Having never read the GRAPHIC NOVELS but heard loads about them over the years I was very keen to watch this, and mostly enjoyed the British emo/stoner vibing lead character. Took me a minute to pick up that as a
Uncoupled
Comedic-but-tackling-the-real-life-issues series with protagonist Neil Patrick Harris being left by his long-term boyfriend unexpectedly, and the completely relatable stories that unfold for someone who’s a high-end property agent, existing in the New York gay society scene. This is DEFINITELY not
The Newsreader
Newsroom drama set in 1980s Australia, hinging on the Lindy Chamberlain story – once again I find myself surprised at still being surprised to see Anna Torv acting with her native accent. Did we do 1950s Australiana on TV in
The Undeclared War
Utterly compelling and well-referenced techno/political thriller featuring Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance in supporting roles. I loved the visual metaphors employed for computer hacking (clear fantasy extensions, as opposed to furious typing & bystander peering), and also that they’d gone
Borgen – Power & Glory
Holy crap, having been massive fans of Borgen since day 1 and finding Birgitte Nyborg’s floundering around in latter seasons a bit less satisfying, we were delighted that this instalment was a blistering return to excellence. In Borgen Power &
Pieces of Her
So, I find it *really* hard watching things with Toni Collette in (and this is TOTALLY my issue) because I keep getting distracted about whether it was her that I really disliked in that Jurassic Park sequel (spoiler: it isn’t
Billions – Season 6
The fortunes of this show were always going to be interesting following the plot developments closing out the 5th season, however the show weathered that change quite well – and in fact strongly. Props to the writers for the onion-like
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Season 4
This felt like Maisel back in form after wandering a bit – albeit getting plenty more value out of the supporting characters too, especially Abe Weissman and Moishe Maisel. The plot arc shows The Plan starting to turn to doubt
The Stranger
For some reason our TV was suddenly inundated with Harlan Coben stories, so we picked this one on the strength of the casting – it seemed quite a decent mystery piece whose episodes left you wondering deliciously what this show
Succession – Season 2 & 3
We kinda mainlined the remainder of this: a weirdly compelling show considering how frigging appalling all of the people in it are. Srsly, there’s barely a redeeming feature among them. It’s TOTALLY irrelevant that one of the main characters was