What was the last TV show you watched?

[Zombie_61]

You can add me to the Slumberous Spouse club. My wife can nod off in mid-sentence, so her falling asleep while watching a television show or movie is almost a sure bet.

 

[Steve S.]

mine too!

 

[Fading Fast]

I thought I was the ONLY one that had that problem. Once she gets a meal in her and is ensconced in her "comfy chair" I'm lucky to get one hour of joint viewing out of her... When her haid slumps to the side or snoring ensues... that's it. Turn off the video and push her to bed. "Dese are da conditions dat prevail!

Worf

I'd take an hour. My girlfriend is good for ten to twenty minutes post-meal, comfy chair before she's nodding off. We watch things like "Pawn Stars" in this window as they are fluff shows and, with fast-forwarding through the commercials, she might make one episode.

 

[Worf]

Ah ha!!!!! There are no coincidences.... I sense a conspiracy! Wow I never thought that "spousal drowsal" (you all are free to use it) was such a widespread problem. Now she can make it through "Say Yes to the Dress", but ask her to sit through something I want to watch? Fuggedaboudit!

Worf

 

[DavidJones]

Just finished watching episode one of "Hinterland," a BBC police drama set in Wales. Good story and wonderful countryside settings.
Season one is on NETFLIX.

 

[belfastboy]

Will finish watching The Hunted a recent HBO offering, 1 season, 8 episode and worth a watch. I really like the female lead character. The plot is a bit convoluted but overall decent TV

 

[Touchofevil]

More Boardwalk Empire. Pretty much gonig to be the theme for a while.

 

[Stearmen]

This Old House Hour. They finished the 1895 Shingle Style Victorian House. Wish I could afford their crews, I would be done by the end of the month!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Police pursuit of kidnapping suspect with two kids.

 

[Stearmen]

American Masters: Fats Domino. Elvis called Fat's The King Of Rock & Roll, what more needs to be said!

 

[Mister Cairo]

I re-watched the first four episodes of season two of Vikings in a scotch-fuelled binge last night. I'd seen them just before I deployed last year, and needed to refresh my memory before continuing on.

What a night - combat, blood, gore, a crucifixion - and that was just me with the scotch...

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

Better Call Saul. I have mixed feelings about this show. I like the beast until I'm reminded of the nature of this beast. One moment, I'm fully invested and enjoying the story, and then the next, I'm reminded that this is just a spin-off that is forced to re-tread itself over and over again because they never sincerely want to arrive at the destination since it is successful and would get in the way of selling more seasons. It's early on, so we really haven't done it so much yet, but psychologically or not, the story has to lag and be tethered back to stop it from making too much progress. Rather than move forward, we'll be shown how Jimmy is a shyster seventy different ways. That's the entertainment here. It's not story, but creative situation. They have a little wiggle room for character development, but they don't have a whole lot. The acting is good. The chemistry between Odenkirk and Seehorn is good. I'd rather watch their relationship build, or fall apart, than the shystering, which again is why I'm mixed about it. The show is meant to be less about them and more about him, but I already know him well enough that I'm more drawn to the shiny and new [to us] them. I'm tired of Jimmy's relationship with his brother, and it's obvious we'll be spending a lot of time on that.

Girls. Yes, I'm not of this generation, and it is like getting beat over the head with the generation gap. I still find the writing to be sharp and also very funny at times.

Tonight with John Oliver. I'm new to this guy. I like this guy. It's surprising how quickly twenty-five minutes can fly by of someone drilling a single subject. Drumpf.

 

[Benzadmiral]

The premiere episode of the 1962 TV Western The Virginian. Good cast with Lee J. Cobb as a featured regular, "The Judge," and guest starring Colleen Dewhurst and Hugh O'Brian. I love the theme song, but not much else (aside from the squared-off bash of Doug McClure's gray cowboy hat). Ninety minutes is a big hunk to bite off, and that was the length of each regular episode, not just the premiere. The story seemed a little slow, and I don't mind "measured" if it's interesting, but this was not all that gripping. Still, the show ran for several years. It may have gotten better.

Oh, and the premiere episode of the 1967 oater The High Chaparral. Not too bad, except when Leif Erickson's wife is killed by an Apache arrow, and aside from a burial scene in which his brother (Cameron Mitchell) reads from the Bible, Erickson's character seems unaffected. No moments of grief, no scene where his brother urges him to "get over her and start living again." (As I type those words, I'm reminded that sort of scene is a big fat cliche now. But something was missing.)

 

[Stearmen]

MythBusters. Only one more original episode. I will miss it!

 

[belfastboy]

Finally getting around to watching Downton Abby ...two episodes in and it looks like we are in for the long haul.....only 5 seasons to go!

 

[Mister Cairo]

Another two great episodes of Vikings, numbers five and six from season two. Brilliant again!

 

[AmateisGal]

Agent Carter. Ended on a cliffhanger, so I really hope they get another season!

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

People who watch Vikings: why, or how, did Helga and Floki's daughter die? I googled it, and I can't seem to find an answer.

edit: this is why this show is so poorly written and told. such a potentially important element "just happens". or that they will bother to tell us later how it happened, which in my opinion is ****. even if it brings Ragnar and Floki together in a philosophical moment (not likely because they don't write dialog of such ilk), telling us after the fact is a day late and a dollar short. so weird how potentially key plot devices are dropped in our laps out of nowhere.

 

[Fading Fast]

^^^ This is why "Vikings" and "Hell on Wheels" are two shows I enjoy but don't love the way I did / do "Boardwalk Empire," "Mad Men," or "Man in the High Castle," as the later are more thoughtfully structured and have much less plot jump (when we just move forward in time and things are resolved without being explained) and fewer unexplained events (like the one you highlight) than "Vikings" and "Hell on Wheels." Season one of "Hell on Wheels" was very tight and well structured; after that, it felt like they still had smart writers but they were winging it without much thought about how the storylines would play out in subsequent episodes.

 

[Mister Cairo]

People who watch Vikings: why, or how, did Helga and Floki's daughter die? I googled it, and I can't seem to find an answer.

edit: this is why this show is so poorly written and told. such a potentially important element "just happens". or that they will bother to tell us later how it happened, which in my opinion is ****. even if it brings Ragnar and Floki together in a philosophical moment (not likely because they don't write dialog of such ilk), telling us after the fact is a day late and a dollar short. so weird how potentially key plot devices are dropped in our laps out of nowhere.

^^^^
Thanks for the spoiler.

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