TV: what have you been watching?

I met a girl playing poker a few years ago that was a writer on season two of Dave. Maybe yall already know her cause she used to date a pretty well known poker pro. It looks like she’s on the staff for season five of Fargo (she’s the credited writer for s5e7). She told me she was going to name a character after me in a future show. Maybe this is the one? Maybe it will never happen. Sad to hear yall aren’t enjoying it. I only recently finished season one so I’m way behind.

I started Fargo a couple of days ago and am liking it just fine so far. Nothing will ever top the Billy Bob season, but it's fine. I haven't made it to "your" episode yet. What name are we looking for?

Hell, you got a whole movie named after you.

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Not sure. She thought I looked like a “____” but I told her my name was Mac and she said she would use both names. I wanna say it was “Ryan” but I can’t remember.

Not loving current season of Fargo, but went back and really enjoyed s2 and now on s3. Liking both much more thus far.

There's a child molester in the current season that goes by that name.

That would be wild if she did that! [emoji23][emoji23]

The Great is...........great!

Highly recommend.

Finished the first season of Foundation...very good. Epic, beautifully produced. Jared Harris and Lee Pace star with a bunch of very good unknows.

Had you read the books?

oh man, it has lee pace, my desire to see foundation has gone up 10 fold

also, despite the bad reviews, someone recently informed me it's only inspired by the books and not following them, which made me 100% onboard because my main concern was that they'd butcher it so much i'd hate it

That was all the complaining I heard originally, that they butchered it so much everyone hated it. I loved the books so probably just won't watch it. Seems similar to the Dark Tower movie. It was so godawful that they started saying Oh hey, it's a totally different story.

I read the books when I was a teenager and loved them, but beyond the basic storyline and main characters, I had forgotten most of it.

I think the show has done a wonderful job with it...and both Harris and Pace are fantastic in it - Harris plays Hari Seldon and Pace plays Empire - Brother Day. The two other leads are played by women of color I have never seen before - Lou Llobell plays Gaal and Leah Harvey plays Salvor Hardin. Laura Birn who plays the robot Demerzel is also excellent.

I really enjoyed the season. It's quite dense, as you'd expect. I compare it to The Expanse. It has that "epicness" grounded in reality that I liked so much about that show and books.

Definitely worth watching. And there's a second season coming!

Your pony drowned on Synnax

Any [original UK] Taskmaster fans here? It's probably my favorite show to watch right now. I've binged a few of the series/seasons multiple times. Currently watching the new Champion of Champions 3

Bookie was fun

I am. The newer seasons have been a bit hit or miss for me, but I thought the latest season was the best one for quite a while, which I wasn't expecting at all.

Also didn't know that the new CoC was out. Thanks!

Yea I also really enjoyed the latest season.

Great show. I'm on s12 or 13. I saw new CoC was out. Will need to wait.

Ya I ripped through the first 8 seasons or so. Been a bit of a grind getting through lately.

Never watched Taskmaster. Start from S1?

Yes

Would I Lie To You is another great British show that Taskmaster fans would probably enjoy. Very consistent too.

I doubt others will agree with me, but I'm not sure why a TV series starts in the middle of things and then needs to slow the narrative down by including a bunch of backstories.

I like Slow Horses for a number of reasons and that the show spends almost no time on unnecessary backstories. Foundation is good, but I find myself fast forwarding through those backstories.

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They know that exposition sucks, but its pull is too great and it eventually sucks them in. Too, they may run out of ideas going forward and have to go backwards in search a subject.