Stampeding through the 1st season of this before it gets taken off streaming in mid January… I couldn’t for the life of me remember why we stopped watching this, because aside from it being about a family of totally uniquely
Showtrial
Earnest British court drama which predictably doesn’t end up where you think it’s going to. Worth a look, although I think in all honesty the main thing that initially captured our attention was that chunks of it were filmed in
Trust
Watching this one’s been dragging out over months… What started as a crisp & enthralling drama based on the tale of the purported kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, the grandson of tycoon John Paul Getty (Donald Sutherland) turned into
The Good Fight – Season 4
I accidentally found my way into liking this show back in 2019 and we’d been periodically checking to see if there was any more on the way… With great delight we found Season 5 on a streaming service, and started
COBRA: Cyberwar
6 part followup to the surprisingly good COBRA – this once again pits Robert Carlyle and his inner circle against a national disaster; in this case what turns out to be a cyber-terrorism threat which wreaks havoc on the UK
Billions – Season 5 (7-12)
Second half of Season 5, which was halted due to COVID. It might be the lack of recency, but it really felt like this grouping of 6 episodes ratcheted the intrigue and double-crossing RIGHT up to fairly epic levels, with
Vigil
Ooh, I loves me a bit of bleak submarine-based drama – and the UK can be really good at doing bleak, although in a different way to Das Boot. This was a gripping 6-parter which had us counting down the
The White Lotus
High-production-value piece about a few groups of protagonists who go to an island resort for their own various reasons, and the subsequent interplay and revelations they have whilst there. It’s got a bit of everything but doesn’t seem too predictable
The Serpent
Did I mention “light, uplifting TV” before? There was a point where we were simultaneously watching this, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Underground Railroad, and Halston. You can forgive us for feeling a little emotionally wrecked! The Serpent was a 1970s
The Handmaid’s Tale – Season 4
Torture Porn epic The Handmaid’s Tale continues – with this season feeling a bit more focused and balancing more towards storyline rather than seeming like a university psychology experiment. There were still plenty of moments I felt like screaming, “FFS