The TV thread

We finally finished Loot season 2 last night. Funny in parts, but just a mess of a show. They have The Office/ Parks and Rec A, B and C plotline device every week with the wacky side characters filling up time, but it is just an underdeveloped experience.

 

Pretty sure myself, Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald are the only ones who care, but Industry is back for Season 3 on HBO and I dug the opener. Interesting to see the juxtaposition between Yasmin and Harper as we start the new year...

 

"And on the other line, it's andy greeeeeenwaaaaaalllllddddddd!" Love the Watch, but don't have HBO. Still like listening to them talk about various shows on that network, haha.

 

I just started on S01E01 last night and was drawn in. I think there's some binging ahead.

 

Finally watched Palm Royale. The show was beautiful but I agree that the first storyline dragged on too long. My god I was so sick of hearing about the Beach Ball before we even got there.

But I see on IMDb that it has been renewed for a second season. The very end of the season had me going, "....wait, what? That's it?"

 

I found Ron Funches’s character completely annoying…

 

The whole workplace setup makes zero sense. I do like the dorky love interest and the super Chrisitan female employee though.

Any while this is actually pretty good Maya Rudolph, she is basically playing a suburban mom (without kids) who has $87 billion. I’m not sure the appetite for Apple on this point, but they could have really leaned into the income inequality issues instead of moving back and forth between her excesses.

 

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-...permanently-shutting-down-due-to-budget-cuts/

 

We started watching Apple TV's "Bad Monkey" the other night. If you enjoy Vince Vaughn being Vince Vaughn, Key West and/or Carl Hiaasen, then I think you'll find it worthwhile.

However, the entire series hasn't dropped yet. Only two episodes out of 10 are available right now. For a show that's very much like a Hiaasen novel - a perfect beach read - then it makes no sense to drag the series into October by releasing one episode per week like the cable days.

 

I just watched the first two seasons of Kleo on Netflix. It's a German spy thriller that's got a healthy dash of comedy in it. It has been mostly good to really good. Don't know if they are doing another season.

 

It’s on the list to watch.