Telly thread

[SuperBacon]

21 minutes ago, Mr_Danger said:

I also feel vindicated in backing my boy Evan Peters throughout the America Horror Story

That show is often a piece of shit, but he is always incredible in it.

[DavidB6937]

Yeah I think the general consensus is that despite AHS being mostly shit, they do have some great people on board - Peters, Paulson, Lange etc.

[Merzbow]

I'm making my way through the latest season of The Expanse and it's been brilliant so far, imo a step up from the last and a very different beast now that it's split up into multiple concurrent storylines with less Holden.

Amos especially has been the standout for me this year.

[Murtz]

After finishing Line of Duty, Unforgotten (all 4 seasons), and Mare, I'm looking for some crackers of a similar whodunit genre. Any recommendations?

[Nexus]

Mare of Easttown was brilliant. So many twists and turns, keeping me engrossed throughout. The grandmother is the best character, other than Kate Winslet obv. 

[wordsfromlee]

1 hour ago, Murtz said:

After finishing Line of Duty, Unforgotten (all 4 seasons), and Mare, I'm looking for some crackers of a similar whodunit genre. Any recommendations?

The normal recommendations are Bodyguard, Broadchurch, Happy Valley, The Tunnel, The Missing, The Fall, Luther, The Killing.

[Perry]

The Pact was pretty good.  A whodunit with a few twists and turns along the way.

[Perry]

Time

Fantastic gritty drama from Jimmy McGovern, probably his best work since Cracker in my opinion.  I had been waiting for this one ever since I heard it was being filmed. It didn't disappoint.

Also an outstanding performance from Sean Bean. 

[King of Hamptons]

6 hours ago, Perry said:

Time

Fantastic gritty drama from Jimmy McGovern, probably his best work since Cracker in my opinion.  I had been waiting for this one ever since I heard it was being filmed. It didn't disappoint.

Also an outstanding performance from Sean Bean. 

I would like to 2nd this, gripping and a tough watch in a few places. Boiling sugar in a kettle... Owch

Bean was great. 

[wordsfromlee]

Is it worrying that within ten seconds of Sean Bean walking onto the wing I knew exactly which prison it was filmed in?

[Mr_Danger]

It was typical Jimmy McGovern I thought. Good acting, solid story telling, predictable and ultimately misery porn. If you like his other stuff you’ll definitely like this. It did feature one of the all time greatest twists in story telling 

Spoiler

Sean Bean doesn’t die in something!

I just finished watching the first episode of the latest series of The Handmaids Tale. I won’t go in to spoiler territory but I will say it features one of the most satisfying scenes so far. It is difficult watching Elizabeth Moss rail against an oppressive patriarchal regime though ever since it was mentioned she’s a Scientologist. She’s talented enough to get the Tom Cruise treatment but it’s pretty close to the bone.

[Keith Houchen]

I’m not a fan of McGovern, but I do like Sean Bean and Stephen Graham (Did you know he’s a scouser? He never mentions it) so I’ll give it a watch at some point. 

[Mr_Danger]

So Master of None had a brilliant third series. I loved Dev and was a bit gutted that we weren’t getting a continuation of his story but Lena Waithe is so so good that within the first episode you’re completely sold on the switch up. I’m not sure it reaches the highs of seeing Eric Wareheim in a tiny Fiat in Italy but it’s probably a better told story.

[Keith Houchen]

On 6/5/2021 at 2:52 PM, Keith Houchen said:

Possibly one for the "Reminded of the UKFF" if it's actually true, but I started watching The Stranger.  And when I saw it was a Harlan Coben joint, I heard Le Branquefurter call him a bollix in my head.

It was poxy gik. 

[Thunderplex]

Idea for a new TV show.  Masked Piñata.  A celebrity disguises themselves as a piñata, a panel then has to guess who they are by their screams as they are bludgeoned with sticks.  If they guess before the celebrity vomits sweets, they win!  1st up, Greg Wallace.