. There's another good Canadian show called Coroner - filned around Toronto. We really enjoyed the first season - we hope it comes back. I watched the first episode, not sure if I liked it. Sometimes shows take a while to get their footing, maybe I should try another epi.
|
|
|
Post by stellarfeller on May 27, 2021 17:28:01 GMT -5
I finished watching Borgen last week. So good! Netflix is bringing it back for a fourth season. I started another show called Bad Banks, available on CBC Gem here. It’s German this time 😄 (Borgen is Danish). I’ve only watched one ep so far, as I got a couple of books from my hold list at the library and I’ve been reading those.
|
|
|
Post by Inky on May 27, 2021 19:07:27 GMT -5
I finished Burden of Truth. Nice to have a series end well. Doesn't always get to happen. Turns out I know another actor in it - there was a scene where a young woman is waiting in a car and a big German Shepherd mix dog jumps up ferociously barking at the window. I recognized the dog (I know her owner). She has cancer now, poor thing. There's another good Canadian show called Coroner - filned around Toronto. We really enjoyed the first season - we hope it comes back. I watched the first episode, not sure if I liked it. Sometimes shows take a while to get their footing, maybe I should try another epi. It did pick up as it went on. Some parallels to the case of that disgraced pathologist at Sick Kids who caused people to be falsely imprisoned. can't think of his name - charles something??
|
|
|
Post by Inky on May 27, 2021 19:10:24 GMT -5
Only 1 season of Lillyhammer left.
There were a couple of really neat characters on the last episode of season 2. If you watched the Sopranos, you'll remember them. The guy who played "Paulie Walnuts" plays Johnny's brother in this episode, and Johnny goes to New York (with some Norwegian tag-a-longs) and gets help from none other than his real-life wife Maureen Van Zandt - who also played Silvio Dante's (S. Van Zandt) wife in the Sopranos.
|
|
|
Post by stellarfeller on May 27, 2021 20:10:35 GMT -5
I finished Burden of Truth. Nice to have a series end well. Doesn't always get to happen. Turns out I know another actor in it - there was a scene where a young woman is waiting in a car and a big German Shepherd mix dog jumps up ferociously barking at the window. I recognized the dog (I know her owner). She has cancer now, poor thing. I watched the first episode, not sure if I liked it. Sometimes shows take a while to get their footing, maybe I should try another epi. It did pick up as it went on. Some parallels to the case of that disgraced pathologist at Sick Kids who caused people to be falsely imprisoned. can't think of his name - charles something?? I know who you mean, but I can’t think of his last name either.
|
|
|
Post by Inky on May 28, 2021 18:43:52 GMT -5
It did pick up as it went on. Some parallels to the case of that disgraced pathologist at Sick Kids who caused people to be falsely imprisoned. can't think of his name - charles something?? I know who you mean, but I can’t think of his last name either. I googled - it was Dr. Charles Smith. Can you imagine how awful it would be, that when someone types into google "disgraced pathologist..." and the name "Charles Smith - Canadian" comes up. His whole life's work boiled down to that due to his own incompetence.
|
|
|
Post by maurinsky on Jun 1, 2021 8:14:57 GMT -5
Plan B on Hulu! Very funny and sweet and also a little raunchy in parts, although there is fair amount of penis (I'm pretty sure it was prosthetic).
|
|
|
Post by lilone on Jun 15, 2021 17:08:57 GMT -5
Mare of Easttown if you have hbo!
|
|
|
Post by Peachy on Jun 15, 2021 20:14:57 GMT -5
We started watching Manifest on Neflix. Five episodes in, and we like it so far.
|
|
|
Post by maurinsky on Jun 21, 2021 7:49:43 GMT -5
We've been watching movies almost every evening.
We've watched The Grifters, Bowfinger, The Player...
|
|
|
Post by Peachy on Jun 21, 2021 11:20:27 GMT -5
Manifest is going down a weird rabbit hole that isn’t holding my interest, so we watched Mare of Easttown. Loved it! I have questions, though. (Possible spoilers:
Why did she delete the security footage of the guy who graffitied the shed? Why did Dylan insist on an attorney?)
|
|
|
Post by maurinsky on Jun 22, 2021 7:44:58 GMT -5
We started watching Lethal White last night, based on the Cormoran Strike book. I'm enjoying it.
|
|
|
Post by justthinking on Jul 11, 2021 22:29:22 GMT -5
The Leverage reboot is good. We binged 7 of the 8 episodes this weekend. 8 more episodes release sometime in the fall. It is on Amazon prime.
|
|
|
Post by maurinsky on Jul 20, 2021 7:44:14 GMT -5
I am interested in watching Leverage, but I never watched the original. I'll have to track that down first. I'm a big fan of John Rogers.
|
|
|
Post by stellarfeller on Jul 20, 2021 11:11:26 GMT -5
I can’t believe I’ve missed Lucifer until now. I LOVE IT
|
|
|
Post by nansel on Jul 20, 2021 16:58:04 GMT -5
I can’t believe I’ve missed Lucifer until now. I LOVE IT Me, too! So much. I only discovered it a few months ago, but have seen it 3 times through already. Tom Ellis is totally not my usual type of guy, but in this role he’s kinda smokin’. . That’s not the only reason I like it, though, I should add. It’s just such fun. Uneven, but fun.
|
|