The TV thread

Acapulco on AppleTV is a fun watch. It’s a comedy where a wealthy man tells his nephew about when he worked at an upscale resort in Mexico as a teenager in the 1980s.

The show goes back and forth between English and Spanish and has a sweetness about it.

 

The acting is fantastic and I like how they are handling the run up to Covid, but other storylines are not interesting or are taking the show away from its premise.

 

I'd love to be the director of the show.

Aniston is underwhelming and needs a swift kick to the ass. Same with Witherspoon.

They totally cut Billy Crudup's knees off this season.

And yeah, way too many storylines have gummed up the works.

 

Finished Narcos: Mexico. They do as good of a job with it as they did with the Columbian focus. This one also touches on the missing women who were found dead. Read they are not going to do a season 4, which is disappointing. They have a lot of material to cover with El Chapo and the efforts by women who wanted answers for their missing daughters. But the producer wanted to leave it where it was. Shame because I enjoyed the series.

 

Like most, I think the second season of The Morning Show has been kind of a mess. Not without some entertaining moments but not nearly as good as the first season.

The thing that keeps bugging me about this season is this: Jennifer Aniston’s character has been famous and at the top of her field for 15 years. Yet, she’s hysterical ALL OF THE TIME. Someone in her position would not be that much of an emotional wreck all the time, IMO.

 

There were some pretty good moments in this week's episode. Next week is the season finale. My guess is there isn't a S3 of TMS.

 

Wow, completely forgot the Mrs and I were watching this. Huh need to get caught up

 

During the opening song on the Mary Tyler Moore Show in the later seasons she’s shown wearing a football jersey. Whose jersey was she wearing?

 

No one's actually, just a purple jersey with No. 10 and the name 'Vikings' on the back: https://uni-watch.com/2017/01/26/some-thoughts-about-mary-tyler-moores-vikings-jersey/

 

I did t know that. I was a huge Tarkenton fan and always remembered jersey. Never saw the back.

 

Yeah, Aniston's character is the most narcisstic, self-centered, unaware person on the show, if not the world. She's awful.

Now Juliane Marguiles' character has some great lines/advice that applies to everyday life. I thought I would dislike her at the beginning but I love her advice and POV, its pragmatic and cuts to the chase.

As wifey says, the sets and glitz are gorgeous and the cast is star-studded, but there's not much there.