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So what have you binge watched lately?

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 17:54:33 GMT

I'm not a huge boxset binger but over the past three weeks I've watched the entire third season of Designated Survivor on Netflix followed up by the third and final (bar the very last episode which I'll watch tomorrow) season of Jessica Jones also on Netflix.

Will return to Good Omens next I think but anyone got any suggestions?

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Cleoriff — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 17:57:54 GMT

I've binge watched series 2 of Killing Eve. It's still being shown each week on a Sunday, but is available to download. Excellent series.

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pgn — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 18:31:16 GMT

Chernobyl seems popular around the coffee machine at work...

Another one in C4 would be the remake of Catch-22, with Clooney, not sure if it is up yet as a box set.

Good Omens, of course, and American Gods (gory though).

Lucifer is another OK one.

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liggerz87 — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 18:35:38 GMT

Chernobyl was good just finished watching designator survivor watched goodomens aswel just finishing into the badlands also watched Lucifer that was good

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Glory1 — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 18:39:28 GMT

I've still got Killing Eve, season 2 to watch plus 2 shows I missed as I slept longer than intended the other night. But I've still got recordings to catch up on, though there are only a few left, thank God. Then the 2 shows I missed due to sleep. Then a binge of Killing Eve. As I downloaded the 1st season too, bless the BBC. I'll watch the last episode of 1 before I start 2 just to refresh my memory.

Then I might do a bit of Riverdale season 2 which I missed when it was shown on 5Star. Then, if I'm really lucky either some of my boxsets or films I've yet to watch. Oh yeah, and a bit of Good Omens, to keep my Prime watchlist in play.

What sort of shows do you like @Anonymous. If I have an idea then I may be able to recommend some TV programmes. I record/buy/ add to my Prime watchlist all sorts of shows in just about every genre. So I should be able to recommend something you'd like

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Glory1 — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 18:45:03 GMT

I forgot Lucifer which is really good and I've got American Gods in my watchlist but not seen it yet, though I hear it's very good. I also love Bosch, partly because I loved the books but the show's not bad either.

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BOSSGOGG — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 18:58:26 GMT

Gomorrah season 4 this week. Great stuff.

Deliberately kept season 3 of Startup for working away this week. Didn't disappoint. ( note 9 and dex is a godsend with a hotel TV)

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welshsteve76 — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:49:36 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
I've binge watched series 2 of Killing Eve. It's still being shown each week on a Sunday, but is available to download. Excellent series.

@pgn wrote:
Chernobyl seems popular around the coffee machine at work...

Another one in C4 would be the remake of Catch-22, with Clooney, not sure if it is up yet as a box set.

Good Omens, of course, and American Gods (gory though).

Lucifer is another OK one.

My wife & I binged watched Killing Eve and Chernobyl too. Great shows.

I've also been watching at least 2 episodes of Lucifer a day for ages now. Half way through the 4th season now, so nearly finished it. Another great show.

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BOSSGOGG — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 20:55:00 GMT

We are working through the latest season of Good Girls.
Dark, funny and a bit different. Hard to find stuff we can watch together in the 46mins free time we get each day. 😁.

Gomorrah didn't dissapoint. Fantastic tv.

Hoping startup gets another season, but not too worried if it doesn't. Dislike shows that don't have an ending in mind at the start.

Finally got round to re watching the Deadwood film. Great for us fans, but not as good as most of the episodes.

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gmarkj — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 06:13:21 GMT

Agree re shows that don't "end" - one that always stood out was Invasion (William Fichtner was in it).
Suffered a little at the start from pacing issues, but by the end was really kicking on but only lasted one series.

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welshsteve76 — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 13:40:32 GMT

@gmarkj wrote:
Agree re shows that don't "end" - one that always stood out was Invasion (William Fichtner was in it).
Suffered a little at the start from pacing issues, but by the end was really kicking on but only lasted one series.

I remember that too. Kinda like a modern day Invasion Of The Body Snatchers). It finished on heck of a cliffhanger then never come back. There was a half baked film re-work of it with Nicole Kidman if I remember (certainly a very similar plot).

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Glory1 — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 14:21:31 GMT

@welshsteve76 wrote:
@gmarkj wrote:
Agree re shows that don't "end" - one that always stood out was Invasion (William Fichtner was in it).
Suffered a little at the start from pacing issues, but by the end was really kicking on but only lasted one series.
I remember that too. Kinda like a modern day Invasion Of The Body Snatchers). It finished on heck of a cliffhanger then never come back. There was a half baked film re-work of it with Nicole Kidman if I remember (certainly a very similar plot).

So do I @welshsteve76. It was cancelled after the first season. I really got into it and wanted to know what happened next. Didn't grab the Anerican audience sufficiently though: it's all about the ratings and the advertising budget they command. With the number of channels available both here and in America, there is a wide choice of programmes. Some make it to season after season, while others fall after the first season.

There have been a number of American series that I enjoyed but unfortunately the American viewing public didn't agree, and they disappeared after one season.

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welshsteve76 — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 14:31:29 GMT

Yet some really naff shows continue series after series. Law & Order: SVU I used to watch, but it became more about Olivia than the work they do and stopped watching it. America does love its procedural dramas though

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Glory1 — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 15:21:21 GMT

@welshsteve76 wrote:
Yet some really naff shows continue series after series. Law & Order: SVU I used to watch, but it became more about Olivia than the work they do and stopped watching it. America does love its procedural dramas though

Now I love Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: Criminal Intent is back too.

And yes, I agree SVU focusses on Olivia a lot. Mariska Hargitay is an executive producer of the show, so that may be one reason why. But I like that they show the human side to the characters and that they have a life away from the station. Real life cops, here and in America, do have families and enjoy life away from work.

I speak as someone who's late partner was a senior ranking detective at New Scotland Yard before he retired. He worked long hours, particularly if there was a major case on but we did enjoy life as well and managed to travel quite a bit in Europe.

And yes I totally agree with you @welshsteve76 America loves its procedural dramas. So do I: must be the American side of me that nearly 50 years here hasn't managed to kill off

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jonsie — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 17:23:43 GMT

Going back years, what about Lost? What started off as a must-not-miss series ended up being the most banal trash as more and more impossible scenarios where dreamt up and at that point I just gave up watching. In fact I gave up even trying to understand the silly plots and dreams.

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BOSSGOGG — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 17:34:30 GMT

Ha, Lost. A 3 season story told over 7 seasons.
Great premise, fantastic opening few episodes. Ruined

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Glory1 — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 18:35:21 GMT

And I think most people worked out they were dead, about halfway through the series.

Having said that, I actually own the series. Binged it once to see if it made any more sense: it didn't

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Cleoriff — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 18:43:08 GMT

Couldn't get into it at all....

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jonsie — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 20:41:38 GMT

The stupid thing is that it was the talk of the media and in the pubs which is I suppose the point. But it was dire after the first 2 series.

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welshsteve76 — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 09:49:00 GMT

I agree on "Lost", I stopped watching at after 2 or 3 series.