Apple TV+ recommendations?

[Virtual Blue]

Severance - what a great show. Am hooked.

 

[Part 2]

Hadn't realised there was a place to discuss Severance. Just finished the season finale. Best telly I've seen for ages.

 

[strung out]

Fucking hell, that season finale. What a great series Severance is!

 

[technical]

Just watched the first episode of slow horses. A bit slow but hopefully setting up the plot for some twists and turns

 

[Reno]

Finished Severance. Great show even if at times it gets a little repetitive and I wasn't sure it really need 9 episodes. Then it closes with one of the best last episodes to a first season I can remember. Having worked in the US for a major corporation, it's pretty spot on. They had a buffet once a month on Fridays, which basically was a Melon Party. Can't wait to see where this goes next and I want more of the

Spoiler

baby goat department.

 

[imposs1904]

Apple TV's adaptation of Mick Herron's Slow Horses is brilliant.

Nice to see Gary Oldham dusting down his old South London accent for the part of Jackson Lamb.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Pissed off that Severance has left me where it has. The absolute bastards

 

[Part 2]

Worth checking out a few 'ending explained' and 'things you might have missed' videos on Youtube for Severance.

There's lots I hadn't seen...(and a lot of wild speculation)

 

[imposs1904]

The final episode of Slow Horses was by far the weakest episode in the series but still an excellent show overall.

 

[spitfire]

The final episode of Slow Horses was by far the weakest episode in the series but still an excellent show overall.

I loved it, great series.

Not sure it needs a second series, will be interesting to see if they manage to do one without it just being a rehash of plucky underdogs overcoming establishment shenanigans.

 

[Dom Traynor]

The Slow Horses books number 7 right now so I imagine there is room to do more, and each one is basically plucky underdogs Vs establishment but also lots of fun inter-establishment shenanigans. Not that I've seen this yet just came her to check if it's time to sign back up and it looks like it might be.

 

[A380]

The Slow Horses books number 7 right now so I imagine there is room to do more, and each one is basically plucky underdogs Vs establishment but also lots of fun inter-establishment shenanigans. Not that I've seen this yet just came her to check if it's time to sign back up and it looks like it might be.

The books are excellent. The TV show was pretty good, excellent in places, but the books are almost uniformly excellent.

 

[spitfire]

The Slow Horses books number 7 right now so I imagine there is room to do more, and each one is basically plucky underdogs Vs establishment but also lots of fun inter-establishment shenanigans. Not that I've seen this yet just came her to check if it's time to sign back up and it looks like it might be.

It’s a book(s)?!?

Missed that.

 

[A380]

Also just rewatched both series of For All Mankind. I'd forgotten how good it was. And re watched the first series of The Morning Show prior to starting on the second, now half way through which is pretty good.

It’s a book(s)?!?

Missed that.

You should read them,

 

[spitfire]

Also just rewatched both series of For All Mankind. I'd forgotten how good it was. And re watched the first series of The Morning Show prior to starting on the second, now half way through which is pretty good.



You should read them,

I had FAMk on my list but not got round to it. If you’ve watched it twice it must be good.

And I’ll get onto the reading. I already have a pile of books both physical and electronic that I need to read but then I might miss something on Twitter/urban so where would that end????

 

[spitfire]

Anarchy. That’s where.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

We've just finished S1 of Ted Lasso and really enjoyed it. I'm not sure it's the greatest show of all time but it is entertaining.

 

[platinumsage]

The Essex Serpent. A promising ep1 anyway.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I've been binge watching The Morning Show this week and it's brilliant. Well-written, well-paced, well-acted.

Jennifer Aniston is actually really good in it. I'd have thought Reese Witherspoon would do the acting equivalent of drink her under the table, but nope, she's holding her own. They're both extremely good.

And Cory the TV executive is hilarious. He's mischievously and quick-fire calculatingly lighting blue touch paper all over the place and waiting for things to go off, or gleefully watching the shit hit the fan and other people implode. His lines spoken by someone else would make them a heartless bastard and deeply unpleasant, but the fun he's having is kind of infectious and you get the sense that while he's a Grade A arsehole he has some redeeming qualities.

And some of the conversations Mitch is having about #MeToo stuff are really well-done too in a thought-provoking way. What's flirting, what's sexual misconduct? What's consensual and what's not when you take imbalance of power into account? Some grey areas/different people's perceptions sensitively handled.

I binged The Morning Show this weekend and thought it was excellent. Everything you say above.

It's big and very American and takes itself a little too seriously in places but the good stuff outweighed that for me.

 

[platinumsage]

The Essex Serpent. A promising ep1 anyway.

Gave up after episode 3 or 4, the boring bits outweighed the atmospheric bits.

 

[platinumsage]

Tehran Season 2 is as good as S1.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Gave up after episode 3 or 4, the boring bits outweighed the atmospheric bits.

The book is fairly dull as well. I'm not even going to try watching it.

 

[platinumsage]

WeCrashed, drama about WeWork, the shared office space start-up and its "maverick" founder and his wife.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

WeCrashed, drama about WeWork, the shared office space start-up and its "maverick" founder and his wife.

Is that worth a watch then? I've seen it advertised but struggled to wonder why I'd give a shit about the subject matter.

 

[platinumsage]

Is that worth a watch then? I've seen it advertised but struggled to wonder why I'd give a shit about the subject matter.

Yes, it's fascinating and entertaining how an obvious bullshitter and his vacuous wife managed to create a company that got valued at $40 billion and how it went pear-shaped.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Yes, it's fascinating and entertaining how an obvious bullshitter and his vacuous wife managed to create a company that got valued at $40 billion and how it went pear-shaped.

In that case....sounds right up my street!

 

[bellaozzydog]

Just watched the first episode of slow horses. A bit slow but hopefully setting up the plot for some twists and turns

Just reading the book. Worth a punt for the telly show?

 

[spitfire]

Just reading the book. Worth a punt for the telly show?

I loved it. Dark and funny.

 

[A380]

I had FAMk on my list but not got round to it. If you’ve watched it twice it must be good.

And I’ll get onto the reading. I already have a pile of books both physical and electronic that I need to read but then I might miss something on Twitter/urban so where would that end????

There are now four episodes of Season Three up, Its great too but getting further away from out time line.

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(Although Urb fans will be interested to know that in their time line Thatcher was killed in the Brighton Bombing...)

 

[strung out]

Spoilers please