The TV thread

For reasons I still can't quite fathom, my wife and I watched A Million Little Things to the end. The end was just relentlessly, emotionally manipulative.

 

Isn't the white detective from "Law and Order" the guy from "Burn Notice?"

"The Diplomat" on Netflix is outstanding.

 

Yes he is. Had to look it up to confirm as I haven’t watched it since Orbach.

 

I just hope that gets us a Bruce Campbell cameo.

 

So, what do we think of the Barry time jump?

 

Jeffrey Donovan. It's crazy how actively "meh" he is in both shows to me. Like, Burn Notice is worse than other shows of its era to me, and it's because he has zero charisma as the star. The show is still kind of watchable though, thanks to the supporting cast and the premise. (And the elephant in the room is that throwing Bruce Campbell in as the lead makes it all way better.)

 

Pretty trippy but I liked it. I think Barry is best when it takes risks, it doesn’t intend to be realistic. I haven’t listened to the latest podcast but I think Hader felt like the LA scene was getting stale for the show.

Incidentally he won’t be doing more episodes of his Ringer podcast until the WGA strike is over.

 

It was always one of those shows I'd watch if I happen to stumble upon it, but would never bother to watch every episode. You hit on why I was surprised to see him on Law and Order. He just isn't particularly good.

 

I liked it too, but I feel like there’s a lot of explaining to do and not a lot of time to do it.

The actress who plays Sally gets annoying sometimes, but she killed it last night. That’s the first time in a while I’ve cared about her character.

 

Didn't like the time jump at all (didn't find it believable and miss NoHo Hank) but I think the actress who plays Sally is really talented.

 

Season 3 of The Great starts this Friday. Had no idea. The two leads are fantastic

 

Ha, Burn Notice is one of my all-time favorite shows. Great writing, great guest-casting, but yeah Westen is blah.