The TV thread

Finally started watching Reboot. Hilarious. I love Rachel Bloom, and you can see her influence in the scripts.

The entire cast is really good.

 

Finished up season 1 of Welcome to Wrexham last night and I thought it was really well done. Sure, there were certain parts that were pretty schlocky, but as a supporter of a smaller English club myself, I thought Rob and Ryan did a great job of catching the vibe of the supporters and what a football club can mean to a town.

Spoiler: Spoiler

I follow English football tables and knew that Wrexham was still in the National League this year, so I knew they weren't going up during the season finale. I like the way they handled that match, storytelling wise. They're in good shape right now, a point out of first 13 games in. Grimsby and Stockport, the two teams that went up during that season, are holding their own in League 2.

 

Just saw the Sinner dropped a new season. Curious how they follow up from the last season.

 

I’m 3 episodes in and find it to be the best one yet.

 

Binged all 10 episodes of The Mole on Netflix over the weekend and I really liked it. I enjoyed the original on ABC a decade or so ago and this lived up to it.
My only complaint is that they weren't contained episodes. All but the finale ended with a cliffhanger with the vote result in the following episode. It was fine on a binge but would have been annoying on a week-by-week basis.

 

Jordan played a small but good character on Hidden Palms (with the likes of Amber Heard) which ran for 1 season but was pretty good.

 

I'm so sad about Leslie Jordan. Not only as Beverly Leslie, but his delightful little posts on Facebook were just a joy.

 

Maybe they get a chance to do an "in memorium" episode, but the show seemed unlikely to get a full season pick-up - ratings have fallen from 1.8M an episode last year to 1.1M this year.

 

Reboot finale was pretty good. Hopefully we get another season.

 

The Vow (about NXIUM) remains compelling and profoundly sad.