The TV thread

Handful of episodes into Big Mouth and it’s fantastic.

 

I didn’t mind the first season of The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix. It wasn’t believable, but it was watchable. Episode 1 season 2 may be where I leave it behind.

 

I thought it was pretty entertaining. Loved the movie.

 

I just finished The Bear S02.

Spoiler

Molly Gordon was money in Animal Kingdom, and she was money here. I sure hope she's not gone for good.

Everything changed for the better when Richie's light came on at the three-star.

And Carm blows both things up while trapped in a meat locker? I found myself muttering, "Shut up. Shut up." several times.

He sure knows how to multi-task.

 

Yeah I’ve started season 2 three times now. And stopped it 3 times. I’ll finish the first episode but man does it reek of watered down David E Kelley; he must have had Chat GPT write it.

 

Season 1 fell off a cliff for me about halfway through. It had the Bosch problem of trying to shoehorn in too many major plot lines — for example, a lawyer in the middle of a high profile murder trial is never going to be actively involved in anything else, much less 2 other cases.

That being said, good looking cast.

 

I enjoyed The Bear so much. It flew under my radar last year and - get this - it looked good after I saw commercials for it on FX!

There is so much I like about the show, and I've been thinking about it constantly. Richie is my new favorite character.

But there's one thing that bugs me: We are told time and time and time again what a master chef he is. Chef Terry loves him. His picture hangs in that restaurant. He has won the highest awards.
Yet at no time in the two seasons did he really show competence, let alone excellence. He pretty much failed at every turn. For two seasons.

 

I think he gets in too deep and, yes, the pileup of cases is kind of annoying. I'll stay with it because of the familiar geography in L.A.
I first discovered Becky Newton as Barney's stripper girlfriend in "How I Met Your Mother" and she she had the coolest name -- Quinn. She shot back at Barney like everybody wanted to do but could never do it. I'll watch any show she's in. Even her boyfriend, who you would think is a crazy, scruffy, wild biker dude. He is very mellow and takes care of business.

 

My wife pointed out the same thing -- about Sydney. She never nails it with what she's making, unlike Marcus, who turns out magic with every dessert.

 

Started Hijack on Apple TV, its engrossing and with Idris Elba not schlocky.

 

I'm underwhelmed.

'Top Chef' champ Kristen Kish replaces Padma Lakshmi as host

 

Kish’s “Restaurants at the End of the World” show was really good.