Chandler was in West Wing

Bryan Cranston

We loved season 1 of Travellers but when season 2 started we didn't get on with it and never carried on.

Isn’t that just the US spelling, as it’s a US show?

I don’t know for certain, but I’ve read somewhere that it isn’t. You and me babe, we can set the world to rights

I quite enjoyed Travelers, the concept seemed neat. I did stick it out until the end - I did quite like how it got wrapped up, and it was a good thing that it didn't drag on for ages and ages (it still could have been tighter and punchier, there was still a fair bit of 'filler' in there). I hadn't read any of the summary or anything like what Kovacs posted and I think it was better for that. EDIT - actually it seemed like the last episode was a bit of a rush to tidy things up, but I did quite like how they did it.



Yeah i'm pretty sure it's an accepted 'Americanism' - like how they drop the second 'L' in words like fuelling and duelling. Whilst it's a bit jarring stylistically, as it's not what I'm used to, I can't help but also have a slight appreciation for the simplification and efficiency of losing a letter that really doesn't contribute much, and the loss has zero effect on the understandability of the word.

Plus Will from Will & Grace is always going to be a struggle in that sort of role.

Has anyone ever gone from long running sitcom to drama successfully?

I can't imagine Robbie Coltrane as a comedy actor

And then they ruin it by adding another “s” to focusing…

He was a scientist in The Young Ones, too.

Was he part of a comedy duo? Maybe I'm getting that confused.

And then they ruin it by adding another “s” to focusing…

Peacemaker is fucking fantastic.

Probably actually better than the Suicide Squad movie it was spun-off from, which I also liked.

Excellently cast, and Freddie Stroma as Vigilante is incredible (especially as I last saw him in Bridgerton and Harry Potter, neither of which featured him as a weirdly likeable psychopath idiot).

Peacemaker is fucking fantastic.

Probably actually better than the Suicide Squad movie it was spun-off from, which I also liked.

Excellently cast, and Freddie Stroma as Vigilante is incredible (especially as I last saw him in Bridgerton and Harry Potter, neither of which featured him as a weirdly likeable psychopath idiot).

Season 2 of Star Trek Picard has started, and is infinitely better than Discovery after about 15 minutes.

https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1494020020980097024

Big thumbs up for Dopesick (on Disney+, maybe elsewhere too?). Dramatisation of the Sackler Corporation’s (mis)handling of the opioid addiction that followed the launch and pushing of their ‘non-addictive’ opioid drug Oxycontin.

Some great performances from everyone. There’s barely anything other than an excellent performance. Michael Keaton is the biggest name that I recognise, and his character’s story arc ties the whole story together.

My brother is also reading a book called Empire Of Pain, on the same events, and said that’s worth reading also.

We started watching Severance the other day.

I've started this and it is absolutely brilliant. It's original and fantastic. I have no idea what is going to happen and how things are going to unravel, I wish all the episodes were released already.

Big thumbs up for Dopesick (on Disney+, maybe elsewhere too?). Dramatisation of the Sackler Corporation’s (mis)handling of the opioid addiction that followed the launch and pushing of their ‘non-addictive’ opioid drug Oxycontin.

Some great performances from everyone. There’s barely anything other than an excellent performance. Michael Keaton is the biggest name that I recognise, and his character’s story arc ties the whole story together.

My brother is also reading a book called Empire Of Pain, on the same events, and said that’s worth reading also.

If you like Dopesick you’ll probably like The Dropout. Similar dramatisation of true events over a medical scandal and fraud. Stellar cast, only let down slightly by the casting of Stephen Fry, who whilst not playing Stephen Fry is as strongly Stephen Fry as Stephen Fry has ever been. Because he is so strongly Stephen Fry in this, though, and nobody can be as much of a Stephen Fry as Stephen Fry is, you have the feeling that this one character can’t be right, and therefore you start to wonder if the other characters are right, though most commentators and critics of the show have said that the characters are very, very authentic to the real people.

I enjoyed how Dexter New Blood was resolved, I'm glad we watched it and - even though we had a significant pause in viewing part way through - stayed with it until the end.

Looking for something new, we tried Ted Lasso - it's warm hearted and funny. I look forward to sitting down with Lady T for the next couple of episodes. I have a feeling we'll be watching through these all quite quickly.

Make sure you watch Ted Lasso before Sudekis gets cancelled...