What show are you watching right now?

[StCapps]

As for the other 8, I'm not sure. GoT was a bit of a letdown, but Mr. Robot had a pretty solid season for the most part. I tried watching Big Little Lies, but I couldn't get into it. Fargo was entertaining, but I liked the last season more.

Yeah GoT fell into the same trap as The Americans this season, saving too much for the ending lead to a dip in quality of this year's episodes, but The Americans still made my list while GoT came up short. Fargo had a drop off from the quality of it's first two seasons, but those two seasons were both the top drama on TV that year, at least on my list, so can't complain too much that it didn't quite live up to that standard this time around, still highly enjoyable. Mr. Robot is an overly indulgent TV show, but the peaks of that show are worth suffering through the valleys.

As for Big Little Lies, I can see why you couldn't get into it, the acting kept me around long enough to get invested enough in the mystery and the ending didn't fuck it up like with most whodunnits once the mysteries are revealed. It's only 7 episodes long, so I blew through it real quick. Why they are doing a second season is beyond me, that sounds like a terrible idea, one season wonderitis alert, big time.

I was let down by a few new shows. Mindhunters and Ozark were solidly mediocre as was Stranger Things season 2. American Vandal was surprisingly funny though. That netflix true crime thing The Keepers was pretty decent.

Haven't had time to watch American Vandal yet, but I'll give it a shot, have heard good things.

As for biggest disappointments of 2017, I'd say is probably The Americans, since it went from #2 on last years list to #9 on this years list. Fargo as well dropping from #1 in 2015 to #6 in 2017, but both those shows are still good enough to make the top 10 in a pretty solid year for TV drama's. Stranger Things and Game of Thrones however fell off the top 10 list entirely, after fairly solid seasons last go around, so while they didn't drop off to the same degree as the previous two shows, they are still plenty disappointing. I didn't come away feeling gypped by Fargo or The Americans, like I did with Stranger Things and GoT, even though their was a bigger drop in quality in the former two, so I guess the later two are more personally disappointing for me, even if not technically so.

[heydaralon]

It was pretty obvious to me that a woman wrote the script. Felt very forced with some really convoluted lines, male characters saying things no male would ever say. Didn't like any of the characters. Almost like a female Aaoron Ross Sorkin. I dislike anything that dude touches.

[StCapps]

It was pretty obvious to me that a woman wrote the script. Felt very forced with some really convoluted lines, male characters saying things no male would ever say. Didn't like any of the characters. Almost like a female Aaoron Ross Sorkin. I dislike anything that dude touches.

Nah it was what's his face who showran it, David E. Kelley, the guy who did Boston Legal and shit. But yeah the actors kind of carried characters that otherwise weren't super interesting, I will say that about it. No idea why they think a second season is a good idea either, just let that shit be.

[heydaralon]

I think Westworld, and Sneaky Pete are doing second seasons this year. Should be good. We'll see what happens.

[StCapps]

I think Westworld, and Sneaky Pete are doing second seasons this year. Should be good. We'll see what happens.

Braces for a Westworld second season fall off. One season wonderitis alert.

I've heard good things about Sneaky Pete, haven't seen it yet though.

[Montegriffo]

I don't normally get sucked in by drama series but ''Hard Sun'' from the BBC has got me watching one.
Basic premise is that two police officers have stumbled upon a government study which shows that Earth has only got five years left before a mass extinction event caused by irregular activity in the Sun.
The authorities are covering it up to stop mass panic and after they release the files it is brushed off as a conspiracy theory.
Of course there are many whackjobs who believe the conspiracy theory (which is actually correct) and the series falls into a regular cop program with the two officers dealing with the fallout.
I'm about to watch episode 3, the first two have been watchable so far but drama series like this often start well then tail off into mediocracy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05ss0l6

Looks interesting. I'm gonna watch the first episode and see how I like it.

Did you check this out?
I've just watched the 4th episode. It's fucking dark, I don't really want to watch 2 in a row
(they're all up on BBC iplayer) they are hard to watch at times. Reminds of ''the girl with the dragon tatoo'' in places. Pretty good for a British cop show.

I stuck at it for all 6 episodes of series 1. Unusual for me. Great acting, brutal action scenes, complex characterisation. Great ending on last episode. Hard to discuss much further without spoilers.
Well worth a watch IMO.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Cosmos season 2 coming woohoo!

[heydaralon]

As for the other 8, I'm not sure. GoT was a bit of a letdown, but Mr. Robot had a pretty solid season for the most part. I tried watching Big Little Lies, but I couldn't get into it. Fargo was entertaining, but I liked the last season more.

Yeah GoT fell into the same trap as The Americans this season, saving too much for the ending lead to a dip in quality of this year's episodes, but The Americans still made my list while GoT came up short. Fargo had a drop off from the quality of it's first two seasons, but those two seasons were both the top drama on TV that year, at least on my list, so can't complain too much that it didn't quite live up to that standard this time around, still highly enjoyable. Mr. Robot is an overly indulgent TV show, but the peaks of that show are worth suffering through the valleys.

As for Big Little Lies, I can see why you couldn't get into it, the acting kept me around long enough to get invested enough in the mystery and the ending didn't fuck it up like with most whodunnits once the mysteries are revealed. It's only 7 episodes long, so I blew through it real quick. Why they are doing a second season is beyond me, that sounds like a terrible idea, one season wonderitis alert, big time.

I was let down by a few new shows. Mindhunters and Ozark were solidly mediocre as was Stranger Things season 2. American Vandal was surprisingly funny though. That netflix true crime thing The Keepers was pretty decent.

Haven't had time to watch American Vandal yet, but I'll give it a shot, have heard good things.

As for biggest disappointments of 2017, I'd say is probably The Americans, since it went from #2 on last years list to #9 on this years list. Fargo as well dropping from #1 in 2015 to #6 in 2017, but both those shows are still good enough to make the top 10 in a pretty solid year for TV drama's. Stranger Things and Game of Thrones however fell off the top 10 list entirely, after fairly solid seasons last go around, so while they didn't drop off to the same degree as the previous two shows, they are still plenty disappointing. I didn't come away feeling gypped by Fargo or The Americans, like I did with Stranger Things and GoT, even though their was a bigger drop in quality in the former two, so I guess the later two are more personally disappointing for me, even if not technically so.

Capps have you heard of the Netflix show Dirty Money? Its a documentary-esque show on various shady companies like VW with the emissions, payday loan empires, Shkreli pharma, HSBC money laundering etc. I watched the first episode, and I was pretty entertained. You might like it dude. Give it a try if you have the free time.

[K@th]

Watched 2 episodes of Black Mirror this weekend. Can't wait to see more. Finally at a place where we can catch up on some good television we've been missing.

[StCapps]

Watched 2 episodes of Black Mirror this weekend. Can't wait to see more. Finally at a place where we can catch up on some good television we've been missing.

USS Callister FTW! Black Mirror really stepped it's game up this season.