What television series are you currently making your way through? (1 Viewer)

[Mormon Nailer]

Just finished House of Cards.
Good enough for you to keep watching, not good enough to inspire anything.

There's a good article by Andrew Leonard on Salon about the amount of data Netflix captures - when people pause, decide to switch off etc.
And apparently when they were commissioning a show they noticed that people who watched the BBC version also liked things with Kevin Spacey and David Fincher.

Spoiler

though I do have to say...Kate Mara ...if that was your own ass...congratulations

 

[dunderhead]

Utopia

good stuff & looks amazing

just watched the first episode.

brilliant stuff!

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Just finished season 1 of Treme. I think on another thread Hermie had said he found it boring and worthy and I agreed with him because I didn't really get into it on my first attempt. So so wrong. Absolutely worth the patience it takes during those first few episode to get to know the characters. Great writing and sublime acting. Wonderful music too. I would love to hang out with every character on the show and marry the violinist lady.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Has anyone been watching house of cards?
Was reading about it yesterday,not sure its worth bothering about.Please recommend/slate as applicable.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Oh,I should have read the top of the page first.
Carry on.

 

[jonah]

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Marilyn Manson innit.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Sherlock.

I'm a couple of years behind on this one but it's the best thing I've seen in ages. Wildly entertaining and absolutely hilarious at times. Superb telly.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

On ITV4

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Marilyn Manson innit.

Apparently not, but that never stopped me pointing it out to anyone I ever saw in a MM t-shirt

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Has anyone been watching house of cards?
Was reading about it yesterday,not sure its worth bothering about.Please recommend/slate as applicable.

It's worth a watch.
Robin Wright's character is the best thing in it.

 

[Jerry Twig]

On ITV4

Guarantee you Ngglllbbth 'likes' your post.

 

[ann post]

Scúp on tg4/bbc2.

Don't expect to get much feedback on thumped about it, but episode 1 set it up well.

 

[Jill Hives]

Finally watching season two of Love/Hate and Fran's accent is awesome.
Also, how is Linda my age? She looks at least ten years older. Oof. That's tanning beds for you.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

The Americans

Two KGB sleeper agents in the US in the eightys. Very good so far (up to episode 8).

It wavers a bit between a single arc and episodes - as if the writers haven't quite decided yet. The first episodes all drove the overall story - but there has been a couple of "we have a mission for you" episodes which I don't like and end up being a little too much Scarecrow and Mrs King.

There's a lot of time spent on the relationship between the two spies and their "marriage" which is surprisingly very good.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Anyone watched Workaholics? I ripped through it. I don't usually go for gross out, frat boy toilet humor, but this is great. The storylines are off the wall.

 

[nutmeg81]

having gone through love/hate recently im onto season 2 of arrested development....what a quality show!

 

[Richie]

'Orphan Black' - Canadian-made drama / sci-fi series produced by BBC America, currently halfway into its first season.. A young woman sees somebody throw themselves in front of a train, who happens to look absolutely identical to her. She steals the identity of the dead woman, initially to try and clear out her bank account, and gets drawn into a web of weirdness when other identical twins of her turn up. It's quite good fun so far, moves along at a brisk pace and the lead actress does an exceptional job of playing numerous characters, often interacting together in the same scene, though she does have to put on a slightly dodgy British accent quite a lot of the time. There are some hints of a labyrinthine conspiracy backstory and I'm a bit wary that it might disappear into its own mythology as it progresses, but it holds together pretty well so far.

 

[washingcattle]

Finally making my way through the American Office. I thought the first season was shit and didn't pay it any mind til now. It's fantastic.

 

[Theseus Mock]

Really enjoyed the Top of the Lake mini-series, an easy one to plough through.

Orphan Black is great, the pace of the storyline is perfect.

I'm about 3 episodes into the new Netflix series Hemlock Grove, not great but not bad either, we'll see how it goes.