Glued to Glastonbury? Binged all episodes of Sharpe?
Let us know what you’ve been watching this week, and what we should get into.
Finally finished Season Three of Agents of SHIELD, it was pretty good - even though there are so many episodes I don’t think there are too many non-events in it.
Also finished the second series of Oh Cook! on Prime. Everything James May does is brilliant.
We tried Puzzling on C5 with Lucy Worsley. It’s… not good. It feels like a Poundland Only Connect, with Lucy specifically trying to be VCM. It especially doesn’t work when in Only Connect VCM “knows” all the answers whereas LW has to “ask the computer”. It feels less natural.
I moaned a few weeks ago that I’d kicked off a trial for Paramount+ so that I could watch Star Trek Discovery during food and snack breaks while WFH, but bounced off it. In the end, I sort of got into it and now I’m about halfway through the final episode, which I’m saving for this mornings coffee break. Would I recommend it? Hmm… I mean probably not. Unless you’re a bit of a Star Trek nerd like me. Of course, I wasn’t able to binge it during the trial. That’s how they get you! Make mediocre shows that you can’t quite watch in a week.
I hear that got a lot better after S1, but much like with Picard S1 was so completely terrible that I can’t quite face putting myself through any more of it.
Am I judging too harshly?
Not a massive Trek fan but enjoyed Voyager. I really couldn’t get in to Discover. Season 1 was ok but it all felt a bit too cheesy or predictable.
Star Trek New World on the other hand has been great. I think that’s also on Paramount+
Patiently waiting for the next episode of Silo while watching a couple of episodes of The Power when the sprog is in bed, while halfway through the 2nd season of La Brea (so bad it’s good) and the 3rd season of For All Mankind which started out really interesting but is starting to lose it’s shine.
Currently watching strange new worlds (star trek), lovered the first series and now second is out. first episode was but too “action hero” but second was ok, third ep this week is apparently time travel which can always be a bit hit and miss
What is the polite way to tell someone that the smell of a horse that died 2 weeks ago shouldn’t be coming out of your ass at 10AM?
Anyway, I’ve been watching Australian MasterChef. It’s fun to watch and is one of the few cooking shows where there is a mix of “I can cook better than most of these people” and “Oh that’s a good trick I’ll do that in the future”. It’s an easy watch with my wife and judge the contestants, make up our own dishes and rate theirs based on appearance and imagined flavour. 😂
Has anyone given Silo a look on AppleTV+? I’m a big fan of the books that it’s based on but I’ve heard very little in regards to the show. Opening episodes got decent reviews but I wouldn’t mind a normal person’s take.
