Topic: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?

[8ullfrog]

I mean if they're introducing a genetic sequence, that could be the equivalent of conditions where you have to take a pill every day or die.

I had a friend who was very dire about his thyroid med. He said "Any societal instability leaves me in numb terror, because if I don't get my pill every three days if I stretch it, I'll just straight up die."

He was in a similar boat to me, responsible for an aging parent, so every cut in the safety net brought him dread. His dad was a civil engineer but got early onset dementia, so he's pretty much a homebody.

His hobby is exotic plants. Can't say I shared the interest, but the man lit the golly up over rare cuttings and getting them past customs (legally, he didn't sneak, he just learned every single facet of the law)

[goldshirt*9]

Just completed Dept Q (on netflix)
"A brash but brilliant cop becomes head of a new police department, where he leads an unlikely team of misfits in solving Edinburgh's cold cases."

[6pairsofshoes]

Dept Q sounds interesting, so thanks, goldie.

Utopia was pretty much oppressive.  Bad "edgy" music, pornographic levels of violence, like "give it a rest, guys, we get it" levels.  And predictable ending.  Thank god I'm done with that.  I guess BBC 4 is supposed to be fresh and original.  This failed on all counts.  Good cast members, though.  So, kudos to BBC for giving them some more paying work.  Too bad it was for a train wreck of a series.

At the end of the day, there's always this:
https://www.crazygames.com/game/robot-unicorn-attack

[6pairsofshoes]

The Cleaner is pretty entertaining.  I've seen 2 episodes.  A crime scene cleaner.  Light comedy.  A changing cast in each role.  So far Helena Bonham Carter and David Mitchell.

[6pairsofshoes]

I'm enjoying Deutschland 1983 on amazon prime.  About an East German soldier who gets enlisted to spy on the West.  Great music from the period, too.

[goldshirt*9]

I'm enjoying Deutschland 1983 on amazon prime.  About an East German soldier who gets enlisted to spy on the West.  Great music from the period, too.

interesting
Watching Landsman at work atm. B,B,Thornton is good in it.

[christ]

interesting
Watching Landsman at work atm. B,B,Thornton is good in it.

... but he will never top Armageddon.

[8ullfrog]

I've finally accepted Harry will never come home.
Should have hired that Watley kid instead of AJ.

[6pairsofshoes]

I had to look those up.  The cast of Armageddon is pretty remarkable.  And it sounds like it's full of twists and turns.

I've been to Texas and everyone seems to drive a pickup truck.  I had a job interview there, once.  They took me out for a great breakfast but I consider myself to have dodged a bullet not having gotten the job.

I'm watching El Fin del Amor, an Argentinian series on amazon prime that kind of reminds me of Sex and the City, only with orthodox Jews and lesbians.  It's disseminated in half hour chunks so I've been watching it like popcorn.  The main character is a writer and I find her sort of annoying.  But at least the cast is interesting and the plot lines are kind of unpredictable.  Also, nice shots of Buenos Aires.  Can't say the music is all that great, though.

[christ]

I had to look those up.  The cast of Armageddon is pretty remarkable.  And it sounds like it's full of twists and turns.

You have a gift for understatement. Armageddon is one of those movies that simply have too be seen multiple times (hundreds is not too many) to appreciate its art. As 8ully has noted, one simply has to keep watching over and over in the (increasingly forlorn) hope that Harry will let AJ die, and thus survive himself.

[6pairsofshoes]

It sounds like a reasonable antidote to El Fin del Amor.  After 2 seasons of that I'll be ready to drill holes in an asteroid.  Too bad they couldn't have just gotten Trump to change the direction of the asteroid with one of his sharpies.

I'm not watching anything but the news right now.  Waiting for dinner.