The TV thread

We started watching Julia on HBO Max. Completely enjoyable and well acted story of how Julia Child got on TV.

 

Finished Ozark; quite a story arc and journey.

Also finished Tokyo Vice; interesting story; kind of a weird end, anti-climactic, actually thought it wasn't over. Not sure what they were going for.

 

Halfway through Episode 12. Wendy is a sociopath.

 

We Own This City, next generation of The Wire. Many of the same faces. Got a ways to go to have half as many memorable characters. Jon Berenthal as Wayne Jenkins is a good start. Josh Charles is cast against his type as a nasty cop.

 

It's nice to see Jay Landsman and Mario Stanfield show up.

 

Completely agree on Tokyo Vice.

 

I have been longing (yes, longing) for years to see Forbrydelsen, the Danish series that The Killing was based on, and I have finally found a streaming service that has it. I'm five episodes in and hooked - it was not overhyped. As a bonus, they also have all 5 seasons of the original Swedish/Danish The Bridge that disappeared from Netflix. I'm a very happy little Nordic Noir fan.

 

This is information not an endorsement, but Netflix has a new Mike Myers series that is spun out of the So I Married an Axe Murderer universe.

 

Finished Ozark. Decent ending. An enjoyable series throughout.

John Prine's estate had a good year, with many of his songs appearing on Ozark and American Rust.

 

Neat

 

Comcast is offering a free preview week of premium channels, so I'm binging "Mare of Eastttown." I almost gave up after the first episode, but I think it's growing on me.

Anything else I should try to squeeze in? I'm hoping to binge a season and be done, because I have no plans to add to my already massive cable bill.

 

Like everything else Netflix, I kind of assume it'll be a C+, B-, because they'll be the only people I've ever heard of in the cast, and because the episodes will be bloated and lack an editor. Recent phenomenon of this in a different genre - Is This Cake and Bullshit, two game shows, both feature 30 to 45 minute episodes, for some reason.