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Spymaster said:
It's grim. There are allusions to that particular penchant throughout the series that are just as shocking as the amputations but without the actual amputations, iykwim.
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Yes - i think those are the bits that are giving me the nightmares, rather than the actual amputating (not least because I am now looking away, so not seeing the deeds).

Although it is kind of gripping, I am not enjoying it as much as season 1 because it is so extreme. I kind of believed season 1 - I am not sure I believe this season.
 
Guineveretoo said:
Yes - i think those are the bits that are giving me the nightmares, rather than the actual amputating (not least because I am now looking away, so not seeing the deeds).

Although it is kind of gripping, I am not enjoying it as much as season 1 because it is so extreme. I kind of believed season 1 - I am not sure I believe this season.
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Season 1 was better anyway. Probably one of the best series I've ever watched. Season 2 is still very good though.
 
Only seen episode 1 of S2 so far but I did comment to the kabbess that when you have such a great narrative arc as s1 gave us, it’s really hard to unwind all that character development and start over.

As I recall, she said, “Uh-huh.”
 
I binge watched the last few episodes of series 2 last night, although I had to take a break or two because it was so harrowing.

I was hoping watching it to the end would cheer me up, as all the bad guys are punished and no more good guys are killed.

Didn’t happen. They’re clearly expecting to be recommissioned!

I won’t be watching any more of it.

I strongly recommend series 1.
 
For any sports fans, the fly-on-the-wall documentary series All or Nothing: Manchester City is very interesting.

I was fascinated to see far more of the players' personalities than the usual clichéd post-match chats etc, and I'll certainly be looking at the Man City players in a new light this coming season.
 
Really enjoying Dietland - if you like Crazy Ex Girlfriend and you fancy a non musical satire about the how our culture treats fat women, give it a go. I think it sometimes loses its way with the myriad plots (there's terrorism, magazine blogging and therapy involved) but it's pleasantly ouch-y in parts.
 
I'm getting back into Prime for series.

Watched a few episodes of Goliath ages back, but recently polished off both seasons. Starts off very much orthodox genre procedural, as I expected from David E Kelley, but then drifts more and more into interesting territory. I do enjoy how often they don't give you the big reveal behind an odd character or trait (though they don't always hold their nerve). I love Patty Solis-Papagian. I love how little lawyering and courtroom bollocks there is. I love the bad guys in season two. I love the endings.

Jack Ryan - definitely watchable, but no classic.

Bosch - a meat-and-potatoes kind of cop show, only seen season one so far and thought there were some nice touches even though it is as cliched as hell. Having Harry casually mention his gig consulting on a Hollywood movie every few episodes to explain away his ridiculously expensive-looking pad tickles me though. Titus Welliver is certainly engaging. SMILE DAMMIT!

Animal Kingdom - took a bit of warming to, as I really enjoyed the Michôd film, and am very familiar with the Pettingill story on which it is based from top Aussie dramas like Janus/Phoenix, Killing Time and, err, Underbelly :D - and the US series veers so far away from the source material so quickly... But it quickly becomes its own thing. Just started season three. Shawn Hatosy has been great throughout, and Finn Cole is developing nicely. Think marshall has nailed it in terms of character arcs.
 
Oh, and I see that True Crime: Siege, a New Zealand TV movie about Jan Molenaar and the Napier standoff of 2009, is now on Prime. I've seen it before on some true crime strand on Netflix; it's solid stuff, definitely worth a spin if you like torn-from-the-headlines crime drama like 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout and In The Line Of Duty: The FBI Murders. (And I do. I definitely do.) Some familiar faces, like Joel Tobeck and Mark Mitchinson.
 
Stupidest thing on Prime I've ended up enjoying:
Grimm

Sometimes you want a consciously silly, monster-of-the-week, X-Files lite sort of thing. It's better than it needs to be, though I'll grant that the bar is low.
 
Chz said:
Stupidest thing on Prime I've ended up enjoying:
Grimm

Sometimes you want a consciously silly, monster-of-the-week, X-Files lite sort of thing. It's better than it needs to be, though I'll grant that the bar is low.
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One of my guilty pleasures :D
 
Chz said:
Stupidest thing on Prime I've ended up enjoying:
Grimm

Sometimes you want a consciously silly, monster-of-the-week, X-Files lite sort of thing. It's better than it needs to be, though I'll grant that the bar is low.
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Never heard of this programme, just watched 2 episodes and it's perfect monster of the week telly, cheers :thumbs:
 
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Just started The Man in the High Castle and enjoying it so far. Reminds me a bit of Wayward Pines (the first season) with a hint of Fringe.

I love that alternative world stuff. Plus nazis, spies etc. Spi-Fi?
 
krtek a houby said:
I love that alternative world stuff. Plus nazis, spies etc. Spi-Fi?
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If you like alternative world type stuff you'd love 'Counterpart', might not be a Prime show but it's whole premise is an alternative world is found in Berlin at the end of WW2 and the UN built an office over the 'portal' between the 2 to monitor it, but then it goes a bit wrong, with people from the other side coming over to do dastardly deeds. Very interesting, as both sides diverge from the original timeline of 1945 slowly over time to become 2 very separate realities.
 
nuffsaid said:
If you like alternative world type stuff you'd love 'Counterpart', might not be a Prime show but it's whole premise is an alternative world is found in Berlin at the end of WW2 and the UN built an office over the 'portal' between the 2 to monitor it, but then it goes a bit wrong, with people from the other side coming over to do dastardly deeds. Very interesting, as both sides diverge from the original timeline of 1945 slowly over time to become 2 very separate realities.
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Ooh, JK Simmons and Stephen Rea! Will keep an eye out for it.
 
I've watched the first two eps, quite intriguing, enough for me to continue watching, particularly as it's in handy half-hour chunks. Understand Julia is getting crazy $ per ep, but it's good to see old skool actors like her and Winona getting meaty roles, which they probably wouldn't be offered in Hollywood anymore.
 
I'm on episode 5 of Homecoming, it's definitely intriguing!!
They leave enough each episode for me to keep watching it plus I'm a sucker for the conspiracy type story lines.
 
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